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Patricia Zarate is a visual artist whose work has been exhibited in the United States and internationally in Croatia, Colombia, France, Germany, Greece, Netherlands, Puerto Rico, South Korea, and Thailand. She was awarded a fellowship at Bau Institute artist residency, Otranto, Italy in 2013 and she was the recipient of an individual artist support grant from the Queens Council on the Arts in 2004. Her work has been reviewed in BmoreArt, Artnexus, Art News, Newsday, and the Philadelphia Weekly.

In 2013, Patricia co-founded Key Projects Art Space, devoted to creating dialogue and community with other artists through group exhibitions.

She received a Master of Fine Arts from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, and a Bachelor of Business Administration from Baruch College, City University of New York. Born in Cali, Colombia, she currently lives and works in New York City.

Email
apzarate@gmail.com

Solo / Two-person Exhibitions

2022
Patricia Zarate: All Together Now. Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY.

2018
Patricia Zarate. Lobby @ 130 W 42nd Street, New York, NY.

2016
Five Corners. Project Space @ 57W57 Arts, New York, NY.

2013
Tian Xianolei and Patricia Zarate. Gallery of Graphic Arts, New York, NY.

2012
2abstract. Mike Childs and Patricia Zarate. Hudson Beach Glass Gallery. Beacon, NY. (catalogue) Curated by Kirsten Kucer.

2004
minimalism in drawing and sculpture. Dee Homans and Patricia Zarate. MPG Contemporary Art, Boston, MA.
Iron Triangle. Gallery Three at South Oxford Space, Brooklyn, NY and Queens Borough Public Library, Forest Hills, NY.

1997
Perspective. Steuben East Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2023
On Balance. ArtCake, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by Mary Birmingham.
Small Paintings by 27 Artists. 57W57 Arts, New York, NY.
Blurring Boundaries: The Women of American Abstract Artists, 1936-present. Traveling: Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT.

2022
Marking Time. Art Spaces at Krasdale, White Plains, NY.
Blurring Boundaries: The Women of American Abstract Artists, 1936-present. Traveling: California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA; LSU Museum of Art at the Shaw Center for the Arts, Baton Rouge, LA; Peeler Art Center, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN.

2021
Parallel Play. John Molloy Gallery, New York, NY.
Blurring Boundaries: The Women of American Abstract Artists, 1936-present. Traveling: Freedman Gallery at Albright College, Reading, PA; The Baker Museum, Naples, FL.

2020
Surfacing. Mono Practice, Baltimore, MD. Curated by Alex Paik and Mark Joshua Epstein.
Uncharted: American Abstraction in the Information Age. Emily Lowe Gallery, The Hofstra University Museum of Art, Long Island, NY.
Blurring Boundaries: The Women of American Abstract Artists, 1936-present. South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN.
Grey|Gray (Matter): a global and postal social experiment. Divisible Projects, Dayton, OH.

2019
New York Is Now. Platform Project Art Fair (with IS Projects). Athens, Greece. Curated by Jacob Cartwright.
Continuity to Change: Recent History of American Abstraction. Tower Fine Arts Gallery, The College at Brockport SUNY, Brockport, NY. Curated by Tim Massey.

2018
Blurring Boundaries: The Women of American Abstract Artists, 1936-present. Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Murray State University, Murray, KY. Curated by Rebecca DiGiovanna. Traveling: Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN.
Beyond Black and White. Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY. Organized by Li Trincere and Henry Brown.

2017
Objectify. Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by Daniel G. Hill and Mary Schiliro.
Domestic Disturbances. 490 Atlantic Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by Joanne Freeman.
Oppler. Transmitter, Brooklyn, NY.
Fiction (With Only Daylight Between Us) v. 2. Traveling: Class Room, Coventry, UK; Apothecary, Chattanooga, TN

2016
The Flat Files Year 4. Tiger Strikes Asteroid New York, Brooklyn, NY.
Fiction (With Only Daylight Between Us) v.2. Corridor Projects (divisible), Dayton, OH. Curated by Jeffrey Cortland Jones. Traveling: Boecker Contemporary, Heidelburg, Germany; Agelika Studios, High Wycombe, UK.
Fernweh*the good life. tête, Berlin, Germany.

2015
Sydney Croskery, Claudia Parducci and Patricia Zarate. Unconfirmed Makeshift Museum: UMM, Irvine, CA.
Pratt Alumni Exhibition. Steuben Galleries, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by Caroline Taylor.
Self-Organized — Aesthetic Politics of the Artist Run. Transmitter (NYC) + Guest Spot @ The Reinstitute, Baltimore, MD.
Anonymous Drawings 2015. Kunstverein Tiergarten | Galerie Nord, Berlin, Germany.

