Patton Blackwell CV

Website: www.pattonblackwell.com

Born 1949, Columbia, South Carolina

2026 July 24-September 3, “Patton Blackwell- Now and Then” Richland Main Library Gallery, Columbia, South Carolina
2026 March “Grand Scale Paintings”, Richland Main Library Gallery, Columbia, South Carolina
2023 “Patton Blackwell Artist”, Southern Exposure, University of South Carolina Music School, Columbia, South Carolina (Program and Poster)
December 2021 – Summer 2022 “Patton Blackwell – Luminous Abstracts”, City Art, Columbia, South Carolina
May 2020 – November 2021 “Four Decades of Patton Blackwell Paintings”, City Art, Columbia, South Carolina
2017-2018 “Patton Blackwell – Paintings”, Veronique Wantz Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2015-2012 “Patton Blackwell”, Board Room, Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, South Carolina
2011 “Patton Blackwell”, Darnell & Company, Charlotte, North Carolina
2010 “Patton Blackwell Salon” hosted The Columbia Museum of Art and Director, Karen Brosius, in celebration of the Museum’s 60th Anniversary, Camden, South Carolina
1996 “Patty Blackwell-Paintings”, Bassett Gallery, Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County, Camden, South Carolina
1995 “Paintings from Far and Near, Near and Far”, Brownsboro Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky
1993 “Patty Blackwell-Recent Paintings 1993”, Exhibition sponsored by United States Information Service (USIS) Cultural Relations Espaço Cultural Bandepe, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
The Gallery, Casa Thomas Jefferson, Brasília, DF, Brazil
Museu de Arte Contemporâneo, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil, catalog
1988 “Blackwell-From Her Studio in Brazil”, Citibank/Citicorp, New York, New York
1987 “Blackwell, Galeria Uptown, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
1987 “Blackwell-Novas Pinturas”, Galeria do Sol, São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil

2025 July 1- August 4 “New Works by Peter Lyons and Patton Blackwell”, Matthew Swift Gallery, Gloucester, Massachusetts
2025 May-August “Glorious from Geneva”, Rutledge Street Gallery, Camden, South Carolina
2024 November 2024 – December 2026 “Creative Connections”, Central Carolina Community Foundation, Columbia, South Carolina
2024 March 17 – September 14 “One Life”, Matthew Swift Gallery, Gloucester, Massachusetts
2023-2024 “Art in Embassies Exhibition: Patton Blackwell, Helen Frankenthaler, Helmut Koller, Bonnie Lautenberg, Candido Portinari, James Rosenberg, James Rosenquist, Dave Wetherell”, Department of State, US Embassy Brasilia, Brazil, catalog
2023-2025 “Art in Embassies Exhibition”, Department of State, US Embassy Geneva, Switzerland, Conference on Disarmament, catalog
2024 Permanent Installation “Art in Embassies Permanent Collection”, US Department of State, Consulate Guadalajara, Mexico, installation, catalog forthcoming
September 9 – 28, 2022 “Alumni Artists”, Harry M. Drake Gallery, Saint Paul Academy and Summit School, St Paul, Minnesota
2022 Gallery Exhibit, Rutledge Street Gallery, Camden, South Carolina.
November 13, 2021 – January 17, 2022 “Dirven 2 Abstraxion”, Matthew Swift Gallery, Gloucester, Massachusetts
January 2020 “20 Year Celebration Exhibit”, Rutledge Street Gallery, Camden, South Carolina
2019 “Facing Five Years”, Trident Gallery, Gloucester, Massachusetts
2018-2019 “Gallery Artists”, Rutledge Street Gallery, Camden, South Carolina
2017 “Alumni Artists”, Harry M. Drake Gallery, St Paul Academy and Summit School, Saint Paul, Minnesota
2014 Portfolio Gallery, Columbia, South Carolina
2011 Decade Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina
2009-2011 Art in Embassies Exhibition, Department of State, US Embassy Residence of United States Ambassador to Myanmar, catalog
2005 Governor’s Award for the Arts Art Sale, Columbia, South Carolina
2004 “Art in Embassies Exhibition”, Department of State, US Embassy, Residence of United States Ambassador to Bucharest
2004 South Carolina House of Representatives: Laurie Slade Funderburk, State Representative District 52
2003 ArtSouth, Philadelphia, PA
2003 “Roots on the Wateree”, Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County, Camden, South Carolina
2002 “Art in Embassies Exhibition”, Department of State, US Embassy, Residence of United States Ambassador to Qatar
2001 Springdale Hall Club, Camden, South Carolina
2000 Morris Gallery, Columbia, South Carolina
2000 “Alumni Exhibit”, St. Paul Academy and Summit School, St. Paul, Minnesota
2000 “Art in Embassies Exhibition”, Department of State, US Embassy, Residence of United States Ambassador to Honduras
1999 “Art in Embassies Exhibition”, Department of State, US Embassy, Residence of United States Ambassador to Guatemala
1999 “Gallery Artists”, Actors Theatre, Louisville, Kentucky
1998 “New Artists New Work”, Swanson/Cralle Gallery East Market, Louisville, Kentucky
1997 “Small Works”, Studio 4 West, Piermont, New York
1996 “Summer Exhibition”, Susan Conway Gallery at Glackens House, Washington, D.C.
1996 Piccolo Spoleto Juried Exhibition, City Gallery at Dock Street Theatre, Charleston, South Carolina
1995 Brownsboro Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky
1995 River Festival Exhibit, City Hall, Greenville, South Carolina
1995 Lipworth International Fine Arts, Boca Raton, Florida
1995 “Inaugural Exhibit of Brazilian and United States Arts Exchange”, Arte Galeria Frazão, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
1994 “Art in Embassies Exhibition”, Department of State, US Embassy, Residence of United States Ambassador to Egypt, catalog
1994 Gallery 30, Burlingame, California
1994 The Granary Artisans’ Guild and Gallery, Camden, South Carolina
1994 “Blackwell-Recent Paintings”, Fridholm Fine Arts, Broadway Arts Building, Asheville, North Carolina
1990 “Noite de Arte”, Chapel Art Show, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
1990 “O Rosto e a Obra”, Galeria de Arte, Instituto Brasil-Estados Unidos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
1988 “Contemporaneanando”, VDW Studio de Arte, Art Center Itanhangá, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
1987 “Art in Time”, Time-Life International do Brasil, Ltda. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
1987 “Coletiva da Inauguração”, Galeria AB/OHM, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
1987 “Noite de Arte”, Official Residence of the American Ambassador, Brasília, DF, Brazil
1987 “American Artists in Brazil”, Galeria de Arte, Instituto Brasil-Estados Unidos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
1986 “Five Women Artists”, Modern Times Cultural Space, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
1985 “Ao Mestre com Pinturas”- Luiz Aquila, Escola de Artes Visuais, Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brazil
1985 “Novissímos”, Galeria de Arte, Instituto Brasil-Estados Unidos, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
1985 “Desenho”, Escola de Artes Visuais, Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

