Patricia Satterlee's work explores the balance between abstraction and representation, symmetry and irregularity. Her paintings are highly layered compositions, with each layer weaving together observation of physical objects and a sense of the energy within and around the objects. The Flashe paint she uses produces a flat matte surface where colors collide between fluidity and solidness. In her drawings and collages, Satterlee focuses more on the tension within the boundaries surrounding physicality and energy fields.
Satterlee grew up in Pittsburgh, PA. She attended classes at the Carnegie Art Institute before entering Carnegie Mellon University. After two years, she transferred to California and received a BFA from UC Santa Cruz. She then moved to Washington, DC where she received an MFA from American Univeristy in 1993. She relocated to New York in 1999 with a studio first in Williamsburg, then in Bushwick for fifteen years, and now in Long Island City.
SELECTED SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
- 2023 Gold Montclair, RYB + SPACELAND, Montclair, NJ
- 2021 Gold Montclair, Enough PIE for Everyone, Monclair, NJ
- 2019 Frosch & Portman, atomic, New York, NY
- 2018 Gold Montclair, Already Gone, Montclair, NJ
- 2017 Muhlenberg College, Patricia Satterlee: Already Gone, Allentown, PA
- 2014 Valentine Gallery, Patricia Satterlee & Dave Henderson, Ridgewood, NY
- 2014 Crossing Arts Gallery, On The Verge: Paintings by Lizzie Scott & Patricia Satterlee, Flushing, NY
- 2013 Mateawan Gallery, Gloria, Beacon, NY
- 2013 Salon Zurcher / AIRPLANE, 7 Galeries de New York, Paris, France
- 2012 Valentine Gallery, Project Room: Patricia Satterlee, Ridgewood, NY
- 2011 Norte Maar, Painted Drawings, Bushwick, NY
- 1996 The Kitchen, Installation: A Response to the African Burial Ground, New York, NY
- 1995 Frank Center for the Fine Arts, Patricia Satterlee, Shepherd College, Shepherdstown, WV
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
- 2021 Frosch & Co., DO STACKED, New York, NY
- 2019 Gold Montclair, Paper Fair, New York, NY
- 2018 Frosch & Portmann, Abstractions, New York, NY
- 2016 Centotto at the Buggy Factory, Incipiences, Bushwick, NY
- 2016 Frosch & Portmann, Steinpilz, Grids and Glorias, New York, NY
- 2016 Venus Knitting Art Space, Bushwick Tales, Bushwick, NY
- 2016 Studio 10, NOMENCoLorATURE, Bushwick, NY
- 2015 Momenta Art, Group show curated by Julie Torres, Bushwick, NY
- 2015 Drawings Room, Little Hand and Special Project Room, Jersey City, NJ
- 2015 Storefront 10 Eyck, Making History, Bushwick, NY
- 2014 Richmond Center for the Visual Arts, Your Place or Mine, Kalamazoo, MI
- 2014 Drawings Room, The Big Small Painting Show, Jersey City, NJ
- 2014 Centotto, Legends Anew, Bushwick, NY
- 2013 Parallel Arts, What I Like About You, Bushwick, NY
- 2013 Phatory, Boom and Bloom, curated by Jill Conner, New York, NY
- 2012 New York Center for Art and Media Studies, Forty x Forty, curator Jason Andrews, New York, NY
- 2012 CollectiCo,Group Exhibition, New York, NY
- 2011 Factory Fresh,Surrealism, curators Jason Andrew with Ali Ha, Bushwick, NY
- 2010 M55 Art Gallery, Core & Mantle, curated by Jill Conner, Long Island City, NY
- 2010 Feature, Inc., Power to the People, New York, NY
- 1997 Texas Fine Arts Association, New American Talent: The 13th Exhibition, curator Robert Storr/MOMA, Austin, TX and Various sites throughout Texas.
- 1995 Pyramid Atlantic, The Art of Work and the Work of Art, Riverdale, MD
- 1995 Washington Project for the Arts Biennial, Superbia, Washington, DC
- 1994 Guild Hall Museum, The Art of Barbie, East Hampton, NY
- 1994 The Kitchen, Salon de Barbie: A Multi-Media Exhibition, New York, NY
photo: Kris Graves
- Location: New York, NY
- Email: miller@satterlee.com
- Instagram: @patricia_satterlee
- PDF: Patricia Satterlee - CV