Mary Patten

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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

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Mary Patten". Mary Patten. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Mary Patten Chicago Gay History". Chicago Gay History. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."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. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Mary Patten, Video Data Bank". Video Data Bank. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Mary Patten's SAIC Faculty Profile". SAIC Faculty Profile Mary Patten. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."SAIC FVNMA Dept". SAIC FVNMA Dept. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Organize Your Own exhibition". Organize Your Own. October 11, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Mary Patten: Panel". Threewalls. Archived from the original on January 25, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Whitewalls at Golden Gallery". Whitewalls. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The Charge is Torture Sullivan Galleries". Sullivan Galleries. Archived from the original on June 28, 2018. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Gallery400 Archival Impulse". Gallery 400. Archived from the original on January 25, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Maker Grant". Maker Grant. Archived from the original on July 21, 2018. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Chicago Torture Justice Memorial Project Grant". Propeller Fund. Archived from the original on November 23, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Artadia Awardees". Artadia. May 2, 2013. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Wooten, Amy (March 14, 2007). "ACT UP Panel Discusses Feelings". Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Gould, Debbie (June 8, 2011). "AIDS The Pleasures and Intensities of AIDS Activism". Windy City Media Group. Archived from the original on April 14, 2016. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Chicago Torture Justice Memorial". Chicago Torture Justice Memorials. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
  18. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Bad Girls: Video Program: She Laughed When She Saw It". New Museum Digital Archive. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  19. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Feel Tank Chicago". Feel Tank Chicago. Retrieved March 5, 2016.

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