ABOUT
Patricia González was born in Cartagena, Colombia. She attended Central School of Art & Design and Wimbledon School of Art in London. A past recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts grant, her exhibition history spans three decades and includes solo shows in Europe and the United States. Her work is included in private collections and the permanent collections of the Rockefeller Foundation, the San Antonio Museum of Art, Palms Springs Museum, and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. She was a 2015 Ucross Foundation artist in residence.
Her work is grounded in a strong connection with nature. She lives and works in Los Angeles, California.
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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2018
Group Exhibition, Vita Art Center, Ventura, CA
2016
One Person Exhibition, The Reef, Los Angeles, CA
Group Exhibition, The Bel-Air, Los Angeles, CA
“Homelife”, Group Exhibition, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX
2015
Artist in Residence, Ucross Foundation, Wyoming
Group Exhibition, CalArts, Valencia, CA
2014
Open Studio, April 2014
2013
One Person Exhibition, Chartreuse, Carmel, CA
Group Exhibition, CalArts, Valencia, CA
2012
Group Exhibition, CalArts, Valencia, CA
2010
Group Exhibition, Folk Tree Gallery, Pasadena, CA
2009
One Person Exhibition, Joan Wich & Co Gallery, Houston, Texas
2006
One Person Exhibition, Joan Wich & Co Gallery, Houston, Texas
2005
In Place of Home, Group Exhibition curated by Evelyn Serrano, Los Angeles, CA
2004
Group Exhibition, Sandy Parkerson Gallery, Houston, Texas
2003
One Person Exhibition, Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, CA
Group Exhibition, Moody Gallery, Houston, Texas
2002
Group Exhibition, Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, CA
2001
Group Exhibition, Plaza de la Raza, Los Angeles, CA
2000
Group Exhibition, Moody Gallery, Houston, Texas
1999
Group Exhibition, Plaza de la Raza, Los Angeles, CA
1997
One Person Exhibition, Stansell Gallery, Taunton, Somerset
1996
One Person Exhibition, Dillington House, Ilminster, Somerset
Open Studio, Somerset Art Week, Somerset
Group Exhibition, Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, Texas
1995
One Person Exhibition, Moody Gallery; Houston, Texas
One Person Exhibition, David Hall, South Petherton, England
One Person Exhibition, Stansell Gallery; Taunton, Somerset, England
1994
Group Exhibition, Galveston Art Center; Galveston, Texas
Group Exhibition, Art Museum of Southeast Texas; Beaumont, Texas
Group Exhibition, Moody Gallery; Houston, Texas
1993
Group Exhibition, Angela Flowers Gallery; London, England
“Texas Contemporary: Acquisitions of the 90s”, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas.
Group Exhibition, Corpus Christi State University; Corpus Christi, Texas
1992
“In Their Element”, Group Exhibition, Women and Their Work; Austin,Texas.
Group Exhibition, Oklahoma Arts Institute; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Tom Peyton Memorial Exhibition, Alexandria; Louisiana.
“Small Works”, Sette Gallery; Scottsdale, Arizona.
1991
“Stamp Show”, Small Projects Gallery, University of Houston; Houston, Texas
One Person Exhibition, Graham Gallery; Houston, Texas
El Espejo, Group Exhibition, Hyatt Regency, Houston, Texas
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1990
One Person Exhibition, Art Museum of Southeast Texas; Beaumont, Texas
“Northwest X Southwest: Painted Fiction”, Palm Springs Desert Museum; Palm Springs, California. Traveled to: Yellowstone Art Center, Western Washington State University and The Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston; Houston, Texas. Catalogue.
Group Exhibition, Art Museum of Southeast Texas; Beaumont, Texas
“Women Choose Women”, Women and Their Work, Austin, Texas
“Collage”, Women and Their Work; Austin, Texas
Group Exhibition, Sewall Gallery, Rice University; Houston, Texas
1989
One Person Exhibition Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston,Texas. USA
“Gonzalez, Ramirez & Zush”, Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
Group Exhibition, Jack Tilton Gallery, New York
“Evidence: Contemporary Narrative Painters in the Southwest, San Antonio Art Museum, San Antonio, TX. Catalogue
Group Exhibition, Mexic-Arte, Austin, Texas
Group Exhibition, Arte Moderno, New York
Group Exhibition, Gumps Art Gallery, San Francisco, California
1988
“In the Garden”, Transco, Houston, Texas.
“Third Coast Review: A Look at Art in Texas”, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado.
“Artistas Colombianos en los Estados Unidos de America 1988”, Museum of Modern Art, Cartagena, Colombia. Catalogue.
“Drawn From Life: Contemporary Interpretive Landscape”, Sewall Gallery, Rice University, Houston, TX
“Latin American Artists in the Southeast”, Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, LA.
One Person Exhibition, Settee Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
One Person Exhibition, Fox Gallery, University of Texas at El Paso, Texas
Three Person Exhibition, Southwest State University, San Marcos, Texas
1987
“Hispanic Art in the United States: Thirty Painters and Sculptors”, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas; Lowe Art Museum, Miami, Florida; The Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico; The Los Angeles County Museum, LosAngeles, California; The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
One Person Exhibition, Graham Gallery, Houston, TX
“Mythmakers”, William Campbell Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas
Three Person Exhibition, Tavelli Gallery, Aspen, CO.
