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PAUL RICHARD AHO
620 Madison Street #302, Paducah, Kentucky 42001
paulaho54@gmail.com • www.paul-aho.com • 561.827.9832
EDUCATION
1979 MFA, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
1977 BFA, Magna Cum Laude, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
1974 Palm Beach Community College, Lake Worth, Florida
HONORS AND AWARDS
2010 The Santo Foundation 2010 Individual Artist Award, The Santo Foundation, St. Louis, MO; Barbara O’Brien, juror
2008 South Florida Cultural Consortium Visual and Media Artists Fellowship, Metro-Dade County Cultural Affairs Council
1995 South Florida Cultural Consortium Visual and Media Artists Fellowship, Metro-Dade County Cultural Affairs Council
1993 Juror’s Merit Award, New American Talent, Laguna Gloria Museum, Austin, Texas; Kerry Brougher, juror
1987 Ubertalli Memorial Award for Artistic Achievement, Palm Beach County Cultural Council
1984 Award of Merit, Boston Printmakers 36th National Exhibition, Brockton Art Museum, Brockton, MA; Clifford Ackley, juror
1980 Award of Merit, 29th Annual All-Florida Exhibition, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida
1978 Purchase Award, National Exhibition of Drawings and Prints, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio; Nancy Graves, juror
Purchase Award, Southeastern Graphics Annual, New Orleans Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Philip Hulitzer Merit Award, 39th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 Paul Aho, Hotel 1865, Paducah, Kentucky
2015, Shift, Ruth Baggett Gallery, Paducah, Kentucky
2014, Dreaming Out Loud, Shrode Art Center, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mt. Vernon, Illinois
2010 From There to Here, Jefferson Street Studios, Paducah, Kentucky
2010 Martin County Cultural Center, Martin County Council for the Arts, Stuart, Florida
2009 Here and Now, Present Global Art Gallery, West Palm Beach, Florida
2005 Push 2 Gallery, Jacksonville, Florida
2004 Kinzelman Art Consultants, Houston, Texas
The Impossibility of..., Mark Shulgasser Photo Gallery, West Palm Beach, Florida
Studio E Gallery, Abacoa, Florida
2001 Gallery Camino Real, Boca Raton, Florida
1998 Gallery Camino Real, Boca Raton, Florida
1997 West End Fine Arts, West Palm Beach, Florida
Cultural Resource Center, Stephen P. Clark Center, Miami, Florida
1996 West End Fine Arts, West Palm Beach, Florida
Freites-Revilla Gallery, Gallery Center, Boca Raton, Florida
1995 Cress Gallery of Art, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Art Trends-Hong Kong, Hong Kong Convention Center, Hong Kong
1993 Caesarea Gallery, Gallery Center, Boca Raton, Florida
1992 A Change of Skin, Cornell Museum of Art and History, Delray Beach, Florida
Sinister/Decorative, Anne Norton Sculpture Gardens, West Palm Beach, Florida
Peter Drew Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida
1991 Peter Drew Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida
1989 Peter Drew Gallery, Boca Raton, Florida
1988 The Governor’s Club of the Palm Beaches, West Palm Beach, Florida
1986 Palm Beach Community College, Lake Worth, Florida
1983 Image and Metaphor, J. Radcliffe Ewing Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida
1980 Palm Beach Community College, Lake Worth, Florida
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2012 Foundations, Palm Beach County Cultural Council, Lake Worth, Florida
Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts, Naples, Florida
2011 Naples Philharmonic Center for the Arts, Naples, Florida
2010 Small Works, Verge Art Fair, Catalina Hotel and Beach Club, Miami Beach, Florida
Gallery Biba, Worth Avenue, Palm Beach, Florida
Artlab 33/Art Space, Miami, Florida
Common Ground, Stephen Johnson Gallery, West Palm Beach, Florida
Annual Faculty Exhibition, Paducah School of Art, West Kentucky Community and Technical College, Paducah, Kentucky
BostonArt, 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 2008, 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, Ft. Lauderdale, Fl
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 City, 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, 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
1978The 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)
NATIONAL AND REGIONAL JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2010 Kentucky National 2011, Murray State University, Murra, Kentucky
59th Annual All Florida Juried Competition and Exhibition, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida
2007 Visual Rhythms/Ritmos Visuales, Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, Virginia; Lope Max Diaz, juror
2004 New American Talent, Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Austin, Texas (traveling exhibition); Jerry Saltz, juror
2002 51st All Florida Juried Exhibition, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida
1996 54th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, Florida
1994 Cheekwood National, Cheekwood Museum, Nashville, Tennessee
1993 New American Talent, Laguna Gloria Museum, Austin, Texas; Kerry Brougher, juror
Fourth Florida Biennial, Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, Florida; Jan Avgikos, juror
1992 42nd Annual All Florida Exhibition, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida; Paul Schimmel, juror
