Bio
Patrick Howe, 2017
Bio Summary
Patrick summarizes his bio like this: ”I was born in 1951, a bunch of stuff happened and now I am here.”
And here are a few additional highlights: Patrick’s artwork hangs in many private and corporate collections and his work has been displayed in many galleries. His paintings have been shown in the Portland Art Museum, in Oregon, and he had a one-person show at the Loveland Art Museum, in Colorado. He owned and operated Patrick Howe Gallery, in Seattle, WA, for 10 years. His book The Awakening Artist: Madness And Spiritual Awakening In Art was published in 2013. He teaches oil painting. He is an avid writer and electronic music producer. Patrick is a cofounder of The Post Personalism art movement. He lives in Seattle, WA.
The Details
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 art school, 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 Patrick 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 Patrick opened Patrick Howe Gallery, in Seattle, where he showed his artwork, curated exhibitions 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.
Patrick summarizes his bio like this: ”I was born in 1951, a bunch of stuff happened and now I am here.”
And here are a few additional highlights: Patrick’s artwork hangs in many private and corporate collections and his work has been displayed in many galleries. His paintings have been shown in the Portland Art Museum, in Oregon, and he had a one-person show at the Loveland Art Museum, in Colorado. He owned and operated Patrick Howe Gallery, in Seattle, WA, for 10 years. His book The Awakening Artist: Madness And Spiritual Awakening In Art was published in 2013. He teaches oil painting. He is an avid writer and electronic music producer. Patrick is a cofounder of The Post Personalism art movement. He lives in Seattle, WA.
The Details
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 art school, 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 Patrick 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 Patrick opened Patrick Howe Gallery, in Seattle, where he showed his artwork, curated exhibitions 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.
