David B. Smith Gallery

Paolo Arao is a Brooklyn-based, Filipino-American artist working in painting and textiles. He received his BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University and was a participant at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Arao has shown his work in numerous group exhibitions both nationally and internationally and has presented solo exhibitions at Morgan Lehman Gallery (NYC) Western Exhibitions (Chicago), Jeff Bailey Gallery (NYC), among others. Recent solo exhibitions include the Columbus Museum of Art (Columbus, GA), and the Everson Museum (Syracuse, NY).

Residencies include: Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, The Museum of Arts and Design, NYC, the Millay Colony, Studios at MASS MoCA, Vermont Studio Center, Lower East Side Printshop Keyholder Residency, NARS Foundation, Wassaic Project, BRIC Workspace, Atlantic Center for the Arts and the Fire Island Artist Residency. He is a recipient of an Artist Fellowship from The New York Foundation for the Arts. His work has been published in New American Paintings, Maake Magazine, ArtMaze, Esopus and Dovetail.