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

"Patrick Wilson," Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY

"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

2025

“California Dreaming," Contemporary Art Matters, Columbus, OH

2024

“All Bangers, All The Time: 25th Anniversary Exhibition," Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY

"Latest and Greatest: New Work," The Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA

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

Bibliography

2022

Cameron, Dan. "Patrick Wilson," Miles McEnery Gallery, McCall Associates, New York, NY

2021

Sweetwood, Cole. "Pick of the Week: Patrick Wilson," Artillery Magazine, March 31

2019

Pagel, David, “The Responsive Eye: Then, Now, And In-Between”, essay for exhibition catalog, Miles McEnery Gallery

Frank, Peter, “Patrick Wilson: Plane As Day”, essay for exhibition catalog, Miles McEnery Gallery

2018

"Patrick Wilson," Moriarty Magazine, April

Pagel, David," When a rectangle is more than a rectangle: Making sense of Patrick Wilson's colorful chaos," Los Angeles Times, February 5 (Link)

2017

Wei, Lilly, “Ways of Seeing”, essay for exhibition catalog, Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe

Krieger, Deborah, “At OCMA, It's A Masterful Reinstallation of the Permanent Collection,” White Hot Magazine, December (Link)

2015

Westfall, Stephen, “The Quiet Crowd”, essay for exhibition catalog, Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe

Cohen, Jean Lawlor, A Lesson in Geometry, IN New York, May 26

2014

Pagel, David, NOW-ism: Abstraction Today, exhibition catalog essay

Tani, Ellen Yoshi, "Intense, Immersive, and Intimate: Patrick Wilsons Abstract Paintings," Artsy, November 28

Booth, Caetlynn, "Artworks Engage Architecture at Virginia Tech's Moss Arts Center," Burnaway, November 20

Pagel, David, "Review: Patrick Wilson throws vibrant curves in 'Steak Night,'" Los Angeles Times, January 24 (Link)

Crutchfield, Margo Ann, "Patrick Wilson," brochure for Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech exhibition "Evolving Geometries: Line, Form, and Color," Fall

Drohojowska-Philp, Hunter, "Geometric Abstraction in Many Forms," Art Talk on KCRW, January 23 (Link)

2012

Newhouse, Kristina, "Patrick Wilson: pull," catalog essay for exhibition "Patrick Wilson: pull" at CSU Long Beach University Art Museum, September

Gottlieb, Shirle, Recommendations: Patrick Wilson / Linda Day, ArtScene, December 9

Katz, Marni, CMYLK: Patrick Wilsons Abstract Artwork, Design Milk, December 7

Frank, Peter, Haiku Reviews, Huffington Post, December 3

O'Brian, Draza, "Eye on Art: Dive into UAM's Three-Part Exhibition Of Abstraction", Gazettes, November 16

Cohen, Edie, What a Hunk, Interior Design, August 1

Larkin, Corina, "Patrick Wilson, Color Space", The Brooklyn Rail, March

Baker, Kenneth, Action painting in slow motion, San Francisco Chronicle, June 16

2011

Bancroft, Sarah, 2010 California Biennial, exhibition catalog

Gleason, Mat, Top 10 Culver City Exhibits for September, Huffington Post, September 27

Feinstein, Lee, "Sea Change", ARTnews, December

2010

Calder, Diane, 2010 California Biennial, ArtScene, December

Walsh, Daniella, Sober Paris with Send-Ups in Biennial Exhibit, The Laguna Beach Independent,November 26

Sommer, Daniella, Art in the OC: the 2010 California Biennial, KQED arts, Kqed.com

Bancroft, Sarah, Curating the 2010 Biennial, Art LTD, October

Drucks, Achim, Art as Lifesaver, Deutsche Bank ArtMag 63, October

Baker, Kenneth, Winning Wilsons at Marx & Zavattero, San Francisco Chronicle, May

2009

Scarborough, James, Patrick Wilson at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Artillery, Sept/Oct

Britt, Douglas, Playing With Mud, Houston Chronicle, February 2009

Pagel, David, Wilson not boxed in by rectangles, Los Angeles Times, July 24

Pagel, David, Electric Mud, exhibition catalogue, Blaffer Gallery, the Art Museum of the University of Houston, with essays by Sara Cochran and Claudia Schmuckli

Cohen, Jean Lawlor, Plain Geometry, Where Washington, September

Lawerence, Sidney, Patrick Wilson at Curators Office, Art in America, December

Judkis, Maura, The Year in Galleries, Washington City Paper, September

2008

Frank, Peter, "In Brief: Patrick Wilson, Art On Paper, May/June

Baker, Kenneth, "Wilson at Marx & Zavattero, San Francisco Chronicle, May 3

Ruiz, Alma, New American Paintings: juried exhibitions-in-print

2006

Baker, Kenneth, “Wilson Paintings at Brian Gross”, San Francisco Chronicle, October 21