2014
Doppler. Visual Arts Center, Summit, NJ. (catalogue) Curated by Mary Birmingham.
It’s a Small World (but not if you have to clean it). R Jampol PROJECT(s), New York, NY. Curated by James Prez.
Featured Artist Project: SP Weather Reports (2008-2013). The Center for Book Arts, New York, NY. Organized by Alex Campos, Exec Dir.

2013
Doppler Stop. Parallel Art Space, Brooklyn, NY.
Rituals of Exhibition II. H Gallery, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Anonymous Drawings 2013. Galerie Nord/Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany.
Never Underestimate a Monochrome. Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, Rancho Cucamonga, CA.
Rituals of Exhibition. Don't be selfish place, Phayao, Thailand. Curated by Gilbert Hsiao and Giles Ryder.

2012
Never Underestimate a Monochrome. University of Iowa Museum of Art (online), Iowa City, Iowa. Curated by Mariángeles Soto-Díaz.
Minus Space en Oaxaca. Instituto de Artes Graficas de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico. (catalogue) Curated by Matthew Deleget & Emi Winter.
Doppler Stop. Touring Exhibition: Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Berlin, and Zagreb. (catalogue) Curated by Mel Prest.
Small Truths. L.I.C. 15 Gallery. Curated by Joel Adas.

2011
An Exchange with Sol LeWitt: A two-part exhibition presented by Cabinet and MASS MoCA. Curated by Regine Basha.

2010
Touch. ParisCONCRET, Paris, France. Curated by Brent Hallard.
M5. Feldman Gallery, Pacific Northwest College, Portland, OR. Curated by Jeff Jahn.

2006
The Selected Files. Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

2005
The (S) Files / The Selected Files. El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY. (catalogue) Curated by Deborah Cullen, Miki Garcia, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, with Marysol Nieves, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico.
759 Running Feet: Wall Drawings in Gwangju. Gwangju Art Museum, Gwangju, South Korea.(catalogue) Curated by Tom Finkelpearl, Queens Museum of Art.
Untitled Landscapes. AG Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by Tomoko Ashikawa.
SKYway. Victory Hall, Jersey City, NJ. Curated by Rocio Aranda-Alvarado, Jersey City Museum.

2003
Sólo Debujo. Museo de Arte Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogota, Colombia. Curated by Luis Cantillo, Lina Dorado, Mariana Varela, and María Morán.

2002
637 Running Feet: Black On White Wall Drawings by 14 Artists. Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY. Curated by Valerie Smith, Hitomi Iwasaki.
Small Works. Marcel Scheiner Gallery, Hilton Head Island, SC.
Queens International. Queens Museum of Art, Queens, NY. (catalogue) Curated by Tom Finkelpearl, Valerie Smith, Hitomi Iwasaki.

2001
Ofrendas/Offerings. Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, PA. Curated by Anabelle Rodriguez.
Real Life Pictures. Queens Theatre in the Park Gallery, Queens, NY. Curated by Robyn Love.
Four ½ Years at the WAH Center. Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY.

2000
100 plus 1 Mile Radius. Lorenzo Homar Gallery, Taller Puertoriqueño, Philadelphia, PA. Curated by Anabelle Rodriguez.
LaGrange National XXI Biennial. Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, LaGrange, GA. (catalogue)

1999
Line in Landscape. Gallery Korea, New York, NY.
New York, New York. HarperCollins Publishers Exhibition Space, New York, NY.

1998
Higher Worlds. Pelham Art Center, Pelham, NY. Curated by Matthew Deleget.
New Directions ’98. Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY.
Williamsburg Bridges Tibet. Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY.
Art of the Book Exhibition. Pratt Institute Library, Brooklyn, NY.

1997
Pratt MFA. Pratt Manhattan Gallery, Puck Building, New York, NY. Curated by Graham Nickson, New York Studio School.
New York Area MFA Exhibition. In conjunction with the College Art Association. Hunter College Fine Arts Building, New York, NY.

Education

M.F.A. Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.
B.B.A. Baruch College, New York, NY.

Fellowships/Residencies/Awards

2013
Bau Institute, Otranto, Italy.

2004
Individual Artist Support Grant, Queens Council On the Arts, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, NY.

