About Aaron 

Aaron Garlick was born and raised in Taos, New Mexico, in 1988. Growing up in a family of artists, drawing and painting were a constant part of his life from an early age. He began exhibiting his work while still young, receiving Best in Show at the Taos Open in 2008 and Best in Representational Drawing the following year.

Garlick’s work is deeply rooted in Northern New Mexico, where he continues to live and paint. His subjects range from portraiture and figures to landscapes, rivers, wildlife, and scenes drawn from the communities and traditions of the region. Years spent exploring the mountains and rivers around his home have given him an intimate familiarity with the landscape, its changing seasons, weather, light, and water.

Over the course of his career, Garlick has exhibited throughout New Mexico and beyond, including exhibitions at the Taos Art Museum, the Blumenschein Museum, the Couse-Sharp Historic Site, the Taos Center for the Arts, and the Salmagundi Club in New York City. In 2017, the Taos Art Museum presented his solo exhibition Meet the Artist, followed by An Homage to Fechin, a two-person exhibition with Nathaniel Volckening. His work has also been featured in Western Art Collector and is represented by Parsons Gallery of the West in Taos.

Although his subject matter has broadened over the years, Garlick still approaches painting with the instincts of a portrait painter. Whether painting a person, an old adobe building, a river, or a mountain, he looks for the particular character that makes the subject distinctly itself. His paintings combine observation, memory, and invention, reflecting both the landscape of Northern New Mexico and a lifetime spent within it.

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CV: 

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• 2008 Best in show, Taos Open, Taos, NM

• 2009 Best in Representational Drawing, Taos Open, Taos, NM

• 2010 Portraits of the Sacred, Stable Gallery, Taos, NM

• 2013 Under the Hill, 11 Artist Under 40. Blumenschein Museum, Taos, NM

• 2017 Meet the Artist Solo Show, Taos Art Museum, Taos, NM

• 2017 MTA “An Homage to Fechin” with Nathaniel Volckening Taos Art Museum, Taos, NM.

• 2018 “The Tajmagunians, New Mexico Meets New York” Salmagundi Club, New York City, NY

• 2019 Birth and Rebirth, Studio 107 B, Taos, NM 

• 2019 Auction at The Couse-Sharp Historic Site, Taos, NM 

• 2019 Auction at the Taos, Art Musuem, Taos, NM

• 2019 On the Turquoise Sill, Revolt Gallery Taos, NM

• 2019 40 Artist Under 40, Taos Center For the Arts, Taos, NM  

• 2020 Parsons Gallery of the West, Virtual Summer Show, Taos NM  

• 2021 In Rainbows, Wester Gallery Virtual Show

• 2021 Parsons Gallery of the West, Big Summer Show, Taos NM 

• 2021 Parsons Holiday Small Works Show, Taos NM

• 2022 Featured in Western Art Collector Magazine for "Young West"

• 2022 Young West Show at  Parsons Gallery, Taos NM

• 2023 Parsons Gallery of the West, Big Summer Show, Taos NM 

• 2024 Auction at the Taos, Art Musuem, Taos, NM

• 2024 Parsons Gallery of the West, Big Summer Show, Taos NM 

• 2025 Young West Show at Parsons Gallery of the West, Taos NM

• 2025 Casting Light A Fly Fishing Themed Show Blumenschein Museum, Taos, NM

• 2026 Parsons Gallery of the West, Big Summer Show, Taos NM 

• 2026 Auction at the Taos, Art Musuem, Taos, NM

• 2026 Taos Fall Arts Invites Show, Taos NM 

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