Biography
Aaron Dysart grew up in the western suburbs of Minneapolis. He started to take classes at the Minnetonka Center for the Arts at an early age and continued taking ceramics there in high school. Receiving his BFA in sculpture with honors from The University of Montana, Missoula with a minor in philosophy in 1998 he later studied at The University of Minnesota, receiving his MFA in 2002.
In 2007 he received a Jerome Fellowship through Franconia Sculpture Park and was awarded a fellowship for sustainable art making through Public Art St. Paul. He is currently engaged with Public Art St. Paul leading walks with scientists along the Mississippi river. Aaron has exhibited nationally and is now producing work and living in Lower town St. Paul and teaches at Anoka Ramsey Community College.