Patrick Schmidt

I have always had a passion for the arts, music, dance, theatre, written and visual. From an early age I knew I wanted to surround myself with creatives. While in school I dappled in all forms of the arts but fell in love with painting. Specifically, abstraction. Through abstraction I could express thought/ideas/feelings without the encumbrance of observable objects. I spent many afternoons in the University library paging through every old master art book I could find. I learnt composition from Mondrian, color from Van Gogh and Matisse, concept from Ellsworth Kelly and Duchamp. And visual perception from the Op-art of the 1960’s. I started exploring identity using wallpaper and fabric patterns inspired by the Pattern and Decoration movement from the 1970’s. I have studied the meanings of patterns from around the world which led me to many eastern philosophies with an emphasis on Buddhism. I layered and juxtaposed patterns next to and on top of one another in pursuit of how I perceived my own identity. Once I gained access to photo manipulation software, I digitized the hundreds of patterns I had collected. By layering these newly adapted images a new visual language of shape, color and hardedge emerged. During the pandemic I once...

Highlights of exhibitions included the Painting Center in NYC, Box of Contemporary Space in Cosenza, Italy, Florence School of Art, in Florence Italy, Baker Howard Contemporary Gallery in London, UK, Todd Weiner Gallery, Kansas City, MO, 33 Contemporary, North Miami, FL, Society Color Council, Rochester, NY, White Room Gallery, East Hampton, NY, Icon Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA, Treat Gallery NYC, NY, 33 Contemporary Gallery, Lake Worth, FL, and Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA. Art fair participation Red Dot Miami, Jen Tough Gallery, Santa Fe, Art Fair 14C, Jersey City, NJ, Other Art Fair, Brooklyn, NY, Art Market International Art Fair, Budapest, Hungary via Baker Howard Contemporary, Spring Break Art Show, Tectonic Noise, New York, NY. He has shown in serval museum settings, Westmoreland Museum of Art in Greensburg, PA, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, in Altoona, PA and the Spartanburg Art Museum, in Spartanburg, SC. His work is in many public and private collections including Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, BoCS Art Museum, Cosenza, Italy, Galerie Diderot, in Orquevaux, France, Pittsburgh Children’s Museum, Pittsburgh, PA, Washington DC Housing Commission plus many private collections throughout the US, Europe and ...