Resume / Bio

Patrick Howe, 2024

Summary
I was born in 1951, curious things happened and now I am here.

Details
I was born in Portland, OR, in 1951 and have been living in Seattle, WA since 1981. I am artist, author and educator.

Exhibitions
2023
Axis Gallery, Seattle. Fifty of my paintings were exhibited

2022
Emerald City Art Collective Exhibition

2021
Emerald City Art Collective Exhibition

2020
• Pacific Northwest College of Art Alumni Exhibition
• Emerald City Art Club 2020 Exhibition

2018
• Post Personalism Project, 2018, A/NT Gallery, Seattle
• The Awareness Show, Seattle, WA

2014- 2017
• Solo show: The Post Personal Project, Magnuson Park Gallery/Space Gallery, Seattle, WA
• Group Show: "The Search for Meaning", Vashon Gallery, Seattle, WA

2015
"Who Are You?" group show: at Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle WA

2004-2014
Patrick exhibited, curated shows and taught oil painting classes at Patrick Howe Gallery, Seattle. Gallery closed due to gentrification.

2014
Group show: Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle WA

2006
Group shows: Global Art Venue, Seattle, WA
Serendipity Gallery, La Conner, WA

2004
Bellevue Arts Fair, Bellevue WA, (Best Artist Award)
Group shows: Rodes Stringfellow Gallery, Cannon Beach, OR

1985
Group Shows: Matskie Runnings Gallery, Seattle, WA

1983
Jackson Street Gallery, Seattle, WA

1982
University of Vancouver, BC, Exhibition Hall

1981
One Person Show, Loveland Art Museum. Loveland, CO.

1979
Saxon Mountain Gallery, Georgetown, CO

1978
Bahler Gallery, Denver, CO

1979
Exhibition at Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO

1976
Group Show, Portland Art Museum, Northwest Annual Art Exhibition

1975
• Group Show, Portland Art Museum, Northwest Annual Art Exhibition
• Outdoor sculpture commission for the Oregon Arts Commission
• Group show, Fountain Gallery, Portland, OR.
• Hoffman Gallery, Portland, OR

1974
One Person show at Cannon Beach Art Gallery, OR

1972
Image Gallery, Portland, OR

1972
Fountain Gallery, Portland, OR

Awards
2013
Award Winner, Eastside Fine Art Association Annual Show

2014
"Awakening Artist" book published by John Hunt Publishing, UK, (Nominated for the Robert Motherwell Book Award for outstanding and original thinking on the topic of Modernism in Art.)

2004
Best Artist Award at Bellevue Arts & Crafts Fair, Bellevue, WA.

1975
Received a grant from the Oregon Arts commission for the creation and installation of a public sculpture. At that time he was working in steel and concrete.

1973- 1974
Patrick graduated with a BFA and received two half-year fellowships at Pacific Northwest College of Art, in Portland, OR

Corporate Collections
Providence Medical Center, Everette, WA
Providence Hospital, Seattle, WA
Safeco, Seattle, WA
Weyerhaeuser Corporate, Seattle, WA
Dayton Children's Hospital, Dayton, OH, 2015
Dayton Children's Hospital, Dayton, OH, 2017
Dayton Children's Hospital, Dayton, OH, 2018

Writing
Patrick writes articles and essays on the topic of art and the evolution of human consciousness.

2018
The Culturium "Patrick Howe: Post Personalism in Art".

2013
Patrick Howe's art theory book “The Awakening Artist: Madness and Spiritual Awakening in Art” was published by John hunt Publishing. The book was nominated in 2014 for the Robert Motherwell Book Award for outstanding and original thinking on the topic of Modernism in Art.

2006
His art instructional book “Dramatic Light” was published by North Light Books.

Education
Graduated with BFA from Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR, 1974

Related Professional Experiences
2015
Patrick Howe was a panelist at Hugo House, discussing aspects of Path with Art

2014
Selective works were published by Grand Image, Seattle.

2012
Lectured at the Eastside Fine Art Association

2005
Lectured the Northwest Watercolor Society

1980-2000
Patrick was an award winning graphic designer and art director for Fortune 500 companies including Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, Safeco, Eddie Bauer, REI, and Boeing.

1990
Selected works were published by The Winn Corporation.

1979
Lectured at Colorado State University, CO on the topic of art and the evolution of human
consciousness.

1975 - 1977
Patrick was the Head Preparator working with curators at the Portland Art Museum, in Portland, Oregon.

Teaching Experience
Patrick Howe offer instruction in Traditional Realistic oil painting. In earlier years he taught children but now only teaches adults.

