Michael Ajerman was born in New York. As a teenager he took part in the Cooper Union Outreach Program, afterwards studying at the Corcoran School of Art, the New York Studio School and the Yale Summer School at Norfolk. In 2003, he completed his Masters Degree at the Slade School of Art, receiving the British Institute Award from the Royal Academy the same year. In 2018 he was awarded UCLA’s Kitaj Research Fellowship.
He has had numerous international solo exhibitions, most recently Break In at Isabel Sullivan Gallery, New York. He is currently showing in group exhibitions; The Human Stain at Monica De Cardenas, Milan; East Wing Biennial at the Courtauld Institute, London and the Royal Academy Summer Show.
He held two solo exhibitions with Transition Gallery; Fishermen, Strawberry, and Devil Crab (2010) and Squash (2013). His writing for Garageland magazine inclues extensive interviews with Chuck Palahniuk, Esther Friedman, and Musa Mayer. He recently contributed a chapter to the monograph The Uglow Papers published by Modern Art Press.
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