Biography
Working through site-specific installation and sculpture and employing construction-grade materials with highly detailed carving techniques, Aiosa investigates the built environment and its social, economic, and environmental impacts. He writes, “I am interested in investigating the history of our spaces and revealing the unknown story once we begin to toil in the ground and artifacts start to come to the surface. Aiosa contrasts the austere forms of geometry, such as large grids, with intricately carved bones and foliage. Since moving to Florida, Aiosa has found that natural forms and the landscape are becoming intrinsic to his constructions. Aiosa was born in Smithtown, New York, and currently lives and works in Orlando, Florida. He earned his MFA from the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 2015. His work has been shown throughout the United States, most recently a solo exhibition at the De Pree Art Center, Florida Prize exhibition at the Orlando Museum of Art, SKYWAY at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, and the Deland Museum of Art. Aiosa has received many residencies, awards, and fellowships, most recently from Cow House Studio in County Wexford, Ireland; the Museum for Art in Wood in Philadelphia; and the Borgeson residency in Holland, Michigan, where he spent 12 weeks creating a new body of work.
After several years working as the head of sculpture production at the experimental atelier Graphicstudio at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida, Aiosa joined the School of Visual Arts and Design at the University of Central Florida in 2022 as an assistant professor of sculpture in the studio arts program.
Education
- M.F.A. in Sculpture from University of Wisconsin-Madison (2015)
- M.A. in Sculpture from University of Wisconsin-Madison (2014)
- B.F.A. in Sculpture/ Film from University of the Arts, Philadelphia PA (2005)
Awards
2026 CowHouse Studio Resident Artist
Ballybawn, Co. Wexford, Ireland
2025 Borgeson Artist in Residence Fellowship
Department of Art & Art History, Hope College, Holland, Michigan
November 2022
Windgate Foundation Grant 25K Sculptural Woodworking
2022 Museum for Art in Wood, Winter Resident Artist Fellow
Philadelphia, PA
Courses
| Course # | Course | Title | Mode | Days/Times | Syllabus |
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| 90126 | ART3709C | Intermediate Sculpture | In Person (P) | Tu,Th 2:00 PM - 4:50 PM | Unavailable |
| 93170 | ART3738C | Mold Making and Casting | In Person (P) | M,W 2:00 PM - 4:50 PM | Unavailable |
| 90130 | ART4710C | Advanced Sculpture | In Person (P) | Tu,Th 11:00 AM - 1:50 PM | Unavailable |
| 90402 | ART5745C | Advanced Sculpture | In Person (P) | Tu,Th 11:00 AM - 1:50 PM | Unavailable |
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| Course # | Course | Title | Mode | Days/Times | Syllabus |
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| 20004 | ART3709C | Intermediate Sculpture | In Person (P) | Tu,Th 11:00 AM - 1:50 PM | Unavailable |
| 17513 | ART4710C | Advanced Sculpture | In Person (P) | Tu,Th 2:00 PM - 4:50 PM | Unavailable |
| 19999 | ART5745C | Advanced Sculpture | In Person (P) | Tu,Th 2:00 PM - 4:50 PM | Unavailable |
| 17200 | ART6930 | Graduate Seminar | In Person (P) | Th 6:00 PM - 7:15 PM | Unavailable |