ABOUT

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Pat Pecorella Art
'Essence + Identity'

 

"Using a gestural approach, my abstract work explores  'squeezing through' line, mass and color to find breathing room. My paintings share the experience of constriction and expansion, using a process that moves between great and small, dark and light, dense and open; adding and then subtracting. Through use of warm earth tones and geometric shapes, I give voice to my roots and boundaries - to my identity.  And through fluid shapes and colors inspired by the night sky, I begin to expose my 'original face' - my essence.

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At the end is hope and space to breathe."

"Pat achieves the delicate balance asked of an abstract painter - to navigate the personal terrain of emotion through visual narration, to transform the personal into the universal." 
-Lauren Mantecon
Bio

 

Pat Pecorella is an artist based in Santa Fe, NM. She received her PhD in psychology from the University of Michigan, conducted research at the University’s Institute for Social Research and published journal articles and a book on the topic of organizational change.

 

Following her passion for visual arts, she formed a production company and worked as a screenwriter, director and producer in the independent film industry in Chicago. Her short films were accepted into juried film festivals in the United States, Canada and Australia.

 

Since first setting foot in Santa Fe, the vast land and skies captivated her attention and imagination. She transitioned from film to art and studied painting with several established artists/instructors such as Jill King, Krista Harris, Nancy Reyner, Charlotte Foust and Lauren Mantecon.

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Currently, she paints full time in her Santa Fe studio. She is currently represented by The Art Club Gallery (225 Canyon Road, Santa Fe, NM), ArtfulGalleries.com and Singulart.com (online fine art galleries).

"I've had the pleasure to observe Pat's beautiful handling of line and her willingness to push the boundaries." 

-Krista Harris

Exhibitions
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Vista Grande Public Library, Santa Fe, NM
Featured artist and solo exhibition, "Oxygen Abounds" - April 1-30, 2021
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Santa Fe Art Tours
Guided studio visit with Elaine Ritchel of Santa Fe Art Tours,  July 2020
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Stern Contemporary

Santa Fe, NM

  • Nov 1 2019 - Jan 31 2020

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Studio Visit: Volume 46, A Juried Selection of International Artists

  • Visual Artists, 2019

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Santa Fe Art Week

Santa Fe, NM

  • Jul 2019

 

Santa Fe Studio Tour

Santa Fe, NM

  • Jun 2019

 

Santa Fe Community Gallery

Santa Fe, NM

  • New Mexico Sky Scapes: Juried Group Show, Jun-Sept 2019

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Wild Things

San Francisco, CA

  • Exhibition curated by Jen Tough, Feb 2019

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Space 900

Evanston, IL

  • Synergia: Group show curated by Jill King, Mar 2019

 

Rock Paper Scissor SalonSpa

187 Paseo de Peralta B, Santa Fe

  • Solo Exhibition, Jan-Apr 2019

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Envision Arts

Digital Exhibitions

  • Spring Fling, May 2019

  • Abstraction (BEST IN SHOW), Mar 2019

  • Fervor, Jan 2019

  • Black & White, Feb 2019

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Eldorado Studio Tours

Santa Fe, NM

  • Spring Studio Tour May 2019

  • Studio Tour 2016

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Fuller Lodge Arts Center

Los Alamos, NM

  • Juried Exhibition: Under the Influence, Aug 2018

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Art Salon

Santa Fe, NM

  • Connecting with Abstract Art(ists), Sept 2018

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JFD Gallery 

  • 3 Women, Intuitive Painting, May 2017

  • Group show curated by Justin Sachs