Patrick Curtin
Patrick Curtin, an American contemporary abstract figurative painter and draftsman, was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He enrolled in studio courses at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, but later transferred to the University of Illinois in Champaign where he studied under various visiting artists such as conceptualist John Baldessari, installation artist Judy Pfaff and photorealist Ralph Goings.
Having been exposed to and influenced by such divergent artistic sensibilities as an undergraduate, he began to assimilate different approaches to creating within his own work. Resultant works were representations of certain vivid memories from his past that were real or imagined. Those memories were visually depicted by balancing recognizable and abstract elements within a figurative framework. He has since described his work as individual “pictorial events” where “associations and occurrences within the memory being visually described are alive, dynamic and seem to be happening all at once.”
After graduating from Illinois, Curtin accepted a scholarship for a full studio painting residency in Arizona State University's M.F.A. program. He currently resides in Phoenix, Arizona and his work has been represented in the Southwest for over two decades.
Udinotti Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona, 1994‒present
David Anthony Fine Art, Taos, New Mexico, 2016-present
Tucson Museum of Fine Art, Tucson, Arizona, “Arizona Biennial” 2024
Udinotti Museum of Figurative Art, Paradise Valley, Arizona, 2016
Udinotti Museum of Figurative Art, Paradise Valley, Arizona, 2012
Phoenix Crash Arts - Icehouse, Phoenix, Arizona, 1993‒1995
Karen Casey Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona, “Gallery Summer Show" 1993
Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona, “Alumni Exhibition" 1994
The Mercado, Phoenix, Arizona, “Juried Art Exhibition" 1994
Eleven East Ashland, Phoenix, Arizona, “Vague Art National Exhibition" 1993
Phoenix Icehouse, Phoenix, Arizona, "Art Detour" 1990‒1993
Tucson Museum of Fine Art, Tucson, Arizona, “Fine Art for Fine Causes” 1991
Yuma Art Center, Yuma, Arizona, “25th Southwestern Invitational” 1991
Eleven East Ashland, Phoenix, Arizona, “National Juried Exhibition" 1990
Peoria Arts and Cultural Center, Peoria, Arizona, “Art Exhibition" 1990
Yuma Art Center, Yuma, Arizona, “Cosas Preciosas” 1989
Marilyn Butler Fine Art, Scottsdale, Arizona, “Holiday Art Show” 1989
Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, Arizona, “Art for Life” 1989
Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona, “Fine Art for Fine Causes” 1989
Marilyn Butler Fine Art, Scottsdale, Arizona, “Introductions III” 1987‒1990
Yuma Art Center, Yuma, Arizona, “21st Southwestern Invitational” circulating 1987‒1988