Three Person Exhibition, Winton Gallery, Washington, D.C., USA
“Gardens”, DW Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1986
“Synergy”, Glassell School of Art, Houston, Texas
“Latin American Women Artists”, Guadalupe Arts Center, San Antonio, Texas
“Chulas Fronteras”, Midtown Art Center, Houston, Texas
1985
One Person Exhibition, Graham Gallery, Houston, Texas
“Texas Painting: Twelve Texas Artists”, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas. Catalogue.
“The New Nude”, Midtown art Center, Houston, Texas.
“Paint, Period”, Galveston Art Center, Galveston, Texas.
1984
“Texas Only”, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, TX
One Person Exhibition, Graham Gallery, Houston, Texas
East End Show, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, Texas
1983
“Colombian Artists”, Canning House, London, UK
1982
“Small Works”, Boulevard Gallery, Houston, Texas
1980
“Collaboration in Art”- Goldsmiths College, London. John Cage and Merce Cunningham leading the collaboration.
1979
“Young Contemporaries”, Institute of Contemporary Art, London, UK
EDUCATION
Central School of Art and Design; London, England
Wimbledon School of Art, London, England
Glassell School of Art; Houston, Texas
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AWARDS + RESIDENCIES
Ucross Artists Residency
National Endowment for the Arts
Synergy” prize
Anne Giles Kimborough Fund, Dallas Museum, Dallas, Texas
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PUBLICATIONS
1995
“House of Light and Symmetry”, Houston Life, Barry Moore, July, p.84
Cover, “Love in the Times of Cholera”, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Penguin bilingual edtion.
Patricia Gonzalez-paintings at the Stansell gallery, Taunton, Somerset”, Quarto, review by Lionel Philips. Summer 1995.
1991
Cover, “The Penguin Book of Latin American Short Stories”, Edited by Thomas Colchie.
“Explorations- the Visual Arts Since 1945”, Katherine Hoffman, Icon Editions.
1990
“Exposures- Women Artists and Their Work”, Betty Ann Brown, Kenna Love and Arlene Raven. New Age Press.
“World Artists-1980-1990”, Eva Jungman.
1991
Houston Post, review by Susan Chadwick, March 11, p.B1.
Houston Chronicle, review by Patricia Johnson. March 2, p. D1.
1989
“The New York Times”, “Thirty Hispanic Artists at Brooklyn Museum, Michael Kimmelman
Los Angeles Herald Examiner. C. Knight, Feb. 19.
Christian Science Monitor”, “Hispanic Art in the United States Goes Mainstream”. Daniel B. Wood. Feb. 17, p.11.
Contemporanea, “Houston”, Don Bacilagupi, p. 15.
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1988
Facetas, March, p.67.
“El Tiempo”, Artistas Colombianos, Alonso Martinez.
“El Universal”, August 14.
Miami Herald, “An Artful Blast”, Helen L. Kohen, April 10, p. 5K.
1987
Newsweek, “Devotees of the Fantastic”, Mark Stevens, Sept. 7, p. 66-68.
Artspace, “Hispanic Art in the United States”, Elizabeth McBride, Fall Issue p.54.
The Washington Post, “A Brilliant Assault”, Paul Richards, Oct. 10.
Art in America, “The Houston Scene”, April, p. 197.
The Washington Times, “Hispanic Art”, Jane Addams Aklen, Oct. 9, p. E1, E8.
Domain, “Local Color”, Michael Ennis, p. 16.
The Houston Chronicle, cover. April 26. The Houston Chronicle, “A Grand Hispanic Show” Patricia Johnson, May.
The Houston Post, “Hispanic Art in The United States”, Susan Chadwick, May 3, p. 1F
1986
Texas Homes, “Art Notes”, Susan Freudenheim, Nov. p.21-24.
Texas Homes, “Chulas Fronteras”, p.25
Houston Chronicle, “Exhibit Features Hispanic Latin Art”, Patricia Johnson, May 20.
Temple Daily Telegraph, review of “Chulas Fronteras”, Anna Hayes.
1984
Houston Chronicle, “Critic’s Choice”, Carol Everingham.
Houston Home & Gardens, “Artistic License”, Gretchen Fallon, August.
1983
Domestic Crude, p.35.
PANELS AND INTERVIEWS
1991
“Artists Tour the Collection”, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, Texas.
1990
Cultural Arts Council of Houston, Visual Arts Selection panel.
Interview with Betty Maldonado for “Heritage”, aired on U.S. public television channels.
1989
National Endowment for the Arts, Painting Selection Panel
1989
Panelist on symposium, “The Role of Latino Artists in Contemporary Culture”, Los Angeles County Museum.
Nuevas Visiones/New Visions interview with Betty Maldonado, Public Television.
Cultural Arts Council of Houston, Visual Art Selection Panel.
1988
“Hispanic Art in the United States- the Texas Connection”, film by DeColores Productions, Public Television.
1987
“Sunday Morning with Charles Kurault”, National Television.
National Public Radio. Interview. “Hispanic Art in the US”.
“Video Workshop- Contemporary Art in Houston”, Dawn Laurel, Public Television.
Moderator, Panel Discussion, “Is There a Particular Hispanic Aesthetic?, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Curator, “Houston Hispanic-Art from Houston”, Glassell School of Art, Houston.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, Texas
Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona
Art Museum of Southeast Texas, Beaumont, Texas
The Rockefeller Foundation
AT&T
McDonald Corporation Collection
Philip Morris Collection
Various other corporate and private collections