Aaron Hardin (b. 1985) received his MFA from the Hartford Art School International Limited Residency Program in 2016 and is currently the Director of The Carnegie Center for Arts and History in Jackson, TN. He was the 2016 recipient of the Magnum Photo Fine Art Award and has shown work across the USA, Cuba, Germany, United Kingdom, and Russia. Hardin’s clients include The New Yorker, The New York Times, Le Monde, and So Foot Magazine.

For inquiries about commissions:

email: aaronhardinphoto@gmail.com

Exhibitions:

  • “The Last Yearbook,” Solo Show, SPACE PLACE – Nigni Tagil, Russia 2023 

  • “CURRENTS,” Group Show, The Ogden Museum of Southern Art – New Orleans, LA 2022-2023 

  • “Hide Me in the Honeysuckle Patch,” Solo Show, AUM Cason McDermott Art Gallery – Montgomery, AL 2021

  • “The Unseen Forest,” Group Show, Athens Institute for Contemporary Art – Athens, GA 2020

  • “The Road,” Group Show, South x Southeast Gallery – Molena, GA 2020

  • “Revelations,” Group Show, The Ogden Museum of Southern Art – New Orleans, LA 2020-2021

  • “Silhouettes in the Void,” Solo Show, Union University Art Gallery – Jackson, TN 2020

  • “New Southern Photography,” Group Show, The Ogden Museum of Southern Art – New Orleans, LA 2018-2019

  • "A Contemporary Reference of the Human Condition," Edition One Gallery - Santa Fe, NM (2018)

  • "Know South/No South," Atlanta Photography Group Gallery - Atlanta, GA (2018)

  • "ARENA," Baxter Street at Camera Club New York - New York, NY (2017), Galeria L at Universidad de La Habana - Havana, Cuba (2017)

  • "One Finger Off," Joseloff Gallery - Hartford, CT (2016)

  • "Dreams of Dogs," Kominek Gallery - Berlin, Germany (2015)

Publications:

  • Hide Me in the Honeysuckle Patch, Photobook, self-published 2021

  • The 13th Spring, Photobook, published by Fall Line Press 2021

  • One Tire Fire, self-published 2019

  • Magnum Photography Awards 2016 Catalogue

  • Magenta Foundation Flash Forward 2016 Catalogue

Awards:

  • New York Portfolio Review (2017)

  • Critical Mass 2017 Top 50 (2017)

  • Magnum Photography Award - Winner of Fine Art Series (2016)

  • Magenta Foundation Flash Forward Emerging Artist Winner (2016)

  • Hartford Art School Merit Award (2015-2016)

Features:

  • Booooooom, “‘The 13th Spring’ by Photographer Aaron Hardin” - Aug. 2020

  • LensCulture, "POWER" Juried Show - Sept. 2017

  • aPhotoEditor, "The Best Work I Saw at the NYT Portfolio Review" - June 2017

  • LensCulture, "Thy Neighbor: Searching for Reconciliation in Today’s America" - May 2017

  • BBC - In Pictures - July 2016

  • Lenscratch: The State Project: Tennessee 2016

  • Oxford American - Eyes on the South, "In Jackson" - July 2015