Artist Statement

My practice explores (dis)comfort, the queer, memory, and home through sculpture and installation. My work considers the intimate connection between people, their well-worn clothing/bedding, and household objects/spaces, as they are representative of the body, gender, and memory. 

At the root are the contradictory experiences of LGBTQ people: queer and trans people are simultaneously comfortable in their bodies, relationships, and lifestyles and uncomfortable with societal standards. This concept is firmly embedded in my practice by combining incongruent spaces, materials, and phenomena to subvert expectations and twist the work into something outside accepted notions of reality. This can include clothing appearing perpetually wet as it is drying on a clothesline, making soft sheets hard or hard floors soft. To foster a positive relationship between the trans/queer communities and others in the current political moment, I strive to speak to universal realities about struggling to fit in, a strong desire for home, and a life full of (dis)comfort.


Bio

Aaron Asher (b. 2000) is a queer, transgender artist living and working on the west coast of Ireland. He grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada, graduating from Las Vegas Academy of the Arts with an emphasis in ceramics. He earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Sculpture with a minor in Art History from the University of Nevada, Reno in 2023. He immigrated to Ireland and earned his Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art at Burren College of Art in County Clare. He has exhibited work in Manchester, Limerick, Newtown Castle in County Clare, and Las Vegas City Hall Grand Gallery.