Aaron Peck (writer)
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Aaron Peck | |
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Writer Aaron Peck reading in Anacortes, WA in July 2011 | |
| Born | 1979 (age 45–46) Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Occupation | writer |
Aaron Peck is a Canadian writer and educator.
He is the author of the novella The Bewilderments of Bernard Willis,[1] published by Pedlar Press in 2008, and an art book, Letters to the Pacific, published by Publication Studio in 2010.[2] In 2016, Peck authored the monograph Jeff Wall: North & West,[3] which was nominated for the Melva J. Dwyer Award in the same year.[4]
Peck's criticism has appeared in Frieze,[5] The New York Review of Books Daily,[6] The White Review,[7] Art Agenda, Artforum,[8] Art Papers, Canadian Art, and Fillip.[9][10]
He is a lecturer at the Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver, where he won the Ian Wallace Excellence in Teaching award in 2011.[11]
In 2012, Peck was selected to take part in the writers residency at dOCUMENTA in Kassel, Germany.[12][13][14]
From 2002 to 2009, Peck was the assistant editor at Greenboathouse Books.[15]