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Patrick Dorian
Some days I feel like a Pat or a Patrick, but often I don't recognize the face I see in the mirror. My perceptions are always changing and being redefined. Childhood phantoms sprout up into my adulthood like weeds. I search for the beauty in the grotesque and the humor in the depraved. Drawing has become a remedy for my plague of frustrations and anxieties. Experiences mutate into personas like Fred or Bill. They act as heroes or villains, sometimes clowns. My art serves as record of events.
Some people keep a journal, I draw.
-Patrick Dorian |
Loi
acrylic and charcoal on paper and canvas
24" x 18" |
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Art serves as a record of events, or a diary for Patrick Dorian. He situates the narrative in an adventurous story of pirates going after gold, somewhat similar to modern life. His pirate characters are named after his friends and people who have affected him, like Loi, Pete, Sally, etc. , and they act as heroes or villains, and sometimes clowns. This allows him to accommodate his search for beauty in the grotesque and humor in the depraved.
Patrick Dorian's work has appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Village Voice, Playboy, T. Rowe Price, The JCC in Manhattan, and many other publications. He has also worked as a designor for Nike, Toy2r, Kid-Squid.com, Bluesky Connections, Fangoria TV, and Think Fixed. |
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Fortune
Yoshiaki Asai, Chaval and Patrick Dorian
paintings and 3D figures
April 8 to April 25, 2005 |
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Biography: |
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Selected Group Exhibitions: |
| 2005 |
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"Fortune", Lunarbase Gallery, Willaimsburg, NY |
| 2005 |
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"Night of 1000 Drawings ", Artist Space, New York, NY |
| 2003 |
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"Selected from Thesis Project", MFA Thesis Show, PPOW Gallery, New York, NY |
| 2002 |
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"Turning the Page ", AIGA Gallery, New York, NY |
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Education: |
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Master of Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY |
| 1999 |
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Bachelor of Fine Arts, Maryland Institute of College of Art, Baltimore, MD |
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April 9, 2005 11:30
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