Aaron Stern is an artist, curator and author working between the US and Europe. His photographs, books, poetry and curatorial projects have appeared in publications and institutions such as RoseGallery, Magenta Plains, Dashwood Books, Perrotin, Photo Saint Germain, International Center for Photography, Paris Photo, Los Angeles Art Book Fair, Index Art Fair, The Paris Review, Vogue, Teen Vogue, The New York Times, Dazed&Confused, Purple Magazine, Italian Vogue, Interview Magazine & The Last Magazine. Stern is owner & co-founder of the curatorial service, A Medium Format.
2025
Polaroids, Small Prints & Ephemera, Webber Gallery, London, Curator
May 15 - Featuring Daniel Arnold, Gray Sorrenti, Jul 31, 2025
Irina Rozovsky Jerry Hsu, Mike Brodi, Mario Sorrenti, Vince Aletti, Alexa Chung,
Jiro Konami, Dexter Navy, Laura Jane Coulson, Juan Brenner, Jeremy Everett, Chris Rhodes, Rachel Simon, Laurel Thoma
Polaroids, Small Prints & Ephemera, Anent Gallery, Zona Maco, Curator - Mexico City,
February 6 - March 15 2025. Featuring Daniel Arnold, Gray Sorrenti, Irina Rozovsky,
Jerry Hsu, Mike Brodie, Pia-Paulina Guilmoth, Rafa Prieto, Shaniqwa Jarvis, MarioSorrenti, Nicole Della Costa, Vince Aletti
Hard Copy Los Angeles - Exhibition, Curator - Webber Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, January 23 - February 15 2025.
Featuring Andre Wagner, Caleb Stein, Carlos Jaramillo, Courtney Allen, Daniel Arnold, David Black, Gray Sorrenti, Ivar Wigan, Jeff Wall,
Jeremy Everett, Jerry Hsu, Jim Mangan, John Divola, Kovi Konowiecki, Laurel Thoma, Magdalena Wywrot, Pia Paulina Guilmoth,
Quentin deBriey, Rafa Prieto, Robert Nethery, Shaniqwa Jarvis, Takashi Homma, Zoe Ghertner.
2024
Hard Copy - Exhibition, Curator - WSA, New York, Frieze NY, May 3 - May 30 2024, Curator.
Featuring Andre Wagner, Caleb Stein, Christian Filardo, Daniel Arnold, Gray Sorrenti,
Israel Lund, Jeff Wall, Jeremy Everett, Jerry Hsu, John Divola, Katsu Naito, Lucy
Helton, Mary Frey, Nick Sethi, Nick Waplington, Rafa Prieto, Robert Nethery, Ruth Van
Beek, Shaniqwa Jarvis, Takashi Homma, Zora Sicher.
2022
Le Bal, Paris, FR - Book Signing/Talk - OK, No Response, Paris Photo, Nov 2022
Poly Copies, Paris, FR - Book Signing, Madam, Nurses Run, Paris Photo, Nov 2022
MiCamera, Milan, IT - Book Signing, Madam, Nurses Run/OK No Response, Nov 20022
OK, No Response - Published by Twin Palms, Edition of 1500, 2022, Co-Editor &
Designer. Featuring Juan Brenner, Antony Cairns, Madeline Casss, Jerald Cooper,
Jeremy Everett, Christian Filardo, Fred Frydendahl, Matthew Genitempo, Lucy Helton,
Anthony Hernandez, Kovi Konowiecki, Gabby Laurent, Pixy Liao, Susan Lipper, Mark
Mattock, Christian Patterson, Aaron Schuman, Bryan Schutmaat, Nick Sethi2021
Madam, Nurses Run - Published by Horizon Avenue, Edition of 225, Printed by
Faenza, Italy, 2021, Distributed by ArtBook
Magenta Plains Gallery, New York, Group Show, October 30th - December 18th 2021
Rose Gallery, Into The Blue, Group Show, May - August 2021
2021
OK, No Response, Published by Twin Palms Publishers, Edition of 1500, 2021
Magenta Plains, New York, Group Show, October 30 - December 18 2021
Madam, Nurses Run, Published by Horizon Avenue, Edition of 225, Printed by Faenza, Italy, 2021, Distributed by ArtBook
Rose Gallery - Into The Blue, Los Angeles, Group Show, May.- August 2021
2019
Perrotin - New York, December 2019, Group Show
Photo Saint Germain - These Fragments I Have Shored Against My Ruin, Pars Photo, Paris, November 2019, Horizon Avenue Gallery, 29 Rue de Seine
