BIO
Patricia Aaron is an internationally exhibiting artist best known for her well-recognized intuitive abstract approach and gestural mark making techniques. Aaron offers paintings on custom birch panels, linen canvas and archival papers. In the studio she combines refined beeswax, pigments and damar resin which are heated together and then applied in layers in combination with oil stick and mixed media. To date Aaron has had over 45 solo shows with participation in multiple invitational group exhibitions.
Recent additions to Aaron's oeuvre include suspended and wall-mounted sculptures fabricated with hand stitched and machine sewn collected fabrics and threads. These can be viewed as sculptural responses to her paintings. Aaron's work fuses the power of the natural world with a deep investigation of urban culture and is often embedded with rich narrative.
Born in Youngstown, Ohio, Aaron studied art overseas in London, Paris, and Augsburg receiving her undergraduate degree from University of Maryland Heidelberg, Germany. Aaron received her MFA at Denver University School of Art and Art History, Denver, CO.
Artist fellowships and residencies include: Ucross Foundation, Ucross, WY; Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA; Moulin a Nef, Auvillar, France; Santa Fe Art Institute Master Residency with sculptor Anne Truitt, Santa Fe, NM; Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass, CO; Hvitahus, Hellissandur, Iceland; Hafnarborg Center for Culture and Fine Arts, Hafnarfjordur, Iceland; SIM, Reykjavik, Iceland; Museum of Outdoor Arts, Englewood, CO; Colorado Academy, Lakewood, CO; Hui No-eua, Maui, HI and AIR Jen Tough Santa Fe, NM.
Aaron is included in the permanent museum and university collections of the Denver Art Museum Kirkland Institute of Fine and Decorative Art, Denver, CO, Hafnarborg Museum of Culture and Art, Hafnarfjordur, Iceland, Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY, Denver University Art Collections, Denver, CO and Encaustic Art Museum, Madrid, NM. Aaron is included in the corporate collections of Delta Airlines, Atlanta, GA, Sun City Corporation Kobe Towers, Kobe, Japan and Kanagawa, Japan, Liberty Global, Denver, CO, Hogan Lovells, Denver, CO, Metropolitan Homes, Denver, CO, Nichols Partnership, Denver, CO, Sysco, Denver, CO, Milehouse, Denver, CO, Contract Furnishings, Denver, CO and Colorado Academy, Lakewood, CO.
Aaron is Owner of Blue Sky IDEA Studio Gallery located in Centennial, CO.
Colorado Gallery Representation: Space Gallery, Denver, CO 2012- present.
Recent residential commissions: Paris, France; Denver, CO; Newport Beach, CA; Phoenix, AZ; Chicago, IL and Lake Tahoe, CA.
Selected venues featuring Aaron's work include:
Art Basel Aqua Art Miami, FL; Brand Library and Art Center, Glendale, CA; University Gallery, Dar Al-Kalima University, Bethlehem, Palestine; Kirkland Museum of Fine and Decorative Arts, Denver, CO; Hafnarborg Museum of Culture and Art, Hafnarfjordur, Iceland; International Burch University, Sarajevo, Bosnia; Morris Graves Museum of Art, Eureka, CA Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo, Bosnia; The Academy of Fine Arts, Sarajevo, Bosnia; University of North Carolina, Pembroke, NC; Harpa Concert Hall, Reykjavik, Iceland; Denver International Airport, Terminal Gallery, Denver, CO; Museum of Outdoor Arts, Englewood, CO; Nicolaysen Art Museum, Casper, WY; Metropolitan State University of Denver Center for Visual Arts, Denver, CO; Colorado Women's College of Denver, Denver, CO; Colorado Fine Arts Center, Colorado Springs, CO; Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH; Masur Museum of Art, Monroe Louisiana; University of Denver Myhren Gallery, Denver, CO: Messinger Gallery, Boulder JCC, Boulder, CO; Adams State University, Alamosa, CO; Arvada Center for the Arts, Arvada, CO; Colorado Academy, Ponzio Art Center, Lakewood, CO; Arts | Brookfield Republic Plaza, Denver, CO; Regis University, Denver, CO; Loveland Art Museum, Loveland, CO; Radcliffe College Bunting Institute, Cambridge, MA; Bridgeport Arts Center, Chicago, IL; Center for Contemporary Arts Abilene, TX; Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI; LaGrange Art Museum, LaGrange, GA; The Painting Center, NY, NY; Space Gallery, Denver, CO; Globe Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM; Water Street Gallery, Douglas, MI; Gallery 212, Miami, FL, Firehouse Art Center, Longmont, CO; PACE Center Gallery, Parker, CO.
contacts: pat.aaron52@gmail.com
patricia@blueskyideastudio.info