Eric Aho grew up in rural New Hampshire, studied at the Central School of Art and Design in London, and later received his BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. Aho completed his graduate work at the Lahti Art Institute in Finland supported by a Fulbright Fellowship (1991–92) and an American-Scandinavian Foundation grant (1993). His work has been exhibited widely and is included in many private and museum collections in the U.S. and abroad. Aho lives and works in Vermont and is represented by DC Moore Gallery.