1. Aaron Rose is an American film director, artist, exhibition curator and writer.
16 Facts About Aaron Rose
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Aaron Rose grew up in Calabasas in the San Fernando Valley near Los Angeles and started attending punk and mod shows in the mid 1980s.
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Aaron Rose moved to New York City in 1989 and after a string of odd jobs, at the age of 21, he opened Alleged Gallery on Ludlow Street in the Lower East Side.
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Aaron Rose is a director of the award-winning feature documentary film Beautiful Losers, which premiered at the 2008 SXSW Film Festival.
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In 2009, After the release of Beautiful Losers, Aaron Rose directed a short-form documentary called Become a Microscope - 90 Statements on Sister Corita, with original music by Money Mark and Becky Stark.
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Aaron Rose directed "Pendarvia", a short documentary on the musical group The Decemberists which was released January, 2011.
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Aaron Rose has directed numerous short films and commercials for television.
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Aaron Rose is currently working on his first feature film.
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Aaron Rose was an associate curator along with Roger Gastman and Jeffrey Deitch on the museum exhibition "Art in the Streets" which opened at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art in April 2011.
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Aaron Rose is currently represented by Circleculture Gallery in Berlin.
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In 2009 Aaron Rose was chosen to create a signature shoe model for DC Shoes based on his artwork.
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Aaron Rose has created clothing designs for Uniqlo, Nike, FACT and Shepard Fairey's Subliminal brand as well as other boutique apparel collaborations.
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In late 2011, Aaron Rose co-authored "Collage Culture: Examining the 21st Century Identity Crisis," a book of criticism published by Swiss company JRP-Ringier.
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Aaron Rose's publishing imprint Alleged Press has released books featuring the art of Ari Marcopoulos, Ed Templeton, Mike Mills, Barry McGee, Chris Johanson, and Gusmano Cesaretti.
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Aaron Rose is co-editor of ANP Quarterly, a free arts magazine published by RVCA.
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Aaron Rose's journalism writings have been published in Index, i-D, Dazed and Confused, Self Service, L'Officiel Hommes, Kaleidoscope, Flash Art, and Purple where he is an editor at large.