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Mary Patten
Born1951
Evanston, IL
NationalityUnited States
EducationUniversity of Illinois at Chicago, Kansas City Art Institute
Known forVideo art, Activism, Writing, Education
AwardsArtadia Grant, Maker Grant, Propeller Fund Award

Mary Patten (born 1951, Evanston, IL) is a Chicago artist and activist. Her works combine writing, video installation, performance, artists' books, drawing, photography, collaboration, and activism.[1] Her writing, lectures, videos, and artwork deal with the relationship between art and politics, visual culture, queer theory, terrorism, prisons and torture. [2] She has an MFA from University of Illinois at Chicago (1992) and a BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute.[3] Her videos are distributed by the Video Data Bank[4] and she teaches at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago as an Associate Professor in the department of Film, Video, New Media, and Animation.[5] She also teaches in the Visual and Critical Studies department and is currently the Chair of the department of Film, Video, New Media, and Animation (2016).[6]

Recent Exhibitions[edit]

  • Organize Your Own: The Politics and Poetics of Self-Determination Movements, 2016 [7]
  • Mary Patten: Panel, Threewalls, Chicago, IL (January 11 2013 - February 23 2013 [8]
  • Whitewalls: Writings by Artists 1978-2008, Golden Gallery, Chicago, IL , (7/13/2012-08/05/2012)[9]
  • Opening the Blackbox: The Charge is Torture, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL (2012)[10]
  • The Archival Impulse, Gallery 400, Chicago, IL, 2011[11]

Awards[edit]

  • Maker Grant, 2013[12]
  • Illinois Arts Council Individual Project Grant, 2013
  • Propeller Fund, 2013[13]
  • SAIC Faculty Enrichment Grant, 2010-11
  • Artadia Grant, 2002[14]

Activism[edit]

Mary Patten was a member of DAGMAR (Dykes and Gay Men Against Racism and Repression) that began in 1984 and evolved to become CFAR (Chicago for AIDS Rights), an activist group addressing HIV/AIDS, and was one of the founders of ACT UP/Chicago. [15] She is an organizer of the Chicago Torture Justice Memorials (CTJM), aiming to seek justice for survivors of Chicago Police torture and their families.[16] She is also a member of the art/activist group Feel Tank Chicago. Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).

External Links and Further Reading[edit]


References[edit]

  1. ^ "Mary Patten". Mary Patten. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Mary Patten Chicago Gay History". Chicago Gay History. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Mary Patten Resume". Mary Patten Resume. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Mary Patten Video Data Bank". Video Data Bank. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Mary Patten Faculty Profile". SAIC Faculty Profile Mary Patten. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  6. ^ "SAIC FVNMA Dept". SAIC FVNMA Dept. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  7. ^ "Organize Your Own exhibition". Organize Your Own. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  8. ^ "Mary Patten: Panel". Threewalls. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  9. ^ "Whitewalls at Golden Gallery". Whitewalls. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  10. ^ "The Charge is Torture Sullivan Galleries". Sullivan Galleries. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  11. ^ "Gallery400 Archival Impulse". Gallery 400. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  12. ^ "Maker Grant". Maker Grant. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  13. ^ "Chicago Torture Justice Memorial Project Grant". Propeller Fund. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  14. ^ "Artadia Awardees". Artadia. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  15. ^ "Mary Patten Chicago Gay History". Chicago Gay History. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  16. ^ "Chicago Torture Justice Memorial". Chicago Torture Justice Memorials. Retrieved 5 March 2016.



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