Aaron Padilla (artist)
Aaron Padilla (born 1974) is an American artist and art educator. He was born in Wahiawa, Hawaii in 1974. He received a BFA in painting and printmaking from Pacific Lutheran University in 1996, and an MFA in ceramics from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 2001.[1] Padilla has taught at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, the Honolulu Museum of Art and the Hawaii Potters’ Guild.[2] As of June 2013, he is curator of education at the Honolulu Museum of Art, Spalding House.[3] He has created paintings and utilitarian ceramics, as well as abstract and semi-abstract ceramic sculptures. In his current body of work, small angled pieces of wood are assembled to give the illusion of wood being woven or tied into knots.[1]
The Hawaii State Art Museum, the Fendi Foundation for Design, the Judiciary Building at Kapolei and the Hawaii State Capitol are among the collections holding works by Aaron Padilla.
References
- Morse, Marcia and Allison Wong, 10 Years: The Contemporary Museum at First Hawaiian Center, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, 2006, ISBN 1888254076, p. 91
- Nelson, Shane, In Good Form, Renowned Sculptor Fred Roster and Rising Star Aaron Padilla Share a Common Thread, HiLuxury, June/July 2013, Vol 7, Issue 1, pp. 40–42
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wall label, Hawaii State Art Museum
- ↑ The artist's website
- ↑ Nelson, Shane, In Good Form, Renowned Sculptor Fred Roster and Rising Star Aaron Padilla Share a Common Thread, HiLuxury, June/July 2013, Vol 7, Issue 1, pp 40–42.