Hart, Scot, "Artist Profile, Lifescapes, September, pg.54

Kotwal, Kaizaad, "Inventive Use of Space, Color Yields Poetry, Columbus Dispatch, May 21

Frank, Peter, "Pick of the Week, LA WEEKLY, January 6-12

2005

Zone, Ray, "Patrick Wilson at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Art Scene, Vol. 25, No.1,December, pgs. 21-22

"Art on the Riverfront, Selections from the Radio Shack collection, catalog, pg.56

Andrews, Scott, "A warlike people, Java Magazine, February

2004

Dove, Amy, "Stefanie Schneider and Patrick Wilson at Susanne Vielmetter", Artweek, July / August issue, pg. 25

"The Western Landscape's Lure", LA Times Calendar, May 6

Frank, Peter, "Stefanie Schneider, Patrick Wilson, Miriam Dym", LA WEEKLY, Pick of the week, May 21 - May 27, 2004

2003

Oshima, Tetsuya, "Patrick Wilson: Towards a Newer Painting". Art / Criticism, 2003 issue

Bullis, Douglas, "100 Artists of the West Coast", Schiffer Publishers, 2003, pg. 66 - 67

Dixon, Glenn, "Light and Place", Washington City paper, May 16

Green Tyler, "D.C. Diary", artnet, May 9

Scarborough, James, "Patrick Wilson at Los Angeles Projects at the Armory Show New York", NY Arts Magazine, March

Gleason, Mat, "Art Angelenos: 24 hot tickets for the LA scene", Modern Painters, Spring issue,pg. 70-75

2002

Ollman, Leah, "A Rainbow of Los Angeles Images", Los Angeles Times, November 1

Frank, Peter, LA Weekly, Pick of the Week, November 1 - 7

Gallery Top Ten Los Angeles, Number 1, Coagula, November

Dixon, Glenn, "Chromophilia", Washington City Paper, February 8, 2002

2001

Johnson, Ken, The New York Times, Friday, July 13, 2001

Cotter, Holland, The New York Times, Friday, May 25, 2001

Pence, Elizabeth, "Patrick Wilson and Eve Wood at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles

Projects", Artweek, June 2001

2000

Bernbach, Sarah, "Island Hopping", catalog essay for "2000 Anos Luz, Galeria

Leyendecker/Instituto Oscar Dominguez.

New York Contemporary Art Report, February 2000, p. 76-77.

New York Contemporary Art Report, January 2000, p. 80-81.

Pagel, David, "The Space Between Things, artist catalog essay, 2000.

Pagel, David, "Themes Out of School: Art & Education in Los Angeles, CAA Collection, catalog essay, 2000.

Wei, Lily, "Patrick Wilson at Stefan Stux, Art In America, January, 2000.

1999

Baker, Kenneth, "Abstract Painter Reflects Subtle Gestures: Patrick Wilson on the

Edge, San Francisco Chronicle, April 24, 1999.

Bonetti, David, "Abstractions Remarkable Return, San Francisco Chronicle, May 7, 1999.

Chambers, Christopher, "Picks, New York Arts Magazine, April 1999.

Frank, Peter, "Art Pick of the Week: Patrick Wilson, Nancy Kay, Elena Sheehan, LA Weekly, July 16, 1999.

Hanks, Victoria, "Reviews, New York Arts Magazine, April, 1999.

New York Contemporary Art Report, May 1999, p. 78-79.

New York Contemporary Art Report, March 1999, p. 74-75.

Rodriguez, Juan, "Cool Painting at Brian Gross Fine Art, Artweek, February 1999

White, Kit, "Patrick Wilson, Review, April 15, 1999.

1998

Baker, Kenneth, "Cool Paintings Radiate Heat, San Francisco Chronicle,

December 12, 1998.

Baker, Kenneth, "Fine Work in the Living Room, San Francisco Chronicle, April 23, 1998.

1997

Kandel, Susan, "Art Reviews, Los Angeles Times, September,1997.

1996

Frank, Peter, "Pick of the Week, LA Weekly, February 16, 1996.

Ritzi, Doris, "Patrick Wilson and Swiss Artist Mireille Gros at Ruth Bachofner Gallery,

Swiss Journal, January/February, 1996.

Wilson, William, "Focus Surveys California Art Landscape at Long Beach Museum, Los Angeles Times, August 16, 1996.

Frank, Peter, "Pick of the Week, LA Weekly, July 8, 1994

Public Collections

Auchenbach Collection, Fine Art Museums of San Francisco, CA

Benton Museum of Art, Claremont, CA

Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection, West Palm Beach, FL

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

Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA

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