2019 The Borgo Santo Pietro Artist Residency, Relais Borgo Santo Pietro, Chiusdino, Siena, Italy
1997 World Learning, SIT, School for International Training Brattleboro, Vermont, Master of International Administration
1994 Resident Painter, Dorland Mountain Arts Colony, Temecula, California
1987-1989 Contemporary Art Columnist, RIO LIFE magazine
1984-1986 Escola de Artes Visuais, Parque Lage, Rio de Janeiro,RJ, Brazil. Concentration in Painting with Luiz Aquila, John Nicholson, Claudio Kuperman.
1976-1977 Sorbonne, Paris, France, Certificate Moyen in French Language and Literature
1974 BA, Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota

Selected Museum, Public and Corporate Collections

C2 Holdings, LLC, Columbia, South Carolina
Cousins Foundation Inc, Atlanta, Georgia
Merck & Co., Rahway, New Jersey
Permanent Collection of US Consulate, Guadalajara, Mexico,
Art in Embassies, US Department of State

Selected Private Collections

Luiz Mario Abbott, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Estate of Wilkes Bashford, San Francisco, California
Estate of Marc Berkowitz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Neil and Masha Brown, Columbia, South Carolina
Arlyn Bruccoli, East Calais, Vermont
Jennifer Bullock and Massimiliano Bernasconi – The Conservation Labs, Columbia, South Carolina
Tom Burns and Ray Davis, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Tina Cundari and Cory Manning, Columbia, South Carolina
Lisa and John Daniels, Camden, South Carolina
Deborah Dixon and Martin Kagan, Greenwich, Connecticut
Lori Friedman, Amherst, Massachusetts
Carlos Hansen, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Mitchell Heller, New York, New York
Greg and Kevin Howard, Augusta, Georgia
Bob and Sherry Jacenko, Columbia, South Carolina
Maya Kann, São Paulo, Brazil
Peter Kelly and Sarah Leonard, London, England
Dan and Sue Keshian, Boston, Massachusetts
Gabrielli LaChiara, Amherst, Massachusetts
Dito Machado, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
Christopher McShane, Washington D.C.
Julia Meech, New York, New York
Estate of Silvio Angelo Nigro, Araraquara, SP, Brazil
Private Collection, Borgo Santo Pietro, Tuscany, Italy
Private Collection, Guarujá, SP, Brazil
Private Collection, Orinda, California
Private Collection, Palm Desert, California
Private Collection, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Private Collection, San Francisco, California
Private Collection, St Jean de La Ruelle, France
Private Collection, Tokyo, Japan
Private Collections, Camden, South Carolina
Private Collections, Columbia, South Carolina
Private Collections, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Private Collections, São Paulo, Brazil
Matthew and Beth Richardson, Columbia, South Carolina
Marco Rodrigues, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Meredith Rosenberg, Rancho Mirage, California
Tyler Sanders, Camden, South Carolina
Kathleen and Yoshinobu Shiota, Owings Mills, Maryland
Claire Tomko, El Dorado Hills, California
Fernando Luiz Tortorella, São Paulo, Brazil
Mary R. Watson, Lugoff, South Carolina
Brenda and Rick Wheeler, Columbia, South Carolina

“Art in Embassies: American Embassy, Cairo, Egypt” Catalog, p. 10-11,15, 17, 1995 (reproductions).

