Patricia Buck

Patricia Buck is an American abstract painter based in Maryland, known for large-scale color field paintings and mixed-media works exploring phenomenal energy. She holds an MFA degree from Howard University, College of Art, and a BFA in Studio Art from University of MD.

Joseph Hirshhorn purchased her work in 1981, that was bequeathed from his private collection to the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and is documented in their collection as Object #86-661

In 2025, the Maryland State Arts Council awarded Patricia a grant, and her work was curated into The 2025 Survey of Women Artists in the DMV Exhibition curated by F. Lenny Campello. Howard County Arts Council also selected her work, Stasis for the 2025 Art Biennial.

She has received grants from the Rauschenberg Foundation, the Arlington Arts Council, three Technical Assistance Grants from the D.C. Commission for the Arts and Humanities (DCCAH), and two Individual Artist Grants from DCCAH.

The State of Colorado includes two of her works in their Art in Public Places Program, and Patricia was awarded a fellowship in photography at Anderson Ranch from the Colorado Council on the Arts.

MFA - Howard University, College of Art, Washington DC
BFA - University of Maryland, Studio Art, College Park, MD
Corcoran Open Program, Leon Berkowitz, painting

2027 SOLO EXHIBITION:
October 2027, Artists and Makers Galleries and Studios, N. Bethesda, MD

GROUP/JURIED EXHIBITIONS:
2026

HILL CENTER GALLERIES REGIONAL EXHIBITION, Hill Center Gallery, Washington DC

SINGULAR SENSATION, Columbia Arts Center, Columbia, MD

ART ON THE PORCH, Towson Arts Collective, Towson, MD

ART BIENNIAL EXHIBIT 2025, Howard County Arts Council, Ellicott City, MD

SURVEY OF WOMEN ARTISTS IN THE DMV, Curator, F Lenny Campello. Artists and Makers Studios and Galleries, N. Bethesda, MD

2024
BLOSSOMS, Columbia Art Center, Juror, Jay Moore, Columbia, MD

SUMMER SOJOURN, Meeting House Gallery, Columbia, MD

VISIONARY WOMEN, Columbia Art Center, Columbia, MD

2018- ALPER INITIATIVE FOR WASHINGTON ART, Washington Women’s Art Center Retrospective American University Katzen Art Gallery Museum, Washington, DC. (Catalog)

2017 HOCO OPEN Salon Exhibition-Howard County Arts Council, 8510, Ellicott City, MD.


2000- EXHIBITION, New Paintings, EDGE Gallery, Denver, CO.

1998- GENETICS/MEMETICS Installation, Pirate Contemporary Art, Denver, CO.

1997 BIG WOMEN. Twelve new paintings, Pirate Contemporary Art, Denver, CO.

1993 NEW WORK Open Studio, Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC.

1991 - HOLDING THE...