Time Thief, Self Published, November 2019, Edition of 100, Available at Perrotin, Book/Shop Oakland
Vapors, Self Published, November 2019, Edition of 100, Available at Perrotin, Book/Shop Oakland
2018
Pacific Peace Piece
Self-Published November 2018, Available at Le Bal in Paris, Dashwood Books in NY, Arcana Books in LA, Book/Shop in Oakland, November 2018 - Paris Photo, Polycopies, Shakespeare & Co
2017
The Greatest Colors For The Emptiest Parts Of The World
Published September 2017, Available at Le Bal in Paris, Dashwood Books in NY, Arcana Books in LA, Book/Shop in Oakland & Cafe Lehmetz in Cologne
We Live Behind The Moon Sometimes
Published March 2017, Available at Dashwood Books in NY, Arcana Books in LA, Book/Shop in Oakland, Le Bal in Paris, Cafe Lehmetz in Cologne & PhotoEye in Santa Fe
February 2017 - Printed Matter LA Art Book Fair, MoCA, Los Angeles
October 2017 - Howl Gallery, New York
November 2017 - Paris Photo, Polycopies, Paris
2016
Horizon Avenue
October 2016, Available at Dashwood Books in New York, Arcana Books in Los Angeles &
PhotoEye in New Mexico/Online
10x10 PhotoBooks Salon, New York, December 14th, Horizon Avenue & Dialogues 02 talk and signing
Los Angeles December 7th, Horizon Avenue & Dialogues 02 book signing and reading
ParisPhoto - Polycopies, November 2016, Paris France
Dialogues 02: 52 Photographs & 25 Poems
November 2016, Available at Dashwood Books in New York, Arcana Books in Los Angeles & PhotoEye in Santa Fe, NM
2015
Good Luck To You
Published by 205-A, November 2015, Available at Dashwood Books in New York & Arcana in Los Angeles
Increasingly Loud & Sharp
Published by 205-A, June 2015, Available at Dashwood Books in New York & Arcana in Los Angeles
Dialogues: 36 Photographs & 20 Poems
Published by 205A, April 2015, Available at Dashwood Books & ICP in New York
April 24th, International Center of Photography, New York
January 28th - 30th, LA Art Book Fair at Geffen Contemporary at MoCA, Los Angeles
2014
I Woke Up In My Clothes
Published 2014 by Damiani, Distributed by D.A.P. SOLD OUT
A Form Of Love
Published by 205-A, October 2015, Available at Dashwood Books & ICP, SOLD OUT.
October 18th, A Form Of Love, Group Show 205 A, New York
September 23rd, Bazaar Teens, Group Show, 205 A, New York
September 6th, You Can Count On Me, Group Show, 205 A, New York
June 23rd, Exhibition A, Open House Gallery, New York
June 13th, International Center of Photography, New York
April 25th, Paris Photo Los Angeles
April 24th, Show & Book Signing, Chateau Marmont, Los Angeles
March 7th, Reading & Book Signing, Casa Bosques, Mexico City
2012
Everyone Must Be Announced
Published by Shipley~Halmos, Distributed by D.A.P.
January 2012, Everyone Must Be Announced, Solo Exhibition, Milk Gallery
August 2009 PhotoPass, Solo Exhibition, Brick 385
Collections/Libraries
Annenberg Space for Photography, Los Angeles (library
Massachusetts College of Art (library)
International Center for Photography, NY (library)
Houston Museum of Fine Arts (library)
LACMA (library)
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Clients
Vogue, Teen Vogue, Dazed & Confused, The New York Times T Magazine, L’Officiel Hommes, The Last Magazine, Interview Magazine, VMAN, V Magazine, Wonderland Magazine, Riot of Perfume, Out Of Order, Elle UK
The Hoxton Hotel, The Blake Hotel, TODs, Panerai, Parsons School of Fashion, Rolling Stone Magazine, RollaCoaster, Oyster, Michael Kors, Rebecca Minkoff, YSL, ASOS, Eddie Borgo, Diesel, Nylon, Warby Parker, eBay, Levi’s, Converse, Luxottica, SunGlass Hut, Ray Ban, Persol, Phillip Lim, DeLeon Tequila, Jenni Kayne, Jen Kao, Suno