biography

Patricia Zarate is a visual artist whose work has been exhibited in the United States and internationally in Croatia, Colombia, France, Germany, Netherlands, Puerto Rico, South Korea, and Thailand. In 2004 she was the recipient of an Individual Artist Support Grant from the Queens Council on the Arts. Her work has been reviewed in ArtNexus, Art News, Newsday, and the Philadelphia Weekly.

Zarate was born in Cali, Colombia. 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. She currently lives and works in New York City.

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solo / two-person exhibitions
2012
2abstract. Mike Childs & Patricia Zarate. Hudson Beach Glass Gallery. Beacon, NY. (catalogue)
  Curated by Kirsten Kucer.

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

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

selected group exhibitions
2013
Doppler Stop. Parallel Art Space, Brooklyn, NY.
Rituals of Exhibition II. H Gallery, Chiang Mai, Thailand.
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, Iowa City, IA.
  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, Queens, NY. 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. Philip Feldman Gallery + Project Space, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR.
  Curated by Jeff Judd.

2006  
The (S) Files / 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.
637 Running Feet: Black On White Wall Drawings by 14 Artists. Queens Museum of Art,
  Queens, NY. Curated by Valerie Smith, Hitomi Iwasaki.
Postcards from the Edge. Visual AIDS at Lelong Gallery, New York, NY. (benefit)

2002
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.
Postcards from the Edge. Visual AIDS at Sperone Westwater, New York, NY. (benefit)

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
Night of 1,000 Drawings. Artists Space, New York, NY. (benefit)

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 conjuction with the College Art Association.
Hunter College Fine Arts Building, New York, NY.

education
M.F.A. Pratt Institute [1998], Brooklyn, NY
B.B.A. Baruch College [1985], New York, NY

awards
2004
Individual Artist Support Grant, Queens Council on the Arts,
New York City Department Office Cultural Affairs, NY.

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

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

selected articles and reviews
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.
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
2013
Dual Zone. Key Projects an art space, Queens, NY.

works on file / artist registry
Artists Space, New York, NY.
The Drawing Center, New York, NY.
Minus Space, Brooklyn, NY.
Pierogi Flatfiles, Brooklyn, NY.

collections
Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, LaGrange, GA.
Lamar Dodd Art Center, LaGrange College, LaGrange, GA.
Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY.
Private Collections.