Aaron Hequembourg was formally trained in engraving and printmaking on a scholarship to the University of Iowa.Upon graduating,without a press, Aaron started to produce abstracted figurative paintings engraved into wood panels. In 1997 Aaron and his wife Hope were married in the front yard of a farm that has been in her family since 1815. They proceeded to move into the farmhouse and have four children, over the course of their lives there, a family member suggested burning down the sharecropper houses that were scattered over the farm. First seeing the value of the wood Aaron began to salvage materials for his contemporary work, however after experiencing the history of the buildings and the objects inside them he was inspired to research period photography for subject matter. The result is the most successful body of work he has ever produced.
AWARDS
2011
2nd Place Cherry Creek Arts Festival
Best in Show Columbus Arts Festival
Award of Merit Kentuck Arts Festival
Award of Excellence Central Pa. Fesyival of the Arts
Bayou Houston Memorial Park 2nd place
Best in Mixed Media Virginia Beach Boardwalk Art Show
Gasparilla Festival of Arts Board of Directors Award
2010
Best in Show Savannah Telfair Museum Show
Award of Distinction Greater GulfCoast Arts Festival
Award of Excellence Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts
Best in Mixed Media Boardwalk Arts Festival
2nd Place Old Town Arts Festival
Juror's Choice 2-D Columbus Arts Festival
Best in Mixed Media Renaissance Fine arts Festival
Award of Merit Boca Raton Museum of Art Show
Award of Merit Gasparilla Festival of Art
Best in Show Mixed Media Woodlands Waterways
2009
Best in Show 4 Bridges Arts Festival
Award of Merit Kentuck Arts Festival
Best in Mixed Media Atlanta Arts Festival
Juror's Choice 2-D Columbus Arts Festival
ACC Award of Excellence Atlanta
Award of Merit Gasparilla Festival of Arts
Coconut Grove 1st Place Mixed Media
Best in Show Boca Raton Museum of Art Festival
2008
Best in Mixed Media Memphis Riverfest
Port Warwick Arts&Sculpture Festival 3rd place
Best in Show Decatur Arts Festival
2007
ACC Award of Excellence Charlotte
Best in Show Hiawassee Festival of Art
ACC Award of Excellence Atlanta
Award of Merit Ocala Arts Festival
