The Life and Education of Eric Aho
Eric Aho was born in 1966 in Melrose, Massachusetts. His family moved to New Hampshire in 1974. His father worked for the Boston and Maine Railroad, and his grandparents had emigrated from Finland. Aho pursued his artistic studies at the Central School of Art and Design in London from 1986 to 1987, later receiving a BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in 1988.
His academic journey included participating in a scholar exchange between the U.S. and Cuba in 1989. He completed graduate work at the Lahti Art Institute in Finland, supported by a Fulbright Scholarship in 1991-92 and an American-Scandinavian Foundation grant in 1993. Currently, he is an American painter living in Vermont.
Artistic Career and Exhibitions
Aho's work is represented by the DC Moore Gallery in New York City. His paintings are held in various public collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco. His exhibitions have been hosted at numerous institutions, such as the Portland Museum of Art, the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Currier Museum of Art.
Throughout his career, Aho has held several teaching positions:
His "Ice Cuts" exhibition at the Hood Museum of Art featured paintings of holes cut into a frozen pond.