1988 50th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, Fl; Douglas Schultz, juror
1985The Tampa Triennial, Tampa Museum, Tampa, Florida; Douglas Schultz, juror
First Florida Biennale, Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, Florida
1984Sixth Miami International Print Biennial, North Miami Museum of Art, Miami, Florida; Walter Hopps, juror
Boston Printmakers 36th National Print Exhibition, Brockton Art Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts; Clifford Ackley, juror
1982 44th National Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach; Gerald Nordlund, juror
1980 29th Annual All-Florida Exhibition, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida
1979 Sixth International Print Bienale, Gradford Art Gallery, Gradford, England
1978 39th Annual National Exhibition of American Painting, Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, Florida
Southeastern Graphics Annual, New Orleans Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
National Exhibition of Drawings and Prints, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, Nancy Graves, juror
19th Dixie Annual, Montgomery Museum of Art, Montgomery, Alabama, James Demetrion, juror
1977 38th Annual National Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, Florida
COLLABORATIONS AND PROJECTS
2002 Jah Music, set design for Ballet Florida in collaboration with commissioned work by Demetrius Klein Dance Company,
Eissey Theatre, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
1994 Forgotten Spaces, installation of Box Office Bouquet, Prince Theatre, Pahokee, Florida, performance and installation art
event funded by the National Endowment for the Arts
1993 The Garden Alone, set design for Demetrius Klein Dance Company, Duncan Theatre, Lake Worth, Florida
1992 Ruth Among the Rushes, set material for Dow Raku Productions & Demetrius Klein Dance Company, Lake Worth, Florida
1989 SHARK! South Florida Science Museum, West Palm Beach, Florida
Club Boca, Boca Raton, Florida (suspended illuminated shark sculpture)
1988 Miami Vice, neon illuminated shark sculpture featured on national television via Miami Vice
Bar Balou, Bayside, Miami, Florida (suspended illuminated shark sculpture)
Club Med, St. Lucie, Florida (installation)
1986 Saks Fifth Avenue, Worth Avenue window display featuring shark sculptures, Palm Beach, Florida
SELECTED CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2013 National Photography Invitational, Paducah School of Art and Design, Paducah, Kentucky
2010 Common Ground, Stephen Johnson Gallery, Studio1608, West Palm Beach, Florida
2003 A Sea of Color–Janet Fish, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Florida
2002 Nelson Shanks–portraits and paintings from the figure, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Florida
2001 Thought Through My Eyes–Graham Nickson, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Florida
2000 A Sense of Urgency–selected works by Sidney Goodman, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Florida1999
Brooklyn in the Fifties (or the Geometrist and Other Pictures–Richard Merkin, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Florida
1999 Complex Relationships–selected works by Philip Pearlstein, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Florida
1998 A Passion For Paint–selected works by Wayne Thiebaud, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Florida
1991 Three of a Perfect Pair, Cornell Museum of Art and History, Delray Beach, Florida
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY/PUBLICATIONS
2007 Undertow: A Survey of South Florida Contemporary Art, Mimar Sinan, Istanbul, Turkey (exhibition catalogue)
Schwan, Gary, “Lessons in Abstraction,” Palm Beach Post, April 8, 2007 (review)
2006 Who’s Who in the World, Marquis Who’s Who Publications
2005 Who’s Who in America, Marquis Who’s Who Publications
2003 Who’s Who in American Art, Marquis Who’s Who Publications
“Gallery,” City Link, May 7, 2003 (feature)
2004 New American Talent, Jones Center for Contemporary Art, Austin, TX 2004 (exhibition catalogue)
Greenberg, Blue, “Summer Art,” The Herald-Sun, Chapel Hill, August 2004 (review)
2003 New American Painting, Open Studios Press, June 2003 (juried exhibition in print, Ron Platt, juror)
2002 Myers. F. J., “Pointe Made, Show is Fine Finale,” Palm Beach Daily News, April 28, 2002 (review)
1998 New American Painting, Open Studios Press, June 1998 (juried exhibition in print, John Ravenal, juror)
Davis, Chopin, Eloise, “Contradictory Impulses,” Palm Beach Illustrated, May/June 1998 (feature)
1997 Digital Realms, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida (exhibition catalogue)
1997 MANIF, Seoul 97, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, South Korea (exhibition catalogue)
1996 Crouch, Lori, “Art Mixes Creativity, Technology,” Sun Sentinel, July 12, 1996 (review)
1995 Nichols, Ann “UTC Art Exhibit Features Unusual Prints,” Chattanooga Free Press, November 5, 1995 (review)
Guy, Sherry, “Strong Images, Mighty Messages,” Culture, Vol.13, No.3, June-August 1995
Landers, Linda, “Surfer’s Art,” Sun-Sentinel, July 6, 1995 (review)
1993 New American Talent, Laguna Gloria Museum (exhibition catalogue)
1992 Hurlburt, Roger, “Concentrated Color,” Sun-Sentinel, March 25, 1992 (review)
Schwan, Gary, “Artist Explores Changes,” Palm Beach Post, April 11, 1992 (review)
