Darius Airo (born 1995) is a visual artist whose practice spans painting, drawing, printmaking and bookmaking. Airo is based in Chicago and has exhibited work internationally including solo exhibitions in Chicago and Los Angeles and group exhibitions in New York City, Paris and Amsterdam. Airo's work has been acquired by institutions across the US including The School of The Art Institute of Chicago's Joan Flasch Artist Book Collection and The Hammer Museum UCLA.
Airo has published several artist books and prints including an annually released catalogue of intimate drawings titled "Lucky Drawings". Airo has published etchings with Pigeon Hole Press and Black Shamrock Press in Chicago. Airo received a BFA from The School of The Art Institute of Chicago in 2017.
Airo has published several artist books and prints including an annually released catalogue of intimate drawings titled "Lucky Drawings". Airo has published etchings with Pigeon Hole Press and Black Shamrock Press in Chicago. Airo received a BFA from The School of The Art Institute of Chicago in 2017.
Darius Airo
b. 1995 Chicago IL
Education 2017: Bachelor of Fine Arts - The School of The Art Institute of Chicago
Exhibitions
Small Fictions - Adventure Land Gallery. Chicago IL group exhibition June 2014
Vessels - Adventure Land Gallery. Chicago IL solo exhibition Feb
2017 SAIC BFA Spring exhibition - Sullivan Gallery. Chicago IL group exhibition Mar 2017
The Chicago Show - 56 Downing. Brooklyn NY group exhibition May 2018
Familiar Friends - Durden and Ray. Los Angeles CA group exhibition Dec 2018
Dream House VS Punk House - Serious Topics. Los Angeles CA group exhibition Apr 2019
2021 Evanston + Vicinity Biennial - Evanston Art Center Evanston, IL. group exhibition Jan 2021
Hankering For Bliss - Central Server Works. Los Angeles CA solo exhibition Aug 2022
Dense - Marian Cramer Projects. Los Angeles, CA two-person exhibition Sep. 2023
Casual Banter - Face Guts Gallery / Whitebox.LA . Los Angeles CA solo exhibition Sep 2023
Thought Forms - Marian Cramer Projects. Paris, FR group exhibition. Oct 2023
Drawing From the Spiral Galaxy - Pop Gun. Manhattan, NY group exhibition. Nov 2023
Even a Broken Clock is Right Twice a Day - Ten Haaf Projects Amsterdam, NL. group exhibition Jan 2024
Mickeys Mirror - Abigail Ogilvy Gallery / Whitebox.LA . Los Angeles, CA. solo exhibition. May 2024
MCKY MRROR - Gallery 1619. Chicago, IL. solo exhibition / public installation. June 2024
Kitchen Table - Chelsea Walls / Whitebox.LA . Manhattan, NY two-person exhibition. June 2024
Collections
The School of The Art Institute of Chicago Flaxman Library, The School of The Art Institute of Chicago Joan Flasch Artists' Book Collection, UC Berkeley Graphic Arts Loan Collection, Hammer Museum UCLA