BORN MICHAEL TIMS, VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA, 1946 - .
born Michael Tims, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 1946 - .AA Bronson was a founding member of the artists’ group General Idea (1969–94). General Idea had over 100 solo exhibitions worldwide in its twenty-five years together and was represented in the Paris, Venice (1982), Sydney (1983), and São Paulo Biennales, as well as Documenta (1983). Since the deaths of his partners in 1994, AA Bronson has worked and exhibited as a solo artist. Recent solo exhibitions include those presented at the Secession, Vienna; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; the MIT List Visual Art Center, Cambridge; and the Power Plant, Toronto. His work is featured in many public and private collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the National Gallery of Canada. He has won numerous awards, including the Skowhegan Medal in Multi Media in 2006. He is the author of numerous texts and books, including his autobiography Negative Thoughts (Chicago: 2001). AA Bronson lives and works in Manhattan, where he is also the director of Printed Matter, Inc. He was appointed senior critic at Yale in 2006, and awarded an Honoary Doctorate of Fine Arts by NSCAD University in 2007..