Eric Aho

Rizzoli Bookstore is delighted to host Eric Aho, to celebrate his new book, the first comprehensive monograph of his contemporary landscapes; four decades of artwork that both honors and furthers the tradition of painting nature. He will be in conversation with John Yau, followed by a signing.

PLEASE NOTE: RSVPs are encouraged but not required. Seating is limited and will be first come, first served. Doors open at 5:30 pm.

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The first full-career survey of an American artist redefining contemporary landscape painting through a powerful blend of abstraction, realism, memory, and environmental experience.

This landmark volume offers the most comprehensive look yet at Eric Aho (b. 1966), widely recognized as one of today’s leading painters of landscape and the natural world. Tracing four decades of artistic evolution, the book follows Aho from his luminous, enigmatic Ice Cuts—geometric openings carved into frozen ponds—to his visceral Fire Paintings, which explore destruction, renewal, and the shifting forces of the environment. His recent Wild Meadow and Firefly series capture seasonal transitions with striking immediacy and emotional depth.

Rooted in the American landscape tradition, Aho’s work evokes the spiritual power of Marsden Hartley, the lyrical clarity of Fairfield Porter, the meditative abstraction of Agnes Martin, and the sweeping drama of Thomas Cole—yet remains unmistakably contemporary and wholly his own.

This volume features two gatefolds and stunning reproductions that illuminate Aho’s singular approach to painting nature—its atmospheres, transformations, and unseen energies. A vivid and immersive celebration of an artist who brings new vision and vitality to landscape painting today.

Photo Credit: Joel Gardner

Eric Aho is an American painter known for his luminous paintings of the natural world. This fall, his solo exhibition, Eric Aho: The Meadow’s Edge, will be on view at DC Moore Gallery in New York from October 8 to November 14, 2026. His paintings are also featured downtown at The Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation in the exhibition Three Material Views, curated by John Yau, through January 16, 2027. His works have been exhibited and collected widely in the United States and abroad. He lives and works in Saxtons River, Vermont.

Photo Credit: FELVER

John Yau is an award-winning poet and art critic who has been publishing art criticism since 1978. He has written for Art in America, Artforum, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Brooklyn Rail, and Hyperallergic. He is the author of California Landscapes, Joe Brainard, John Pai, Liu Xiaodong, and Catherine Murphy.