Aaron Culey

Building Maintenance Supervisor, Facilities

Aaron Culey started working at Perpich in 2022 and was promoted to Building Maintenance Supervisor in 2025. He grew up in rural South Dakota and moved to Minneapolis in 2012 to study sculpture at the Minneapolis School of Art and Design. After graduation, Aaron apprenticed in apartment maintenance at a 1930s-era complex, Fair Oaks. Aaron now applies the skills he learned in the trades with his practice of figurative sculpture and abstract painting. Outside of art, he is a passionate houseplant keeper, gardener, and forest wanderer. Aaron spends time collaborating with his partner to transform their lawn into a native plant and wildlife sanctuary. Inside the threshold, the couple care for several species of nano fish and invertebrates within naturalistic aquariums.