Paolo Arao
Fifteen, 2002
cedar171/2 " x 48" x variable heights, 15 parts total
Special thanks: Chris Gentile and Stephan Apicella-Hitchcock

Born 1977
Lives & works in Brooklyn

Education:
2000 Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
B.F.A.; Painting & Printmaking
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

Paolo Arao has been exhibiting and presenting performance projects since 1998. Selected exhibitions include Mitochondria Emancipation: 11th Annual Exhibition, Asian American Arts Center, New York (2001); Skowhegan Alumni, Knoedler Gallery, New York (2001); Interval: New Art for a New Space, SculptureCenter, Long Island City, NY (2001); All Hands…, Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY (2001); Snapshot, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD (2000); Vermont Studio Center Resident Artists, Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, VT (2000); Cherished Objects: Still Lives as Fact and Fiction, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA (1999); New Artists, Artspace, Richmond, VA (1999). Solo exhibitions include Red Mill Gallery, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT (2000), and J. Bradford Gallery, Richmond, VA (1999). Performances include Fresh, Butler's Laundromat, Skowhegan, ME (2000); Drawstring, Artspace, Richmond, VA (1999); and VS, The Cellar, Loughborough, England, UK (1998).

Paolo has been awarded several awards and honors including Artist in the Marketplace, Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York (2001); Artist Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT (1999); and the Virginia Museum of Fine