Aia Bower

Fascinated by the poetry available in oil paint, Sausalito artist Aia Bower creates dynamic compositions that are simultaneously expressive, gestural, ethereal and musical. Her aesthetic captivates the viewer on a physical and emotional level while quietly transporting them to a world of vibrancy and delight.

Aia’s paintings and works in mixed media embrace varying levels of abstraction, patterns and imagery. She draws inspiration from natural forms, organic lines, curves, and nature’s wondrous creations.

Symbolic nests and birds might be alluded to in constructed or deconstructed manners. musical notes are often referenced, and the infinity symbol, lemniscate, is present in just about all of her work. Varying images can emerge and then disappear as hidden by layers built over time, like in life.
 
Aia grew up in Mill Valley, CA and studied in the East Bay and Paris. She has come full circle returning home to the San Francisco Bay Area after a decade living and working in France and Italy. 

Following in the footsteps of her grandfather, a noted Japanese Abstract Expressionist, Aia has moved close to forty times with eight moves on an international level. A lifetime of uprooting and letting go of everything known...

2014-2018 Post Graduate Coursework in Fine Arts at College of Marin plus new techniques courses with local Bay Area artists

1989 Mills College, Oakland CA - B. A. in Art History and in French Language

1987 La Sorbonne Paris IV, France- Art History and French Civilization

O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley
"Bay Area Women Artists” exhibit juried by Donna Seager & Suzanne Gray of Seager Gray Gallery
August 2-23, 2018


Zinz Wine Bar, Corte Madera
On-going exhibit of multiple recent small & large works

O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley
"Tell Me a Story” exhibit juried by Chester Arnold, SF Bay Area narrative painter
July 5 – 26, 2018

Marin Society of Artists, San Rafael
“On the Road” exhibit juried by Donna Seager of Seager / Gray Gallery
June 28 - July 28, 2018

ICB Studio 111, Sausalito
“Greener Pastures” Landscape show
June through August

Soulstice Mind + Body Spa
Ongoing display of artwork in the Meditation & Movement room
501 Caledonia St, Sausalito, CA 94965

O’Hana Açaí Cafe, Corte Madera
On-going display of recent works

Marin Open Studios
May 12-13, 11 AM - 6 PM.
ICB, Studio 300 A, Sausalito, CA 94965

San Francisco Women Artists "World of Abstraction" juried by James Bazydola, Art Consultant & The Mocas Art Group
April 3- May 5, 2018
647 Irving Street, San Francisco, CA 94122

Marin Society of Artists "Fresh Art 2018," Third place prize
March 8-31, 2018
1515 3rd St & E, San Rafael, CA 94901

Bay Area Women Artists exhibit, Jur...