Biography
Aaron Decker is an American Jeweler and enamellist based in Ypsilanti, Michigan, home to Rosie the Riveter and the Willow Run airport where B-24 Liberator Heavy Bombers were manufactured for the second World War. Growing up on military bases across the country, Deckers' close relationship to his grandfather, a clock smith, drove Decker to pursue jewelry.
Decker graduated from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2015 after his undergraduate studies and international residencies. Awarded the Mercedes-Benz Emerging Artist award in 2015, Decker went on to receive the Windgate Fellowship, The Marzee Graduate Prize, and has been a 3 time Finalist for the Art Jewelry Forum Young Artist Award. Aaron Decker jewelry is housed in both private and public collections and shows regularly internationally.
Decker is also regarded as a young talent who lectures, teaches, and contributes his critical voice to the field writing for publications such as CURRENT-OBSESSION, and ART JEWELRY FORUM. He was one of two writers selected for Ruudt Peters Retrospective Catalogue, BRON, accompanying the opening of Peter' retrospective at the CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, and sits on the publication advisory committee for Art Jewelry Forum.
Works
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2 Stone Neon Green Ring, 2024
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3 Stone Fancy Cut Ring, 2024
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4 Square Ring, 2024
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Lego Star, 2024
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Red Halo Ring, 2024
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Star Bauble Ring, 2024
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Star FragmentBlack Night Sky, 2024
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Star FragmentMidnight Blue, 2024
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Star FragmentPaynes Grey, 2024
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The Queen's Ring, 2024
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The Queen's Ring 8, 2024
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The Queen's Ring 9: Confetti, 2024
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The Queen's Ring Infinity band, 2024
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Tube Star, 2024
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we all fall down, 2024
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MorningStar #15, 2023
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MorningStar #16, 2023
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MorningStar #3, 2023
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MorningStar #6, 2023
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Yikes Spikes!, 2022
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2-4-6, 2021
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Gold Baby (Cherry) Bomb, 2021
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now you see me, 2021
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wave chain, 2021
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waving bracelet, 2021
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Cup and Ball, 2020
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Debris, 2014
Exhibitions
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Summer Selection
22 Jun - 14 Jul 2024 -
FOG DESIGN & ART
Fort Mason Center, San Francisco 18 - 21 Jan 2024 -
Design Miami
6 - 10 Dec 2023 -
Salon Art & Design
10 - 14 Nov 2022 -
Aaron Decker
it's (not) all fun and games 19 Jun - 18 Jul 2021Enameled grimaces, floppy fish, and medieval maces clip together assembling necklaces, brooches, and lockets in the newest works by Aaron Patrick Decker in it's (not) all fun and games. A...Read more -
Up In Smoke
Contemporary Jewelers, Silversmiths and Designers Take On Marijuana 16 Jan - 21 Feb 2021High End Marijuana paraphernalia smoking implements by contemporary artists and designers.Read more -
Aaron Decker
Derby and his Badges 16 Jul - 14 Aug 2016
Events
Art Fairs