about

Aidan Fitzpatrick is a photographer and teaching artist who calls Chicago, Illinois, and Nashville, Tennessee home. Her path as an artist begins with a love of looking closely. 

While photographing, Aidan is motivated to tell stories that reflect and amplify the awe-inspiring and reciprocal ways individuals impact their communities. Her pictures are inspired by the mystery imbued in foggy days, the magical feeling of smallness while being swallowed by Lake Michigan or the night sky, and the sacred search for belonging.

As a teaching artist, she fosters genuine moments for young people to create, be curious, and connect through art-making and photography. Her reverence for the creativity of others found a home at The Art Institute of Chicago, where she led the Imaging Department’s team of photographers. Aidan dedicated her time to photographing three-dimensional art objects, documenting exhibitions, creating portraits, and capturing behind-the-scenes moments at the museum. She also developed tutorials and explored new imaging technologies, including reflectance transformation imaging.

Aidan’s work has been installed in group exhibitions at Woman Made Gallery, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, CTA In-Transit Gallery, Garden Apartment Gallery, Columbia College Chicago Library, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Comfort Station, and Walker’s Point Center for the Arts. Her work is featured in issue six of Cordella Magazine and held in the collections of Columbia College Chicago.

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