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This image depicts an artwork by Patrick Wilson titled "Field Sketch." This artwork was created in 2023 and measures 6 Works: 37" x 29" [HxW] (93.98 x 73.66 cm) each; 37" x 174" [HxW] (93.98 x 441.96 cm) overall. Its medium is Acrylic on canvas.
Patrick Wilson
"Field Sketch," 2023
This image depicts an artwork by Patrick Wilson titled "Counting Backwards." This artwork was created in 2024 and measures 29" x 37" [HxW] (73.66 x 93.98 cm). Its medium is Acrylic on canvas.
Patrick Wilson
"Counting Backwards," 2024
This image depicts an artwork by Patrick Wilson titled "Dangerous Curves." This artwork was created in 2023 and measures 42" x 82" [HxW] (106.68 x 208.28 cm). Its medium is Acrylic on canvas.
Patrick Wilson
"Dangerous Curves," 2023
Patrick Wilson “Sea View,” 2023
Patrick Wilson
“Sea View,” 2023
This image depicts an artwork by Patrick Wilson titled "Green Dragon." This artwork was created in 2022 and measures 72" x 67" [HxW] (182.88 x 170.18 cm). Its medium is Acrylic on canvas.
Patrick Wilson
"Green Dragon," 2022
Patrick Wilson “Lilac Repose,” 2022
Patrick Wilson
“Lilac Repose,” 2022
Patrick Wilson “Disrupted Grid (Instagram),” 2020
Patrick Wilson
“Disrupted Grid (Instagram),” 2020
Patrick Wilson “Cocktail Hour,” 2020
Patrick Wilson
“Cocktail Hour,” 2020
Patrick Wilson “Inside Space,” 2020
Patrick Wilson
“Inside Space,” 2020
Patrick Wilson “Dancer,” 2017
Patrick Wilson
“Dancer,” 2017
Patrick Wilson “On the Patio,” 2017
Patrick Wilson
“On the Patio,” 2017
Patrick Wilson “Bedroom Painting,” 2014
Patrick Wilson
“Bedroom Painting,” 2014
Patrick Wilson "Meadowlark," 2011
Patrick Wilson
"Meadowlark," 2011
Lives and works in Los Angeles, California
1970
Born in Redding, California
1995
MFA, Claremont Graduate School, CA
1993
BA, University of California, Davis, CA

Selected Solo and Two Person Exhibitions

2024
Solo, Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY (forthcoming)
"Field Sketch," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2022
"Patrick Wilson," Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
2021
"Keeping Time," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2019
"Patrick Wilson," Miles McEnery, New York, NY
2018
"Patrick Wilson," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2017
"Patrick Wilson," Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe, New York, NY
2015
"Patrick Wilson," Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe, New York, NY
2014
"Evolving Geometries: Line, Form, and Color," Moss Art Center at Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA
"Steak Night," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2012
"Patrick Wilson: Pull," University Art Museum, California State Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
"Color Space," Ameringer, McEnery, Yohe, New York, NY
"Slow Motion Action Painting," Marx & Zavattero, San Francisco, CA
2011
"Good Barbecue," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2010
"The View from My Deck," Marx & Zavattero, San Francisco, CA
2009
"Always For Pleasure," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles, CA
"Slow Food," Curators Office, Washington DC
2008
"Considering Truth and Beauty," Marx & Zavattero, San Francisco, CA
"Suite for Mount Washington - works on paper," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects (project space)
2007
"Some Things I Like," Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH
2006
"The Chandler Paintings," Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
"Hothouse Flowers," Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH
2005
"The Course of Empire," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
"Patrick Wilson: West," Fusebox, Washington, DC
2004
"New Paintings," Brian Gross Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Oil Fields," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
2003
"New Paintings," Fusebox, Washington, DC
2002
"L.A." Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles, CA
"Patrick Wilson: Dark City," Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2001
"Patrick Wilson," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2000
Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY
Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
1999
Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, NY

