Background
He was born in Wahiawa, Hawaii in 1974.
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Aaron Padilla
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He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting and printmaking from Pacific Lutheran University in 1996, and an Master of Fine Arts in ceramics from the University of Hawaii at Manoa in 2001. Padilla has taught at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, the Honolulu Museum of Art and the Hawaii Potters’ Guild.
Career
He is currently Director of Spalding House, a branch of the Honolulu Museum of Artist 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.
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.
