Large Modernist Painting Contemporary Abstract Art Paul Aho, Palm Beach, Florida

Dimensions: H: 32.0, W: 32.0 IN

Paul Richard Aho, American (Born 1954)

Oil painting and acrylic paint on wood

"Mirage".

Hand signed and dated 2004 verso.

Dimensions

32" x 32"

Paul Aho is an American abstract painter who was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His lush geometric abstractions are composed of layers of paint that produce their effects through contrasts of hue and differences in texture. They have an enamel or alkyd type glossy finish.

His paintings combine the simplified shapes and repeating forms familiar from historical geometric abstraction. Aho’s lush abstract geometric paintings dazzle with a contemporary handling of paint. Artist, painter, surfer and photographer was the first recipient of the Palm Beach County Cultural Council’s Ubertalli Award for Artistic Achievement and is a two-time recipient of the South Florida Consortium’s Visual and Media Artists Fellowship. In 2010 he was also awarded an individual artist’s fellowship from The Santo Foundation through an international call to artists. Aho graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Florida State University, Tallahassee, in 1977 and earned a Master of Fine Art degree University of South Florida, Tampa in 1979. Aho was chief program officer for Palm Beach Photographic Centre; dean of the School of Art at the Armory Art Center; He has also served as director of visual art services and public art programs for the Palm Beach College as an adjunct professor of art at Florida Atlantic University and Palm Beach Community College. After 6 years as dean of West Kentucky Community and Paducah School of Art and Design, he now serves as director. Solo exhibitions include Dreaming Out Loud, Shrode Art Center, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mt. Vernon, Il, 2014; From There to Here, Jefferson Street Studios, Paul Aho: Recent Works, Martin County Cultural Center, Martin County, Florida, 2010; and Here and Now, Present Global Fine Art, West Palm Beach, 20 Group or juried exhibitions include Gallery Biba, Worth Avenue, Palm Beach, Florida; Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts, Naples, Florida; the 59th A Competition, Boca Raton Museum of Art; Inaugural 2008, Cuadro Gallery, Dubai, U.A.E.; Undertow: A Survey of South Florida Contemporary Art, Istanbul Turkey City Art Center, Sioux City, Iowa; Art Futures, Gallery Center, Boca Raton, Florida; The Bridge Art Fair, Miami Beach, Florida; New American Talent, Lagun Austin, Texas; Select, Schmidt Center Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton; Norte Americanos, Arcaute Arte Contemporaneo, San Pedro Garza Impossibility of..., Mark Shulgasser Photo Gallery, West Palm Beach; and Paul Aho and Immi Storrs, Clarke Galleries, Stowe, Vermont. City Art Center, Sioux City, Iowa; Art Futures, Gallery Center, Boca Raton, Florida; The Bridge Art Fair, Miami Beach, Florida; New American Talent,

Austin, Texas; Select, Schmidt Center Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton; Norte Americanos, Arcaute Arte Contemporaneo, San Pedro Garza Mark Shulgasser Photo Gallery, West Palm Beach; and Paul Aho and Immi Storrs, Clarke Galleries, Stowe, Vermont. Gallery representation includes Gallery Biba, Worth Avenue, Palm Beach, Fl; (artists shown include Pablo Atchugarry, Rafael Barrios, Jim Dine, Jean Dubuffet, Carole Feuerman, Dan Flavin, Ana Mercedes Hoyos, Julio Larraz, Roberto Matta, Igor Mitoraj, Elizabeth Murray, Robert Rauschenberg, Jonathan Seliger, Jesus Soto, Gavin Turk) Brinkerhoff & Co Fine Art, Coconut Creek, Fl; Wright Gallery, Northport, MI; Midtown, Omaha, NE. His work is in the permanent collections of Sioux City Art Center, IA; Mandarin Hotel, Miami, FL; MGM Mirage, Las Vegas; Suki Ar Regency Aruba Resort and Casino, and Four Seasons Hotel and Resort, Marrakech, among dozens of others. Representation for corporate and individual Myriad, Atlanta; Boston Art, Boston; Kalisher, Carrboro, NC; and Kinzelman Art Consultants, Houston, among other leaders in the field. An avid surfer since the age of 11, Aho curated the exhibition and authored the book, Surfing Florida–A Photographic History. The project, documenting the history of surfing in the state and the impact its surfers and surf industry have had on the sport's inter opened at FAU in March of 2012. It traveled the state to Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, FL; Surf Expo, Orlando, FL; and Museum of Natural History Gainesville. FL. The exhibition is now the property of Palm Beach County Surf History Project, and University Press of Florida published a book of the same name, Surfing Florida: A Photographic History.

