Patrick has lived and worked in Atlanta since 1997 after re-locating here from his home-town of Chicago. He attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago from 1985-1989. From 1989-1991 he attended Indiana University MFA program which included two trips to Florence, Italy and received his MFA in 1991. Since then Patrick has developed his work and has exhibited in numerous exhibitions across the US.

An important part of the creative process for Patrick is to take figures that are realistically conveyed through observation and fuse them or connect them visually, poetically and psychologically with a place and time to create an image that signifies something beyond the sum of its parts. These paintings are made by combining the intimate studio experience of working from life with images and places he has seen and knows. Although he is attempting to create a cohesive reality, some of the separation between the figure and the place remains and becomes part of the content of the painting revealing a new, and for the artist, signifying event. As humans we have a strong compulsion to create and seek signs in the world around us that tell us about ourselves, the world and where and what we are to do in the future. The spaces these figures occupy lend themselves to interpretation and perhaps meaning for the figures within and for the viewer.


Education

Master of Fine Arts 1991

Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts

Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana



Indiana University Summer Study Program in Italy 1990 & 1991

Indiana University



Bachelor of Fine Arts 1989

School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Awards


Best of Show, "Paradox", Invitational Exhibition 2001

Genema Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia



First Place, Canton Artist’s Guild Award 1999

National Small Works Open Juried Exhibition

Canton Artist’s Guild, Inc., Canton, Connecticut



Community Arts Assistance Program Grant 1996 & 1994

Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago, Illinois



Liquitex Art Award 1991

The Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, Kansas



Associate Instructor, Indiana University 1991

Indiana University Summer Study Program, Bloomington, Indiana



Associate Instructor, Painting Area 1990

Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana



Merit Scholarship 1989

School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Selected Exhibitions

Draw, Group Exhibition 2006

Mason Murer Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia



Dialogue Two Person Exhibition 2005

Genema Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia



Grand Opening Exhibition 2004

Mason Murer Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia




Solo Exhibition 2003

Marie-Terrel Gallery, Asheville, North Carolina



"Choosing The Figure", Group Exhibition 2003

Gwenda Jay-Addington Gallery, Chicago, Illinois



"Shadows: Interrupted Light" Group Exhibition 2003

Genema Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia



"Recurring Visions" Solo Exhibition 2002

Marie-Terrel Gallery, Ashville, North Carolina




"Common Bond" Group Exhibition 2002

Marie-Terrel Gallery, North Carolina



Palm Springs International Art Fair 2002

Palm Springs, California



Art Miami 2002

Miami, Florida

Group Exhibition, Modern Primitive Gallery 2002

Atlanta, Georgia



Best of Show, "Paradox" Invitational Exhibition 2001

Genema Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia



"Life: Its Many Dimensions", Group Exhibition 2001

Quinlan Visual Arts Center, Gainesville, Georgia



Solo Exhibition, "Views from the Road" 2000

Modern Primitive Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia



"Exile" Juried Exhibition 2000

Genema Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia

Selected Exhibitions, Cont.


Texas National, 99 1999

Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas



1999 National Small Works Exhibition 1999

Canton Artist’s Guild, Inc., Canton, Connecticut



Approaching The Landscape 1999

Modern Primitive Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia



Get Real National Exhibition 1998

Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, Arizona



Texas National, 98 1998

Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas



Small Works International 1997

Amos Eno Gallery, New York, New York



All About Painting 1996

Judith Racht Gallery, Harbert, Michigan



Faculty Exhibition 1996

Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, Illinois



Personal Visions IV 1996

An Art Place, Inc., Chicago, Illinois



Group Exhibition 1996

InsideArt Gallery, Chicago, Illinois



Septet 1995

Gallery 7000, Chicago, Illinois



Juried Art Exhibition 1995

Gallery North, New Buffalo, Michigan



The Shape of Things 1994

Contemporary Art Workshop, Chicago, Illinois



Depictions from Literary Sources 1994

A.. Montgomery Ward Gallery, Chicago, Illinois



12" x 12" 1994

Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park Illinois



Multi-Perspectives, National Exhibition 1993

An Art Place, Inc., Chicago, Illinois



National Art Competition 1992

Northeast Missouri State University, Kirksville, Missouri



National Small Painting Exhibition 1992

New Mexico Art League, Alburquerque, New Mexico