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 Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in 2001.[1] Padilla has taught at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, the Honolulu Museum of Art and the Hawaii Potters' Guild.[2]

He is currently the Director of Learning and Engagement at the Honolulu Museum of Art.[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.[2]

References

  • International Art Society of Hawai'i, Kuilima Kākou, Hawai’i-Japan Joint Exhibition, Honolulu, International Art Society of Hawai'i, 2004, p. 39
  • 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
  • Wong, Allison, The Contemporary Museum at First Hawaiian Center, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu HI, 2006, p. 91

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b Wall label, Hawaii State Art Museum
  2. ^ a b The artist's website
  3. ^ "Leadership | Honolulu Museum of Art".


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