Aaron Padilla (artist)

Aaron Padilla (born 1974) is an American artist and art educator.

[1] Padilla has taught at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, the Honolulu Museum of Art and the Hawaii Potters' Guild.

[2] He is currently the Director of Learning and Engagement at the Honolulu Museum of Art.

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.

[1] 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.