Ocean, 2023

Patricia Ariel  

Patricia Ariel is a contemporary Brazilian-American multidisciplinary artist. Although part self-taught, she had a formal education in visual arts that included academic drawing training and graphic and fashion design. Besides drawing and painting, Patricia has expressed herself since an early age through different artistic languages like drama, dance, and music. Her decision to become a professional fine artist came only later, after leaving her homeland. Since then, she has been collected and exhibited throughout the United States and internationally. 

Patricia's art is strongly influenced by her spirituality and insights into the connections of human beings with nature and the sacred and spiritual/psychic dimensions. In her paintings of haunting and mysterious figures, she evokes her experiences with loneliness, isolation, and inadequacy, as well as escapism and the search for transcendence from material reality. Fascinated with the concept of transmutation and the beauty of imperfection, in her latest works she rejects the idea of order and purity to explore the frailty of being human, but also its capability of regeneration and reconstruction. She deliberately maculates her work with tears, cuts, and scrapes of paint, sanding them down to create holes and crevices, creating more tactile spots with materials like gesso, cold wax, and paper. The textures and flaws that emerge from that process can be reworked or enhanced, creating new avenues of dialogue with the work.

Education:

Art Education/History of Art, BA. Rio de Janeiro State University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 2000-2005
Fashion Design. Senai-Cetiqt, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 1994-1997

Exhibitions:

In Order of Disappearance – Patricia Ariel & Christine Shannon. Artspace Everett, 2022.
Wish You Were Here, group show. Sally Centigrade Gallery, Denver, CO. 2021.
Catlore and Other Superstitions, group show. The Inverarity Gallery, Banffshire, Scotland. 2020
Masked Intentions, group show. Cass Contemporary, Tampa, FL. 2018

LP – Lonely People, group show. Beau Beau Art Festival, Tuscany, Italy. 2008 
Revolve, group show. True Love Gallery, Seattle, WA. 2018
Beyond The Tumult, group show. Talon Gallery, Portland, OR. 2018
Beyond The Sea, group show. True Love Gallery, Seattle, WA. 2017
Tremendum Fascinans, group show. True Love Gallery, Seattle, WA. 2016
Phantastische Venus, group show. Viechtachen Land, Viechtach, Germany. 2015
Myth, Magic & Lore, group show. Bash Contemporary, San Francisco, CA. 2015
Other Worlds, The Hive Gallery & Studios, Los Angeles, CA. 2015
Heaven & Hell – Patricia Ariel & Steven Johnson Leyba, Hyaena Gallery, Burbank, CA. 2015
Children of Roscharch, group Show. Phone Booth Gallery, Long Beach, CA. 2014
Irrelevant Roots, a Copycat Violence Collective show. Thumbprint Gallery, La Jolla, CA. 2014
Temple of The Soul – Bodies and Sacred Systems, group show. Alexi Era Gallery, St. Louis, MO. 2014
The Bees Knees, group show. Alexi Era Gallery, St. Louis, MO. 2014
Hidden Kingdoms, group show. The Dream Factory, Frankfurt, Germany. 2014
100 Postcards for Human Rights, group show. Alexi Era Gallery, St. Louis, MO. 2014
Mass Culture 1920's, group show. Alexi Era Gallery, St. Louis, MO. 2014
The Re-Callibration of Light and Dark, group show. Red Raven Gallery, Port Townsend, WA. 2013
Engage Live, a Hope for Creativity group show. Massachussets State House, MA. 2013
Mythologique Paintings and drawings by Patricia Ariel and New Icons by R. O'Donnell. Red Raven Gallery, Port Townsend, WA. 2013
Tarts, Trollops and Tramps, group show. Tasty Gallery, Seattle. 2013
Mythologique, featured artist. Habitude Spa & Gallery, Seattle, WA. 2012
Venusian Odyssey, group show. Vertigo Rising Gallery, Everett, WA. 2012
Inner Self-Portrait, group show. Cush Salon & Cafe, Beverly Hills, CA. 2012
Girls Gone Wild, group show. Tasty Gallery, Seattle, WA. 2012
The Forgotten Goddess, group show. Rico Adair Gallery, Noho, CA. 2011
Bherd Studios Gallery group show. Gene Juarez Salon & Spa, Seattle, WA. 2011
Rock the Terminal, group show. Art Not Terminal Gallery, Seattle, WA. 2011
Inscape Open Studios. Inscape Arts, Seattle, WA. 2011
Hope For Creativity, group show. Gaga Gallery, Swampscott, MA. 2011
Raw Artists Showcase – Illuminare. IMusic, Seattle, WA. 2011
Hope For Creativity, group show. Gaga Gallery, Swampscott, MA. 2010
Energy Art Movement Salon, group show. Gallery Sixty Six, Memphis, TN. 2010
Masquerade, juried show. Gallery 101, Fort Lauderdale, FL. 2010

Professional/Teaching Experience:

BA Art Education, Rio de Janeiro State University. 

Teaching
Realistic Pencil Portrait, Schack Art Center, Everett WA
Basic Drawing, Schack Art Center Everett WA.

Artistic Influences:

Schiele, Klimt, Waterhouse, Dante Rossetti, Evelyn DeMorgan, McKintosh, Dave McKean

Tags:

Figurative, abstract, portrait, nude, neo-contemporary.