About
Aiden is a union ironworker, truck driver, and artist in Hopewell, Virginia, who grew up nearby in Durham, North Carolina. After graduating from the prestigious Cooper Union School of Art in New York City, Aiden made several surreal & comical low-budget horror movies which were internationally distributed by Troma Entertainment. Over time Aiden has expanded into other mediums like painting and pottery, and is now focused on making surreal & comical cowboy paintings.
Festivals
2022 & 2023, Vendor at Cherry Blossom Festival, held annually at Branch Brook Park in Newark, NJ.
Solo Art Exhibition
2018, “Butterfly Pictures” at St Charles Projects, Baltimore, MD
Group Art Exhibitions
2026, “Annual Members Art Show” at the Petersburg Area Arts League in Petersburg, VA
2018, “Portraits of People We Love” at Gallery Aferro, in Newark, NJ
2018, “Our Words Will Be Heard” at The Modell-Lyric Theater, in Baltimore, MD
2018, “Wall Space” in Brooklyn, NY
2010, “The Collabo Show” in Miami, FL
2009, “The Collabo Show” in Miami, FL
Film Screenings
2015, “Death Print” at Locación Cristo Salvador in Havana, Cuba
2012, “Death Print” at O Cinema in Miami, FL.
2011, “Meat Weed America” at Cooper Union Alumni Film Festival in New York, NY
2010, “He Smoked Marlboroughs” video installation, collaboration with musician Robert Constable at “Refractory” exhibit at Tampa Armature Works in Tampa, FL
2009, “Death Print” at The Colony Theater in Miami Beach, FL and Cinema Paradiso in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
2009, Video projections on the side of the American Airlines Arena, home of The Miami Heat.
2008, “Special Angelz” at The Borscht Film Festival in Miami, FL
2008, “Meat Weed Madness” at Nightlight in Chapel Hill, NC
2007, “Meat Weed Madness” at The Wolfsonian-FIU Museum in Miami Beach, FL
International Feature Film Release on DVD & Digital Streaming from Troma Entertainment
2015, “Bikini Swamp Girl Massacre”
2007, “Meat Weed America”
2006, “Meat Weed Madness”
Performances
2011-2012, "Ballscarf", noise-music collaboration with musicians Jay Hines & Nick Ruiz, in numerous punk-rock music clubs throughout Florida, including several iterations of the decades-long running International Noise Conference at Churchill's Pub, and artist Carlos Rigau's venue General Practice, both in Miami.
2010, “Fool's Gold” solo performance at the annual fundraiser for The Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami, FL
Education
1999-2003, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Cooper Union, New York, NY
1997-1999, The North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, NC
Residencies
2013-2015, Resident Artist (and handyman) at Cousin’s Trailer Park in Lumberton, NC
2004-2007, Resident Filmmaker (and handyman) at Camp Nest in Hudson, NY
Selected Bibliography
Review of Death Print by Miami New Times newspaper: “Death Print Movie Premiere and Afterparty”
Review of Meat Weed Madness by movie review website DVD Talk: “Meat Weed Madness”