Grear Patterson
1988, USA
About
Works
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Patterson is constantly photographing his surroundings. Depictions of houses (some random, some of friends and family’s, others for aesthetic value), details of landscapes: a close up of a wheat field, a lonesome volleyball court on the beach and nature, objects lying around, from toys and books on a shelf, to things seen on the sidewalk. Patterson’s work is about keeping memories, holding on to fleeting moments and being able to relive them through the memorializing process of art making. Furthermore, they engage the viewer by acknowledging the increasing universality of our experience, and thus our collective memories. Eventually, we will all have been here before.
A former member of The Still House Group, Grear Patterson studied at Duke University and the School of Visual Arts in New York. Solo exhibitions include Manhattan Beach, Marlborough Broome Street, NY (2015); Seek and Destroy, DEPART Foundation, Los Angeles (2015); Forest Theatre, The American Academy Rome, (2014) and Duck Test, Ellis King, Dublin (2014). He has been included in group shows at Jonathan Viner, London; Sprovieri, London; Total Project Space, Athens; Frank Pictures Gallery, Santa Monica; Steven Kasher Gallery, NY; Galerie Olivier Robert, Paris and the 9th Shanghai Biennale in 2012.
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Works
Untitled (red swing)
Oil on canvas
120 x 95 cm
Untitled (Swings)
Oil on canvas
120 x 95 cm
Untitled (Swings)
Oil on canvas
120 x 95 cm
Hayward Airport
Oil on canvas
122 x 183 cm
Golden Hour
Oil on canvas
183 x 122 cm
Camp Kanata
Oil on canvas
142 x 218 cm
Wainscott Beach
Oil on canvas
218 x 158 cm
167th Street
Oil on canvas
142 x 218 cm
211 Elizabeth
C-print mounted on aluminium
50 x 80 cm
Naked Beach
C-print mounted on aluminium, framed
50 x 80 cm
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EDUCATION
2008-2011
BFA School of Visual Arts, Cinematography, New York, US
2005-2006
Duke University, Creative Writing, North-Carolina, US
EXHIBITIONS
2020
Flotsam and Jetsam, Galleri Golsa, Oslo, NO
Nice in the water, DUVE, Berlin, DE (Upcoming)
2019
Atlas, Nonfinito Gallery, New York, US
Planes & Mountains, Galerie Lisa Kandlhofer, Vienna, AT
2018
Based On A True Story, Galleri Golsa, Oslo, Norway
Stay Up, 37 great jones, New York, New York, US
2017
Stay Up, curated by Ugo Rondinone, 39 Great Jones Street, New York, NY
Cereal Eater, Ellis King, Dublin, Ireland
2016
Boxing the Compass, Fireplace Project, East Hampton, NY
True Romance, Marlborough Contemporary, London, UK
2015
Candy Coated, Galerie Frank Elbaz, Paris, FR
Seek and Destroy, Depart Foundation, Los Angeles, US
In The Trenches, Kostyal, Stockholm, SE
Manhattan Beach, Marlborough Contemporary, New York, US
Zig Zag, Honolulu, Zurich, CH
2014
Panzers and Tigers, Vito Schnabel, New York, US
Forest Theatre, The American Academy, Rome, IT
Duck Test, Ellis King, Dublin, IR
2012
Nowhere Fast, Gloria Naftali Project Space, curated by Cooke Maroney,
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019
The Pattersons, 1 1 1 gallery, Carboro, North Carolina, US Sculpture Garden II, Lisa Kandelhofer, Vienna, AT Ventanas Techo, Mexico City, MX
Rite of Passage, Vito Schnabel, New York, US
2018
Winter in America II, Los Angeles, California, US Happiness, New York, US Torre Coccaro, Fasano, IT
2017
Protean Vessel(S), Ellis King, Dublin, Ireland
2016
No Name, Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico
If Walls are Trembling, Galerie Lisa Kandlhofer, Vienna
For Pete’s Sake, Carl Kostyál, Stockholm
Palma, Palmiers, Palm, Dickinson Roundell Inc., New York
Three Weeks > Six Videos > Two Rooms, Ellis King, Dublin, Ireland
East of Eden (with Yves Scherer), Boetzelaer|Nispen, Amsterdam, Netherlands
East of Eden (with Yves Scherer), Jeanroch Dard, Brussels, Belgium
East of Eden (with Yves Scherer), Guido Baudach, Berlin, Germany
Across 110th Street, Rod Bianco, Oslo, Norway
Scout, curated by Grear Patterson, Triumph and Disaster, Montgomery, Alabama
2015
Eagles II, Marlborough Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Wonder Wheel, organised by CURA, Depart Foundation, Miami, USA
Island Theory, Jonathan Viner, London, UK
Cookie Gate, Ellis King, Dublin, Ireland
Zig Zag, Honolulu, Zurich, Switzerland
Yellow Taxi, TORRI, Los Angeles, USA
Cold Sweat, curated by Grear Patterson and Jeremy Anderegg, Bill Brady, Miami, FL
2014
The Go Between, Museo di Capodimonte, Naples, Italy
Human Interface, curated by Cece Stucker, Hus Gallery, London, UK DIO C’E’, Opere dalla Collezione Agovino, Naples, Italy
The Go Between, The Ernesto Esposito Collection, Sprovieri, London, UK
I’ve Lost All My Marbles, Total Projects, Athens, Greece
2013
Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast, Rod Barton, London, UK Mondofornia, 9 Dudley Ave, organised by David Quadrini, Venice Beach, LA, USA
summerfridays, Saloman Contemporary, New York, USA
2012
CKTV, 9th Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai, China
Harderer. Betterer. Fasterer. Strongerer. Bruccenial 2012, New York, USA
Nowhere Fast, Gloria Naftali Project Space, curated by Cooke Maroney, New York, USA
2011
RIFF RAFF, Still House Group, Miami, USA
Ain't, Frank Pictures, curated by Louis Eisner and Nick Darmstaedter, Los Angeles, USA
2010
Worth, 211 Elizabeth Street, curated by Isaac Brest and Alex Perweiler, New York, USA
Inspired, Steven Kasher Gallery, curated by Beth Rudin DeWoody, New York, USA
Desirs Archaiques, Galerie Olivier Robert, Paris, France
2009
Better History, 7Eleven Gallery, New York, USA
Rental Gallery Presents The Still House Group, Rental Gallery, New York, USA