PAOLO ARAO
b. 1977 Manila, Philippines, lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
EDUCATION
2000 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
1999 BFA Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Loughborough College of Art and Design, Loughborough, England
Lorenzo de Medici Art Institute of Florence, Italy
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2011-12
Grey Full, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY (curated by Geoffrey Young)
Contemporary Drawings, Barton Art Galleries, Barton College, Wilson, NC
2010
Between the Lights, Franklin Art Works, Minneapolis, MN (solo)
Wall to Wall, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Observant, ISE Foundation, New York, NY (curated by Vicki Sher)
2009
BAM Next Wave, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY (curated by Dan Cameron)
Whitey on the Moon, 106 Green, Brooklyn, NY (curated by Kanishka Raja)
Room Tones, St. Cecilia Convent, Brooklyn, NY (organized by Nathan Spondike)
Give Them What They Never Knew They Wanted, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY
Intus Tensio, or Appropriated Special, Centotto, Brooklyn, NY (curated by Paul D’Agostino)
2007-8
Fornever, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Monsters, RENTAL, New York, NY (curated by Robert Longo)
Making History, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY (curated by Yaelle Amir)
Hard Times, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY
2005-6
Intermission, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Introspective Men, Madder 139 Gallery, London, England (curated by David Kefford)
Fresh Direct, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY
2003-4
Make Them Love You, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Sunday Afternoon, Match-Art, Brooklyn, NY (curated by Matthew Fisher and Christina Vassalo)
Pencil Me In, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Cleanliness, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY (curated by Adam Frank)
Playpen, The Drawing Center, New York, NY (curated by Austin Thomas)
2002
Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY
Lucky Draw, Deitch Projects, New York, NY
Made in NY, Arno Maris Gallery, Westfield State College, Westfield, MA (curated by John O’Connor)
Snapshot, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
2001
Interval: New Art for a New Space, SculptureCenter, Long Island City, NY (review)
Mitochondria Emancipation, Asian American Arts Centre, New York, NY (curated by Christine Kim)
Skowhegan Alumni, Knoedler Gallery, New York, NY
All Hands, Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY (curated by David Terry)
Artist in the Marketplace: 21st Annual Exhibition, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY (catalog)
Snapshot, Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside, PA
2000
Snapshot, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD
FRESH, Butler’s Laundromat, Skowhegan, ME (performance with Daniel Bozhkov)
Vermont Studio Center Resident Artists, Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, VT
AWARDS + HONORS
Artist Pension Trust, New York, NY (present - 2006)
Studio, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY (2007, 2008)
Fellowship (Drawing), New York Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY (2005)
Residency, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL (2002)
Emerging Artist Fellowship, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY (2002)
Residency, Artist in the Marketplace Program, Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York (2001)
Fellowship, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, ME (2000)
Full Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT (1999)
Fellowship, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA (1998)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Modern Painters, 100 Artists to Watch, December 1, 2011 p.60
Maria Fusco, The Happy Hypocrite: Issue 1 - Linguistic Hardcore, Bookworks, London, England, 2008
Matthew Fisher, "The Distance of Drawing," Matthews the Younger Blogspot, 2008
Rafael Risemberg, "A Weekend in the Country: Paolo Arao and His Buddies Head to the Catskills." The New York Blade, April 3, 2006 p. 16
New American Paintings, North East Edition Vol. 56, Open Studios Press, Boston, MA, 2005
Harper's Magazine, Readings, January 2005, p. 22
Abraham Orden, "Circus Without a Tent," Artnet.com, February 11, 2005
VOGUE (Portgual), November 2004, p. 104
The New York Sun, Calendar, October 19, 2004 p. 15
Harper's Magazine, Readings, July 2004, p. 23
Hitomi Iwasaki, Robert Lee &Timothy Liu. Mitochondria Emancipation. Asian American Arts Centre, 2001
Edwin Ramoran & Lydia Yee, Artist in the Marketplace: 21st Annual Exhibition. Bronx Museum of the Arts, 2001
Roberta Smith, "Funky Digs with Lots of Space for Performance-Oriented Hipsters." The New York Times, September 28, 2001 p. E39