About Artist Aaron Ristau Loveland Colorado

Coming from a family of artisans, Loveland Colorado artist Aaron Ristau has a fascination for creating art that blends nostalgic aesthetics with modern function. His whimsical mechanics and functional lighting assemblages are an intricate integration and redefinition of reclaimed components.

Current Projects

Sculpture Exhibitions:

Ethereal Darkness, Opiate Gallery (group), Fort Collins, Co., May 2012
Opiate Gallery (group), Fort Collins, Co., Dec. 2011- Feb. 2012
Love + Light (group) Loveland Feed and Grain bldg., Loveland, Co, Feb. 2012
Mobilis in Mobili (group), The Revolving Museum, Lowell, Ma Feb. 2012.
Love & Commercialism (group) 2 Rules Fine Art, Marietta, GA, Feb. 2012
Opiate Gallery Grand Opening (group), Fort Collins, Co., Dec. 2nd 2011
NY Ink Art Gallery (group), NYC, Nov. - Jan. 2011
Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation (group), Waltham, MA - Oct.2011
L.E.A.H. Historic Feed & Grain building (group), Loveland, Co. Sept.1-10-2011
Anomaly Con (group), Denver, CO - March 2011
Gallery Underground (group), First Friday Old Town Fort Collins, March 4th, 2011
Denver Modernism Juried Show (group), Denver, Co. August 27th, 2010
Art Lab (group), Loveland, Co. August 13th, 2010
Art Lab (solo), Fort Collins, Co. July 2nd, 2010
Resurrections (group), Canyon Art Gallery, Boulder, Co. May- June 2010
Timmy Flynn's Hardware Store (group), Foothills Art Center, Golden, Co. Feb 2010
Tornado Gallery (group), Lubbock, Tx. 2008-09
Maker Faire (group), Austin, Tx., Oct. 2008
Devise Apparatus (solo), Roundhouse Gallery, Fort Collins, CO., April 2008
Marfa Lights and Lamps (group), Marfa, TX., Oct. 2007
16th Annual Loveland Sculpture Invitational, Loveland, Co. Aug. 2007
Aaron Ristau / Camp Bosworth, G. Hixon Interiors, Fort Collins, July 2006
2D or not 2D, Fort Collins (group), Fort Collins, Co. Nov. – Jan. 2005
Aaron Ristau, Abby Levine, Lorrette Gallery, Marfa Texas, Oct. 2005
Lorrette Gallery (group), , Marfa Texas, Oct. 2004
Aaron Ristau (solo), Bell Gallery , Marathon, Tx. Nov. 2003
Aaron Ristau (solo), Perkins Gallery ,Alpine, Tx. Nov. 2002
Retablo Exhibition (group), Marfa Studio of Arts, Oct. 2002
B.F.A. Exhibition (solo), Sul Ross State Univ., April 2002
Aaron Ristau (solo), John Davis Studio, Alpine, TX., Nov. 2001
Aaron Ristau (solo), Ivey’s Emporium Gallery, Alpine, TX. June. 2001
Ristau / Mel, Jacque, Aaron & Jacob, Virginia Shore Gallery, Abilene TX Jan/Feb '01
Aaron Ristau (solo), John Davis Studio, Alpine, TX., Nov. 2000

Defying Obsolescence