Selected Group Exhibitions

2024
"Latest and Greatest: New Work," The Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA (forthcoming)
2022
"Making a Mark: Abstraction in the Ahmanson Collection," The Ahmanson Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
"Summer Drift," Miles McEnery, New York, NY
"Plants Now!" Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
"Good Vibrations," curated by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp and Shana Nys Dambrot, Palm Springs Convention Center, Intersect Art and Design Fair, Palm Springs, CA
2021
"FROM THE COLLECTION OF ANONYMOUS," North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND (Link)
"Break + Bleed," San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
2020
“20 Years: Anniversary Exhibition”, Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
"Do You Think It Needs A Cloud?”, Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
"20 Years," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2019
“The Responsive Eye Revisited: Then, Now, And In-Between”, Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
2018
“Michael Reafsnyder & Patrick Wilson,” Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY
"Belief in Giants," Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY (Link)
2017
“On The Road: American Abstraction”, David Klein Gallery, Detroit, MI
“Pivotal: Highlights from the Collection,” Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
2016
“Geometrix: Lin, Form, Subversion,” Curator’s Office, Bethesda, MD
2014
"NOW-ism: Abstraction Today," Pizzuti Collection, Columbus, OH (Link)
2013
"California Visual Music Three Generations of Abstraction," Guggenheim Gallery, Chapman University, Co-curated by Marcus Herse and David Michael Lee, Orange, CA
2012
"Local Color," San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
2011
"Sea Change: The 10th Anniversary Exhibition," Marx & Zavattero, San Francisco, CA
2010
“Tomorrow’s Legacies: Gifts Celebrating the Next 125 Years”, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
Inaugural Group Exhibition, Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
"California Biennial," Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
"Summer Selections," Ameringer McEnery Yohe, New York, NY
2009
"Broodwork," Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock, CA
"Summer 09," Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH
"Electric Mud," University of Houston, TX; Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, curated by David Pagel (January 17 - March 29, 2009)
2008
"iCandy: Current Abstraction in Southern California," Cypress College Art Gallery, Cypress, CA
"Swim," Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH
2007
"Keeping it Straight: Right Angles and Hard Edges in Contemporary Southern California Art," Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA, curated by Peter Frank
2006
“Claremont Connections: Selections From the Permanent Collection”, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
"Abstraction," Mulry Fine Art, West Palm Beach, FL
2005
"Two-Fold: Patrick Wilson - Richard Wilson," Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA, curated by David Pagel
"Into the Light," Scape Gallery, Corona Del Mar, CA
"Fabulous," Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH
"Gyroscope," Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC
2004
"New," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City CA
"Tremolo," Rebecca Ibel Gallery, Columbus, OH
2003
“Unstable”, Fusebox, Washington, DC
"Place," Harris Art Gallery at the University of La Verne, La Verne, CA
2002
"Chromophilia," Fusebox, Washington DC
2001
“The Permanent Collection: 1970 – 2001”, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
"The Permanent Collection: 1970 to 2000," Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LA, CA
"Heat," Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, NY
"New Work: LA Painting," Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA
"Monochrome / Monochrome?" Florence Lynch Gallery, New York, NY, curated by Lilly Wei
2000
"Cool Painting 2000," Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
"Maximal / Minimal," Feigen Contemporary, New York, NY
"2000 Anos Luz," Instituto Oscar Dominguez, Teneriffe
1998
"Cool Painting," Brian Gross Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
"Four: Painting in the Abstract," The Living Room, San Francisco, CA
"Transcendence, An Exhibition Celebrating Works of Irish and Irish American Artists," Mount San Antonio College, Walnut, CA
1997
"Generational Abstractions," Ruth Bachofner, Santa Monica, CA
"L.A. Emerging," Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1996
"Drawn Conclusion: Southern California Drawing," Riverside Art Museum, CA
"California Focus: Selections from the Collection of the Long Beach Museum," Long Beach Museum, Long Beach, CA
"Time Splits Open: Fifteen Narratives," Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1994
"Next," California State University, Los Angeles, CA

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2021
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2018
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2003
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2001
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1997
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Public Collections

Auchenbach Collection, Fine Art Museums of San Francisco, CA
Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C
Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL
Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
Minnesota Museum of American Art, Saint Paul, MN
North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND
Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
Phyllis and Ross Escalette Permanent Collection of Art, Chapman University, Orange, CA
Pizzuti Collection, Columbus, OH
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, CA