2017
Patrick taught a Tonalism workshop at Winslow Art Center, Bainbridge Island, WA.

2015-Present
Patrick teaching ongoing adult oil painting classes in Traditional Realism, in Seattle

Patrick currently teaches with Path with Art, in Seattle, which is an arts organization that transforms the lives of people recovering from homelessness, addiction, and other trauma by harnessing the power of creative engagement as a bridge to community and a path to stability.

2004-2014
Patrick taught adult oil painting classes and workshops at Patrick Howe Gallery, in Seattle. The gallery was closed in 2014 due to gentrification.

1976 - 1981
Patrick Howe was selected to perform several in-services and artist in residencies in elementary and high schools in Colorado State for the Colorado Council on the Arts and Humanities. There he worked with hundreds of elementary and high school students. He also conducted painting workshops throughout the state of Colorado.

1970-1975
Patrick taught in The Children’s Art Program at the Portland Art Museum.

Teaching Style
Patrick Howe’s teaching style is a balance of structured lessons and individual freedom of expression. The beginners learn the foundational principles of realism and explores aspects of technique, color, value, composition and a full range of painting mediums. With that foundation in place, the more advance students are shown how to bring their own sensibility into their artwork, thereby making it unique and original. And for those students inclined toward abstraction, they are taught how to translate their foundational skills into abstract works.

Patrick offers demonstrations in his classes and provides technical information in the form of handouts or blog links sent to students. Sometimes he shows slide shows of other artist's work, or of aspects of art history that pertain to the lesson at hand. He also tailors the teaching to suit each students level and abilities. In his classes, all questions are welcomed and he encourages a nonjudgmental and supportive classroom environment.

Patrick Howe
Bio
Patrick Howe was born into a family of nine children in Portland, OR, in 1951. He showed promise as an artist early on with an obsession for drawing. He got his first set of oil paints at eight years old when walking past a frame shop with his father. Patrick begged his father to go into the frame shop to look at a reproduction of Van Gogh’s “Wheatfield With Crows” that was visible through thee window. Patrick stared at it in wonder. Next to the print was a set of oil paints and brushes and immediately Patrick new they were meant for him. The floor of his bedroom became his studio. Patrick went on to receive awards in high school for outstanding achievements in art, mechanical drafting and architecture. Part of his high school schedule was to spend some days at a professional architecture firm doing manual mechanical drafting and to learn more about architecture.

When he was 15 years old, Patrick had his first one person art exhibition in the lobby of US Bank, in Portland, OR. In the show he displayed portraits, square-rigger sailing ships and imaginative abstracts. The show was reviewed favorably in the Oregonian by columnist Doug Baker. In 1970 Patrick entered Pacific Northwest College of Art, where he received two fellowships. During this time Patrick also developed an interest is philosophy, theology, eastern religion, and psychology, which remain themes that he continues to work with in his artwork today.

After graduating from Pacific Northwest College of Art, in 1974 , Patrick became the Head Preparator at the Portland Art Museum, which involved installing exhibitions in over twenty galleries and gave him an intimate knowledge of many of the worlds most famous works of art. In 1975 he completed an sculpture project for the Oregon Arts Commission. In 1976 he moved to Colorado and continued painting. In 1980 he was selected by the Colorado Council on the Arts and Humanities (CCAH) to conduct workshops and classes throughout the State. He was also selected to be a member of the CCAH Chautauqua Tour which included 40 artists of every discipline (musicians from the Denver Symphony Orchestra, actors from the Denver Theatre, dancers from the Denver Opera) and he was the only painter that year to be chosen out of thousands of visual artist applicants. He also lectured on the topic of art and the evolution of human consciousness at Colorado State University.

Patrick has exhibited his work in many galleries and has participated in two juried exhibitions at the Portland Art Museum, and had a one person show at the Loveland Art Museum, in Colorado. Patrick was also an award winning graphic designer, and produced branding, logos, calligraphy, and illustrations for many Fortune 500 companies. In 2004 he opened Patrick Howe Gallery, in Seattle, where he showed his artwork and held painting classes. In 2014 the gallery was closed due to gentrification. During his time at the gallery he wrote “The Awakening Artist: Madness and Spiritual Awakening in Art.” The book was nominated for the Robert Motherwell Book Award in 2014 for outstanding and original thinking on the topic of Modernism in Art. The book was written for students of art and reflects Patrick’s life-long interest in philosophy, eastern spirituality, psychology and art history. After the close of Patrick Howe Gallery, in 2014, Patrick has dedicated a large part of his time to the development of his Post Personalism series. Today he lives and works in Tangletown, in Seattle, WA.