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2012 Foundations, Palm Beach County Cultural Council, Lake Worth, Florida

Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts, Naples, Florida 2011 New Horizons, Kentucky Community and Technical College System Conference, Lexington, Kentucky

Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts, Naples, Florida

2010 Small Works, Verge Art Fair, Catalina Hotel and Beach Club, Miami Beach.

Gallery Biba, Worth Avenue, Palm Beach, Florida

Artlab 33/Art Space, Miami, Florida

Common Ground, Stephen Johnson Gallery, West Palm Beach, Florida

Boston Art, Boston, Massachusetts 2009 Nexus: Science + Art, Scripps Florida, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

Seeing Red, Somerhill Gallery, Durham, North Carolina

Biennial Faculty Exhibition, Schmidt Center Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida

Rosenbaum Contemporary, Gallery Center, Boca Raton, Florida

Miami Art Exchange, Wynwood Arts District, Miami, Florida 2008 Inaugural, Cuadro Fine Art Gallery, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, curated by Bruce Helander

Legacy, Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, Iowa, three-person exhibition, curated by Michael Betancourt

Thirteen 08, South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship Recipients, Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Art Futures, Gallery Center, Boca Raton, Florida (organized by Gallery Camino Real)

Palm Beach Currents, Northwood Temporary Contemporary, West Palm Beach, Florida

Clarke Galleries, New York, NYC, Stowe, Vermont, West Palm Beach, Florida 2007 Undertow: A Survey of South Florida Contemporary Art, Mimar Sinan University College of Fine Arts, Istanbul, Turkey

Bridge Art Fair, Catalina Hotel, Miami Beach, Florida

The Shape of White, Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Biennial Faculty Exhibition, Schmidt Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida

Galerias Prinardi USA, West Palm Beach, Florida (four-person exhibition) 2006 Paul Aho and Immi Storrs, Clarke Galleries, Stowe, Vermont 2005 Color Abstractions, Behringer Harvard and Trammell Crow, Houston, Texas 2004 Cool Intentions, Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Select, Schmidt Center Gallery, Schmidt College of Art and Humanities, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida

Norte Americanos, Arcaute Arte Contemporaneo, San Pedro Garza Garcia, Mexico 2003 City Link Invitational, ArtServe, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 2000 Painting Abstraction, New York Studio School, New York, New York

Jon Oulman Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota 1998 Presence–Contemporary Abstraction, Atrium Gallery, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut (two-person exhibition)

Digital Realms, Ritter Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida (two-person exhibition) Points of the Compass, Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 1997 MANIF, Seoul 97, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, South Korea

Gallery Camino Real, Boca Raton, Florida

Collector’s Corner, Philharmonic Center for the Arts, Naples, Florida

West End Fine Arts, West Palm Beach, Florida 1996 Freites-Revilla Gallery, Gallery Center, Boca Raton, Florida 1995 Art Miami ‘95, Freites-Revilla Gallery, Miami, Florida

South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship Recipients, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida 1994 The Banner Project, Palm Beach Community College Museum of Art, Lake Worth, Florida

Three-Way Mirror, Martin County Court House Gallery, Stuart, Florida (three-person exhibition) 1992 Invitational Alumni Exhibition, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 1991 RVS Gallery, South Hampton, New York 1990 Reflections, Stein Gallery, Tampa, Florida 1988 Furniture as Art, Northwood University, West Palm Beach, Florida

Inaugural Exhibition, Stephen Scott Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland

Art for the 80’s, State Capitol Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida 1987 Neon, Light as Medium, Palm Beach Community College, Lake Worth, Florida

Florida Originals, Burdines, Mayfair, Miami, Florida 1986 Florida Center for Contemporary Art, Tampa, Florida (three-person exhibition)

Florida Directions I, Helander Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida

Northwood Institute, West Palm Beach, Florida 1985 New Faces 85, Joan Hodgell Gallery, Sarasota, Florida 1984 Inaugural Invitational Exhibition, Palm Beach County Art in Public Places, County Governmental Center, West Palm Beach, Florida

Nine Palm Beach County Artists, North Miami Museum, Miami, Florida 1982 Florida Community College Faculty Exhibition, State Capitol Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida 1979 The Ball Show-Two Balls, Atlanta Art Workers Coalition Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia

1978 The New Floridians, Jacksonville Museum of Art, Jacksonville, Florida; Norton Gallery of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida

Southern Impulse, Wesleyan College, Macon, Georgia (three-person exhibition)