Blackwell, Patty. “Women of Expression: Patty Blackwell, Camden, South Carolina, Artist’s Statement” MW Magazine for the Midlands Woman, May/June 1999, Number 15, p.26-27 (reproductions).

“Blackwell’s Art in Camden” The State Weekend, Columbia, South Carolina, January 5, 1996, p.13 (reproduction).

“Camden Artist Exhibits Far & Wide” Sandlapper The Magazine of South Carolina,” Summer 1996, p.69 (reproduction).

Day, Jeffrey. “Hidden artwork had its day in sun” The State, Columbia, South Carolina, January 7, 1996, F3, (reproduction).

Dinger, Larry. “United States Embassy Rangoon, Burma, Art in Embassies Exhibition” p. 8- 11, 2009 (reproductions).

Duval, Lindsay, “Aproveitando Rio Patty Blackwell: Discovery and Creating through Art”, Brazil Herald, Rio de Janeiro, 1985, (reproduction).

Ferreira, Jose Roberto. “Projeto Atualiza Espaço dos Anos 40,” Casa & Jardim, p.89, Vol. 441, 1991 (reproduction).

Hall, Shaun. “Dorland opens its doors (but just a crack): A retreat for the world’s artists” Rancho News, Temecula, California, Vol.30, No.3, p.A1,A3, 1994.

Harris, Vincent, “40 year Retrospective of SC Artist lands during Interesting Moment for Columbia”, The Post and Courier- The Free Times, June 24-July 1, 2020, p.A21 (reproduction).

Leitch, Nanci C. “Art Across Cultural Barriers: Alumna Working to Promote Cross Cultural Understanding in Brazil” Odyssey, Cover & Back Cover, p.7-8, Fall/Winter 1986, Vol 4, No 1, (reproduction).

Mack, Tom, “Columbia Native Patton Blackwell engages Eyes and Psyche in Retrospective Exhibition“, The Post and Courier-The Free TImes, July 29- August 5, 2020, p. A20 (reproduction).

Mack, Tom, “Show offers Object lessons in Abstract Art“, Aiken Standard e Edition, August 7, 2020,(reproduction).

Neal, Dale. “American Expressionism collides with reality of Rio” Asheville Citizen-Times, July 17, 1994, p.61 (reproduction).

Pettit, Katherine “Art for the World”, Columbia Living Magazine, May June 2022, p 13, 16-20. (Reproductions) https://columbialivingmag.com/art-for-the-world.

Reckon The Magazine of Southern Culture, “Paintings by Patty Blackwell, Camden” Winter 1996, Volume 1, No.4.

Review, “The Brazilian Art of An American: Patty Blackwell shows her tropical paintings at an exhibition at Casa Thomas Jefferson” Correio Braziliense, Brasília, Brazil, October 30, 1993.

Review, “Patty Blackwell’s Exhibition Opens Today at Casa Thomas Jefferson” Journal de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil, October 26, 1993.

Review, “Art with Dual Citizenship” O Popular, Goiânia, Brazil, September 21, 1993. Review, “Patty Blackwell’s color-form Paintings Come to Recife” Journal do Commércio, Caderno C, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, November 24, 1993.

Riddick, Sheila. “Roots on the Wateree,” Chronicle Independent, Camden, South Carolina, September 24, 2003, p.B1 (reproduction).

Riddick, Sheila. “Artistic meeting of the Americas: An exhibit of paintings by internationally known artist Patty Blackwell” Chronicle Independent, Camden, South Carolina, January 5, 1996, p. 3B, (reproduction).

Riddick, Sheila. “Painting with a Pan-American brush” Chronicle Independent, Camden, South Carolina, July 8, 1994, p. 2B (reproduction).

SPA, The Magazine of St. Paul Academy and Summit School, Winter 2001, p. 25, (reproduction).

Taylor Jr. Otis R. “Show features artists with Wateree roots” The State, Columbia, South Carolina, September 30, 2003, B2, (reproduction).

Weekend Review.“This Week in the Arts, Roots on the Wateree: Blues Invitational Exhibit” The State, Columbia, South Carolina, September 28, 2003, E5, (reproduction).

Weitzenkorn, Laurie; Blackwell, Patty; Aquila, Luiz. “Blackwell: Recent Paintings 1993” Exhibition Catalog, Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Goiânia, Goiás; Casa Thomas Jefferson, Brasília, DF, Espaço Cultural Bandepe, Recife, Pernambuco, 1993, (reproductions).

Williams, Gisela, “Wellness, Tuscan Style“, Travel+Leisure, August 2019, p. 50, 52.