Aimée Hoover

Aimée Hoover's work hangs in collections across the United States, Canada, Europe, and South America, and her exhibition history spans venues from the Torrance Art Museum to London's Gallery@oxo, where Aimée Rolin Hoover participated in the internationally recognized Sketch for Survival exhibition in 2023. She received the Allan Lay Memorial Award at the Palos Verdes Art Center in 2025, recognition from the regional fine art community that reflects the sustained seriousness of her practice.


ARTIST STATEMENT

I grew up trying to befriend things that didn’t want to be caught.

Ravens, raccoons, feral dogs.

This meant spending long stretches of time being very still, waiting. So when my patience finally paid off, it was truly magical.

In those moments I wasn’t thinking about yesterday or planning for tomorrow. I was just there. Completely.

What I've come to understand is that animals have an unparalleled capacity to pull human consciousness into the present tense. Because they operate entirely outside the mental architecture of worry and regret. They simply are. And in witnessing them, we briefly become that too.

When we lock eyes with a deer or coyote for a brief second, something shifts in us before our conscious mind has any ...

California State University, Long Beach

2026 250, The Vendue Art Hotel, Charleston, SC (June-August)

2026 Symphony of Life, The Vendue Art Hotel, Charleston, SC (April-May)

2025-2026 The Winter Show, Palos Verdes Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

2025 BIOPHILIA, Garel Fine Art, Manhattan Beach, CA (May/June)

2025 REGENESIS II, BG Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA

2025 REGENESIS I, BG Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA

2025 PAWS FOR ART, BG Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA

2024 MAS Attack, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA

2023 Sketch for Survival, Gallery@oxo, London, UK and Dundas Street Gallery, Edinburgh, IE

2022 Peaceable Kingdom, TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA

2018 Director's Choice, 19 Karen Gallery, QLD Australia

2018 FAUNA, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO

2017 27th Annual Holiday Miniatures Show, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO

2017 St. Hilda Annual Art Exhibition, St. Hilda School, Southport QLD, Australia

2017 31st Annual Downlands Art Exhibition, Downlands College, Toowoomba QLD, Australia

2017 Director's Choice, 19 KAREN Gallery, Australia

2016 26th Annual Holiday Miniatures Show, Abend Gallery, Denver, CO

2016 Nature, Light Space and Time Gallery

2016 Animals, Light Space and Time Gallery

2016 Premiere Exhibition, Animal H...