Aaron Peck (writer)

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Aaron Peck
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Writer Aaron Peck reading in Anacortes, WA in July 2011
Born1979
Occupationwriter

Aaron Peck is a Canadian writer and educator.

He is the author of the novella The Bewilderments of Bernard Willis, [1] published by Pedlar Press in 2008, and an art book, Letters to the Pacific, published by Publication Studio in 2010. [2] In 2016, Peck authored the monograph Jeff Wall: North & West, [3] which was nominated for the Melva J. Dwyer Award in the same year. [4]

Peck's criticism has appeared in Frieze, [5] The New York Review of Books Daily, [6] The White Review, [7] Art Agenda, Artforum , [8] Art Papers , Canadian Art , and Fillip . [9] [10]

He is a lecturer at the Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver, where he won the Ian Wallace Excellence in Teaching award in 2011. [11]

In 2012, Peck was selected to take part in the writers residency at dOCUMENTA in Kassel, Germany. [12] [13] [14]

From 2002 to 2009, Peck was the assistant editor at Greenboathouse Books. [15]

Notes

  1. Peck, Aaron (2008). The Bewilderments of Bernard Willis. Pedlar Press. ISBN   978-1897141229.
  2. "Letters to the Pacific at Publication Studio". Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2010-08-30.
  3. Peck, Aaron; Wall, Jeff (2015). Jeff Wall: North & West, Amazon.com. Figure 1. ISBN   978-1927958872.
  4. "Art Writing". aaronpeck.ca. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
  5. "Aaron Peck". frieze.com. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
  6. "Aaron Peck". The New York Review of Books. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
  7. "Aaron Peck - The White ReviewThe White Review". www.thewhitereview.org. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
  8. "Artforum.com" . Retrieved 2018-08-18.
  9. "Fillip / Farm Arugula with Figs: Bay Area Bazaar, The RED and the GREEN, and Ripe Family Supper (Aaron Peck)" . Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  10. "Fillip / If You Build It, They Will Come (Aaron Peck)" . Retrieved July 11, 2012.
  11. "Aaron Peck - Emily Carr University". Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  12. "dOCUMENTA 13 - CHORALITY, ON RETREAT: A WRITERS' RESIDENCY AARON PECK". Archived from the original on 6 March 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  13. "Lesung bei Venus & Apoll". Rheinische Post. 17 July 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  14. "dOCUMENTA (13): Writing's Retreat into the Context of Contemporary Art • Online • Afterall". www.afterall.org. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
  15. "12 or 20 (small press) questions: Jason Dewinetz on Greenboathouse Press". ROB MCLENNAN'S BLOG. 3 February 2011.


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