Mary Patten

For the American sailor, see Mary Ann Brown Patten. For the Australian occupational therapist, see Mary Paton.

Mary Patten
Born1951 (age 73–74)
Evanston, IL
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of Illinois at Chicago, Kansas City Art Institute
Known forVideo art, 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

  • Organize Your Own: The Politics and Poetics of Self-Determination Movements, Averill and Bernard Leviton Gallery, 2016 [7]
  • Mary Patten: Panel, Threewalls Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2013 [8]
  • Whitewalls: Writings by Artists 1978–2008, Golden Gallery, Chicago, IL, 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

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

Activism

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.[2] Patten was one of the founders of ACT UP/Chicago.[15][16] She is an organizer of the Chicago Torture Justice Memorials (CTJM), aiming to seek justice for survivors of Chicago Police torture and their families.[17] In addition to her work in the LGBTQ communities, Patten has created and curated art for the feminist movement, such as the 2014 exhibit "Bad Girls: Video Program: She Laughed When She Saw It" at the New Museum in New York City.[18] Other projects of Patten include the Madame Binh Graphics Collective, Feel Tank Chicago, WhiteWalls, RIOT GRRRANDMAS!!!, and Bad Girls.[2] She is also a member of the art/activist group Feel Tank Chicago.[19]

References

  1. ^ "Mary Patten". Mary Patten. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "Mary Patten Chicago Gay History". Chicago Gay History. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  3. ^ "Mary Patten's Resume from personal website" (PDF). Mary Patten's Resume. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 9, 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  4. ^ "Mary Patten, Video Data Bank". Video Data Bank. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  5. ^ "Mary Patten's SAIC Faculty Profile". SAIC Faculty Profile Mary Patten. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  6. ^ "SAIC FVNMA Dept". SAIC FVNMA Dept. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  7. ^ "Organize Your Own exhibition". Organize Your Own. October 11, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  8. ^ "Mary Patten: Panel". Threewalls. Archived from the original on January 25, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  9. ^ "Whitewalls at Golden Gallery". Whitewalls. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  10. ^ "The Charge is Torture Sullivan Galleries". Sullivan Galleries. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  11. ^ "Gallery400 Archival Impulse". Gallery 400. Archived from the original on January 25, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  12. ^ "Maker Grant". Maker Grant. Archived from the original on July 21, 2018. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  13. ^ "Chicago Torture Justice Memorial Project Grant". Propeller Fund. Archived from the original on November 23, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  14. ^ "Artadia Awardees". Artadia. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  15. ^ Wooten, Amy (March 14, 2007). "ACT UP Panel Discusses Feelings". Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  16. ^ Gould, Debbie (June 8, 2011). "AIDS The Pleasures and Intensities of AIDS Activism". Windy City Media Group. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  17. ^ "Chicago Torture Justice Memorial". Chicago Torture Justice Memorials. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  18. ^ "Bad Girls: Video Program: She Laughed When She Saw It". New Museum Digital Archive. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  19. ^ "Feel Tank Chicago". Feel Tank Chicago. Retrieved March 5, 2016.