The Post Personalism Project, 2018
A/NT Gallery, Seattle
August 4 - August 25, 2018
Gallery Talk on Post Personalism:
Sat, August 18, 2-3 pm, at A/NT Gallery
Learn about Post Personalism
Patrick Howe Artist Statement
The Post Personalism Project, 2018
The premise of my work in this show is based in an exploration of the evolution of human consciousness. In contemplating this topic I concluded that consciousness is best characterized by space and light. Therefore concepts of space and light are the starting points for the design of this series.
Consciousness is like space in that it holds the content of our knowledge and experience. Without consciousness there would be nothing to know or experience. And consciousness is like light because the “light” of our awareness allows us to to perceive the world and experience.
The theme of consciousness fits within The Post Personalism Project because Post Personalism seeks to explore artistic metaphors and expressions that point beyond the status quo state of human consciousness today.
Bio
I was born in 1951, a bunch of stuff happened and now I am here.
A few highlights are that since 1975 I have been involved in many group and solo shows. I operated Patrick Howe Gallery, in Seattle, from 2004 to 2014. I have been working on the Post Personalism Project since 2014.
Full bio and resume.
Art opening, Saturday, August 4, 2018
Art opening, Saturday, August 4, 2018
“The Post Personal Project, 2017”
Magnuson Park Gallery / Space Gallery
Patrick Howe: “The Post Personal Project”
June 15 - July, 29 2017
Post Personalism is a contemporary artistic approach that combines philosophical and psychological concepts about human identity and artistic creativity. It explores the root of our common oneness, our connection to nature and all of life.
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Event 1
Artist Opening Reception: Thursday, July 6, 5-8 PM.
Building 30 West, Magnuson Park, 7448 63rd Avenue NE, 3rd Floor, Seattle, WA 98115.
Regular gallery Hours: Thurs-Fri, 10AM - 3PM.
Experience oneness with Chinese food, flow to house tunes, view The Post Personal Project.
Gallery Talk
Patrick Offered a 26 minute gallery talk in which he explains how he embeds the Post Personalism philosophy into his art work. Listen here.
Event 3
Workshop
Post Personalism: The Transformation of Consciousness and Artistic Creativity
In Seattle, Saturday, September, 26, 10 am to 2 pm. More
PRESS RELEASE
Seattle artist Patrick Howe has developed an artwork series about our common oneness. According to Howe, we need to overcome our exclusively personalized view of the world in order to achieve oneness. In the Post Personal Project, which includes oil paintings, watercolors, digital media and videos, Howe presents a multitude of approaches. Some are whimsical and others are more serious, but all communicate the message of “transcending the ego”.
Magnuson Park Gallery / Space Gallery
Patrick Howe: “The Post Personal Project”
June 15 - July, 29 2017
Post Personalism is a contemporary artistic approach that combines philosophical and psychological concepts about human identity and artistic creativity. It explores the root of our common oneness, our connection to nature and all of life.
.
Event 1
Artist Opening Reception: Thursday, July 6, 5-8 PM.
Building 30 West, Magnuson Park, 7448 63rd Avenue NE, 3rd Floor, Seattle, WA 98115.
Regular gallery Hours: Thurs-Fri, 10AM - 3PM.
Experience oneness with Chinese food, flow to house tunes, view The Post Personal Project.
Gallery Talk
Patrick Offered a 26 minute gallery talk in which he explains how he embeds the Post Personalism philosophy into his art work. Listen here.
Event 3
Workshop
Post Personalism: The Transformation of Consciousness and Artistic Creativity
In Seattle, Saturday, September, 26, 10 am to 2 pm. More
PRESS RELEASE
Seattle artist Patrick Howe has developed an artwork series about our common oneness. According to Howe, we need to overcome our exclusively personalized view of the world in order to achieve oneness. In the Post Personal Project, which includes oil paintings, watercolors, digital media and videos, Howe presents a multitude of approaches. Some are whimsical and others are more serious, but all communicate the message of “transcending the ego”.
Installation view, The Post Personal Project, Magnuson Park Gallery
Howe says his work is inspired by Northwest artists Morris Graves, Mark Tobey and other artists of the Northwest School who explored Eastern philosophy in the 1940s and 50s. Howe explains “Morris Graves explored his interest in oneness, transcendence and higher consciousness in his artwork in a stunning and masterful way. To me it brings a deeper dimension to the creative process. But, as much as I love his style, I have no interest in emulating it. My interest has more to do with understanding where his head was at. So I am playing in the same space as he did, only using the forms and techniques of our time.
View examples and explanations of works here
View examples and explanations of works here
"Be One". © Patrick Howe, 18" x 18" (46 x 46 cm) Digital media
Howe also has a history of painting and teaching in the traditions realism style. But now, to the surprise of his collectors, he has expanded into making contemporary works that focus on philosophical ideas and psychological concepts, but he assures them that historically many artists have worked in multiple themes at the same time.
In 1974 Howe graduated with a BFA from Pacific Northwest College of Art, in Portland, OR. He operated Patrick Howe Gallery, in Seattle, for ten years until the property was reconstructed in 2014. His 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. He currently teaches painting classes and workshops. He has lived in Seattle since 1981.
www.PatrickHowe-PostPersonalism.com
In 1974 Howe graduated with a BFA from Pacific Northwest College of Art, in Portland, OR. He operated Patrick Howe Gallery, in Seattle, for ten years until the property was reconstructed in 2014. His 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. He currently teaches painting classes and workshops. He has lived in Seattle since 1981.
www.PatrickHowe-PostPersonalism.com
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Video display
Four videos on loop: Neil Degrasse Tyson, 1 min Cosmic Chromosomes, 4 min Ego-Eating Bacteria, 4 min Not Identity, Just watching Water, 4 min Watch videos |
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Post Personal Project Event Photos
Gallery Talk
Patrick Offered a 26 minute gallery talk in which he explains how he embeds the Post Personalism philosophy into his art work. Listen here.
Patrick Offered a 26 minute gallery talk in which he explains how he embeds the Post Personalism philosophy into his art work. Listen here.