2000
Merit Award, Lagrange National XXI Biennial, Lagrange, GA.

1997
Graduate Assistant - Printmaking, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.

Selected Publications

"On Balance", 2023. Catalogue
"Blurring Boundaries : The Women of American Abstract Artists, 1936-Present”, 2018. Catalogue
"Objectify”, 2017. Catalogue
"Doppler Shift”, 2015. Catalogue
"Doppler”, 2013. Catalogue
"2abstract. Mike Childs and Patricia Zarate", 2012. Catalogue.
"Minus Space en Oaxaca", 2012. Catalogue.
"Doppler Stop", 2012. Catalogue.
“The (S) Files / The Selected Files”, 2005. Catalogue.
“759 Running Feet: Wall Drawings in Gwangju”, 2005. Catalogue.
“Queens International”, 2002 Catalogue.
“New American Paintings”, Number 38, March 2002.
“LaGrange National XXI Biennial”, 2000. Catalogue.

Selected Articles and Reviews

Condon, Elizabeth, "Geometries and Difference in Parallel Play", Raggedy Ann's Foot, October 15, 2021.
Ober, Cara, “Neverending Story: The Power of Pattern”, BmoreArt, March 9, 2020.
Lombardi, D. Dominick, “Points of Engagement”, Dart International Magazine, February 5, 2020.
Farley, Michael Anthony, “Brooklyn to Baltimore: A Celebration of Artist-Run Spaces”, Art F City, July 30, 2015.
Hallard, Brent, “A Place of Ritual - Patricia Zarate”, Visual Discrepancies, July 6, 2009.
Angeline, John, “The (S) Files”, ArtNexus/Arte en Colombia, no. 60 volume 5, 2006.
Henry, Clare, “The (S) Files,” ArtNews, volume 104/no. 11, December 2005.
Howard, Chris, “El Museo’s Biennial: The (S) Files/The Selected Files”, November 2005.
Albrecht, Richard, “Patricia Zarate,” Blender, Issue No. 1, Spring 2005.
Rodriguez, Marta, "Solo Dibujo," Art Nexus/Arte en Colombia, no. 49 volume 2, June-August, 2003.
MacGowan, Carl, "Turning Walls into Art At Queens Museum," Newsday, Jan. 12, 2003.
McKanic, Arlene, "Real Life," Qguide, Times Ledger, November 29, 2001.
MacGowan, Carl, "Immortalizing the Commonplace," Newsday, November 18, 2001.
Fallon, Roberta, "Hello Dali," Philidephia Weekly, November 1, 2000.

Curatorial Projects

2023
Resonant Space. Mono Practice, Baltimore, MD.
Counterpoint. Sculpture Space NYC, Long Island City, NY.

2020
Side to Side, Three Ways. Key Projects, Brooklyn, NY.

2019
Description of Events. Sculpture Space NYC, Long Island City, NY.
Asterism. Key Projects, Long Island City, NY.
A Clearing: New Work by Sharon Brant and Debra Ramsay. Key Projects, Long Island City, NY.
Unlikely Materials and The Language of Art, Krasdale Galleries, White Plains & the Bronx, NY. Co-curated by Kirsten Kucer, Joan Mellon, Lynn Truncale and Patricia Zarate.

2018
Forming Identities. Sculpture Space NYC, Long Island City, NY.
Color Affinities. Key Projects, Long Island City, NY.
Envisioning Natural Forces. Key Projects, Long Island City, NY.

2017
Embodiments. Sculpture Space NYC, Long Island City, NY.
Thinking Sequentially. Key Projects, Long Island City, NY.

2016
Lightly Structured. Sculpture Space NYC, Long Island City, NY.
Close Proximity. Key Projects, Long Island City, NY.

2015
Image Worth Reading. Key Projects, Long Island City, NY.
Synthetic Synthesis. Sculpture Space NYC, Long Island City, NY.
Type of Abstraction. Key Projects, Long Island City, NY.
Runcible Spoon. Co-curated w/Joan Mellon. Key Projects, Long Island City, NY.

2014
Plane Talk(ing). Key Projects, Long Island City, NY.
Keyed Up In Bushwick. Key Projects @ Bushwick Open Studios, Brooklyn, NY.
A Familiar Line. Key Projects, Long Island City, NY.

2013
Material Histories. Key Projects, Long Island City, NY.
Light Conversation. Key Projects, Long Island City, NY.
Dual Zone. Key Projects, Long Island City, NY.

Works on File / Artist Registry

Artists Space, New York, NY.
Pierogi Flatfiles, Brooklyn, NY.

Collections

Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, Lagrange, GA.
Ewing Gallery, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN.
Lamar Dodd Art Center, Lagrange College, Lagrange, GA.
Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY.
Private Collections.