Bio
Aidan Wilhite is a photographer, visual artist, and producer. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in film and worked as an assistant video editor at Soapbox Films before moving to New York in the summer of 2023. Inspired by a previous project, Aidan created Gifted, a network that promotes artists and encourages gift-making through short-form profiles, workshops, tutorials, and live events. After five months of production he hosted his first solo show at All Street Gallery featuring select photos and immersive installations. His Gifted work is ongoing as he continues to build a channel focused on community, creativity, and generosity.
Artist Statement
Aidan is interested in the ways in which we accentuate specific parts of ourselves and how a single part might be visually emphasized. His animated view of the world in combination with a desire to understand the self creates a momentum through which he examines personalities in the abstract. He's self taught and is drawn to material like paper and techniques like collage due to their accessibility and ubiquity. He believes that craft is central to our wellbeing, and that when confronting adversity, gifts are a powerful solution to turn toward as they remind us to use our hands, to relinquish expectations, and to engage intuitively with our relationships. Ultimately, he aims to illuminate the gap between the nominal self and the artistic self by perpetuating creation toward others.