1989 Guy, Sherry, “Flights of Fancy,” Horizon, January/February 1989 (feature)
Guy, Sherry, “Acclaimed Artists Choose Challenge of Teaching,” Arts, January/March 1989 (feature)
1988 Guy, Sherry, “Portrait of the Artists,” Arts, August/September 1988 (feature and cover art)
1987 Hunter, Chris, “1st Ubertalli Award Given to Teacher,” Arts, April/May 1987 (feature)
1986 Schwan, Gary, “Individual Artists Shine in Northwood Exhibition,” Palm Beach Post, November 2, 1986 (review)
“Dye Transfer Enters the World of Art”, Newsletter for Instructors, Eastman Kodak Company
Arts and Attractions, Spring 1987, Palm Beach County Cultural Council, cover art
1985 Schwan, Gary, “PB County Art Exhibit in Miami,” Palm Beach Post, April 7, 1985 (review)
Kohen, Helen, “Palm Beach Artists Get Their Turn,” Miami Herald, April 5, 1985 (review)
1983 Schwan, Gary, “Some Interesting Works Welcome Back Students,” Palm Beach Post, August 28, 1983 (review)
PUBLISHED WORKS
2007 Undertow: A Survey of South Florida Contemporary Art, Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul, Turkey (catalogue design)
2003 Janet Fish – A Sea of Color, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Florida (catalogue design)
2002 Nelson Shanks, Portraits and Paintings from the Figure, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Florida (catalogue essay)
2001 Mark Catesby, Opening the Door to a New World: Mark Catesby’s Travels in La Florida 1722-1726, University Galleries,
Florida Atlantic University, Schmidt College of Arts and Letters (catalogue design)
2000 A Sense of Urgency–Paintings and Drawings by Sidney Goodman, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach (catalogue essay)
1996 “Instincts & Energy,” Culture, Vol.14, No.2, May-June 1996
1994 “A Tale of Two Tenors,” Culture, Vol.14, No.3, May-June 1996
“Just Add Water, Palm Beach Community College Museum of Art,” Culture, Vol.12, No.2, March-May 1994
“Portraits of the Artists,” Culture, Vol.14, No.3, June-August 1994
SELECTED COMMISSIONS AND COLLECTIONS
Florida Art in State Buildings Program, Rio de Ais, Florida Atlantic University, Port St. Lucie Campus 2009
Suki Art Fund, Houston, Texas
Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, Iowa, Legacy purchase, Confluence, 2008
Marriott Marquis, Atlanta, Georgia
Colonial Bank, Palm Beach, Florida
Florida Art in State Buildings Program, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida
Volusia County Art in Public Places, Volusia County Courthouse,
Wachovia, West Palm Beach, Florida
Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida
New Orleans Public Library, New Orleans, Louisiana
Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
Art in Public Places, Palm Beach International Airport, West Palm Beach, Florida
Chase, Miami, Florida
American Express, Jacksonville, Florida
Bache, Jacksonville, Florida
NCNB, Tampa, Florida
Westin Hotel, Coral Gables, Florida
Mandarin Hotel, Miami, Florida
Hyatt Regency Aruba Resort and Casino, Palm Beach, Aruba
MGM Mirage, Las Vegas, Nevada
DoulbleTree Downers Grove, Downers Grove, Illinois
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Paducah School of Art and Design, West Kentucky Community and Technical College, 409 Broadway Street, Paducah, Kentucky 42001
Faculty (August 2010-present)
Dean (June 2012-present)
Florida Atlantic University, Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton, Florida 33434
Adjunct Faculty (August 2004-May 2010)
Palm Beach Photographic Centre, 55 NE 2nd Avenue, Delray Beach, Florida 33444
Chief Program Officer (February 2003-December 2003)
Armory Art Center, 1703 Lake Avenue, West Palm Beach, Florida 33401
Dean, School of Art (September 2000-January 2003)
Program and Education Director (September 1998-September 2000)
Program and Marketing Director (February 1996-August 1998)
Palm Beach Community College, 4200 South Congress Avenue, Lake Worth, Florida 33401
Adjunct Faculty (August1980-May1998)
International Fine Art Expositions, 3725 SE Ocean Boulevard, Stuart, Florida 34996
Exhibitor Coordinator and North American Sales Representative (August 1994-June 1995)
Palm Beach County Cultural Council, 1555 Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard, #900, West Palm Beach, Florida 33401
Director of Publications and Visual Arts Services (October 1993-August 199
Director of Art in Public Places (December 1990-September 1993)
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Member, Steering Committee, Artists of Palm Beach County, 2006
Member, Palm Beach County Public Art Advisory Committee, 2000-2004
Co-Chair, Art Against AIDS, benefit auction event for Comprehensive AIDS Program, 1994
Member, Advisory Committee, Eissey Campus Arts Center, Palm Beach Community College, 1994
Member, Steering Committee, Palm Beach County School of the Arts, 1990
Member, Airport and Judicial Center Art Advisory Committees of the Palm Beach County Cultural Council, 1989-91
Panelist, Florida Arts Council Individual Artists Fellowships grant review, 1991
Member, Public Art Advisory Committee, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, 1989-91
Founding Chairman, Professional Artists Committee, Palm Beach County Cultural Council, 1988-90
Board Member, ex officio, Palm Beach County Cultural Council, 1988-90
Board Member and Founding Chairman Art Advisory Committee, Old School Square Cultural Arts Center, Delray Beach,