527 Madison Avenue is pleased to announce an exhibition of paintings by Eric Aho in the Lobby Gallery from September 10–November 22, 2024. Located at 54th Street and Madison Avenue, an opening reception will be held on Thursday, September 19, from 5–7 PM, and the show is open to the public 9 AM – 5 PM, Monday through Friday. Presented in partnership with DC Moore Gallery, this will be the twenty-ninth exhibition in 527 Madison’s ongoing program showcasing noteworthy contemporary artists, organized by Jay Grimm Art Advisory.
Eric Aho is an American painter known for his immersive paintings of the natural world. With color and form that bridges the way we experience nature in totality, Aho’s canvases at every scale, occupy a zone of perception between sober realism and ecstatic abstraction. While Aho works from his own impressions and memories of the landscape, the artist also draws upon major pillars of art history—including De Kooning, Goya, Homer, and Constable—to define his compositions. He’s been called “One of the leading painters of landscape and the environment of his generation.”
Aho studied at the Central Saint Martins School of Art and Design in London, England and received a BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. In 1989, he participated in the first exchange of scholars in over thirty years between the U.S. and Cuba. He completed his graduate work at the Lahti Art Institute in Finland supported by a Fulbright Fellowship in 1991-92 and an American-Scandinavian Foundation grant in 1993.
His works have been exhibited and collected widely in the United States and abroad and can be found in the permanent collections of the Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH; Denver Art Museum, CO; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, NH; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; The Neuberger Museum of Art, SUNY Purchase; New Britain Museum of American Art, CT; and the Oulu Museum of Art, Finland among others. Eric Aho was elected National Academician of the National Academy Museum in 2009. He lives and works in Saxtons River, Vermont.
For inquiries about the work, please contact DC Moore Gallery at info@dcmooregallery.com. For more information about 527 Madison’s exhibitions, please contact Jay Grimm, who organizes the contemporary art program on behalf of 527 Madison at jgrimm@jaygrimm.com.
527 Madison Avenue is a boutique commercial office building located at the corner of 54th Street and Madison Avenue in New York City. Completed in 1986, it was designed by celebrated architectural firm FxCollaborative. The property has recently completed lobby and elevator upgrades and is owned by an affiliate of Mitsui Fudosan America, the US subsidiary of Japan's largest real estate company, Mitsui Fudosan Co., LTD.