b. 1955, Lives and works in Chicago

Patrick Chamberlain (b. 1955, USA) employs a mixture of philosophy and formalism in his work. His visual language includes references to geometric and lyrical abstraction, as well as figurative and conceptual elements.

 

Fluidly shifting between numerous styles and techniques, Chamberlain’s diverse oeuvre can appear chaotic when seen at disparate points. Shown collectively, his complex practice harmonizes. Marks and materials echo across surfaces with drastically different compositions, some pieces pure and others showing signs of infection as the styles corrupt each other.

Solo Exhibitions

2017
Unreliable Narrator, Kavi Gupta, Chicago, IL
2016
a transcendent conjunctive(sic), The Suburban Riverwest, Milwaukee, WI
2010
On Your Mark, Artspace, New Haven, CT

 

 

Group Exhibitions

2016
Assisted, Kavi Gupta, Chicago, IL
2014
Szalon, Logan Art Center, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2012 A 2-Painting Show (in two parts), Peregrine Program, Chicago, Illinois, Curated by Michelle Grabner

2010 The Jewel Thief, The Tang, Saratoga Springs, New York, Curated by Ian Berry and Jessica Stockholder

 

Redi-Mix, Kathleen Cullen, New York, New York, Curated by James Hyde

2007Connecticut Contemporary, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut, Curated by Joanna Marsh

Publications

On Your Mark catalogue for eponymous exhibition

 

Public Collections

Tang Museum of Art, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY

Residencies

1996
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, MN
1997
Atelier Calder, Sache Val de Loire, France

Education

1996 
Master of Clinical Social Work, New York University, New York, New York
Post graduate work, New England Institute for Psychoanalysis, New Haven, CT
1985
BFA (honors in philosophy/ minor in art history), University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada