Aiden Kirkegaard
Aiden Kirkegaard is a painter working in Vancouver and a 2024 MFA graduate from Emily Carr University of Art + Design. Aiden received her BFA with a Minor in Art History from the University of British Columbia Okanagan in 2020. In 2023, Aiden received the Canada Graduate Scholarships - Master’s Award (CGS M) for her research studies at Emily Carr.
Aiden acknowledges that she is a guest creating work on the unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples, including the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh nations.
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Exhibition
June 24, 2024 - August 9, 2024 In Tracing Memory, Aiden Kirkegaard investigates how the physical and material processes of painting can elicit memory and dreaming. Transforming moments and movements in real spaces into form and colour, Aiden’s work evokes a visual representation of daydreaming.