ABOUT THE ARTIST
Patricia Underwood is a Washington based mixed media artist / printmaker who uses materials and symbols in sophisticated and subtle ways. Her work has been described as evocative, complex and richly textured. Content encompasses nature, human spirituality and healing. After studying the Japanese language, she began to interpret music (a universal language) through her own visual calligraphy, which finds it’s way into almost all of her work.
Bodies of work have included a series of symbolic lullabies, pictographic portraits and “Bimbos and Goddesses”, a series of etchings pairing Neolithic and contemporary images of women. “Signs of Life” sprang from depiction of the human soul in symbols, undertaken for a collaborative book of prints. The artist’s version now resides in the Artist’s Book Collection of the National Museum for Women in the Arts, Washington, DC. “Healing Shields” takes on issues such as domestic violence, globalization and racism, to name a few. “Nine Children” addresses the price going to war exacts upon innocent victims. The Arawak series studies the only visual traces left of the near extinct America tribe for which it is named. The “Etudes”series incorporates her own visual calligraphy with classical violin scores. “At the Table” series uses her signature symbols to explore the simple yet very complex act of coming ‘to the table’ to be fed.
Her latest body of work studies ancient trees and their collective way of existing for many millienia and will be shown in April 2021 at The Athenaeum, Alexandria VA. (https://www.nvfaa.org/)
She has exhibited nationally and internationally, at venues including the Corcoran Museum and two solo shows in Warsaw in 2007. Her work is included in numerous private collections including the Artist's Book Collection of the National Museum for Women in the Arts, Washington, DC. and several other institutional collections.
Patricia Underwood obtained her BFA from Miami University, Oxford, OH, and her MFA from Washington University, St Louis, MO. She has taught drawing, printmaking, visual foundations and color theory at several schools, including the Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD. Her studio/home is located in Castleton, VA. She is represented by Haley Fine Art, Sperryville, VA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 The Athenaeum, Alexandria, VA
2020 Cosmos Club, Washington, DC
2017
Mary Condon Hodgson Gallery, “Echoes and Exchanges”,FCC, Frederick, MD
NIH, Bethesda, MD
2014 Linden Vineyards, Linden, VA
2013 NIH, Bethesda MD
2012 Middle Street Gallery, Sperryville, VA
2011 Narmada Winery, Amissville, VA
2010 Middle Street Gallery, Sperryville, VA
2007
Gallery Viviann Napp, Easton, MD
Galeria Delfina, Warsaw, POLAND
Palace of Culture, Warsaw, POLAND
2004 Parish Gallery, Washington, DC
2003 Landow Gallery, Bethesda, MD,Retrospective w/ New Work,
2002 Paul Peck Humanities Institute, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD
1998 Lammas Bookstore/Gallery, Washington, DC
1996
Mansion Art Gallery, Rockville, MD
Artist's Gallery, Frederick, MD
1995 Artist's Gallery, Frederick, MD
1994 Manson Art Gallery, Rockville, MD
1992 Woodmont Gallery, Bethesda, MD
1990 Gudelsky Gallery, Maryland College of Art and Design, Silver Spring, MD
1985 Inuit Gallery, Chicago, IL
1981 Sutton Loop Gallery, St. Louis, MO
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2021
Black Rock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD, “The Power of Patience” Anne Burton, Curator
The Athenaeum, Alexandria VA, “Art of Optimism”, Twig Murray, Curator
Black Rock Center for the Arts, Germantown MD, “INK IT”, Susan Goldman, curator
2020
The Athenaeum, Alexandria, VA “The Human Condition”, Twig Murray, curator
2019
MPA, McLean VA, “Strictly Painting”, Adah Rose Betterbaum, curator
MPA, McLean VA, “Taking Territory”, Nancy Sausser, curator
Black Rock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD “Ink It”, Crawford Alexander Man III, curator
2018
DCAC, Washington, DC “Prints From Lily Press”, Susan Goldman, curator
2017
Mary Condon Hodgson Gallery,FCC, Frederick, MD
NOMA Gallery Invitational, Frederick, MD
Joan Hisaoka Arts Gallery, Washington, DC, “Alchemical Vessels
2016
Haley Fine Art, Sperryville, VA, Spring Group Show
2015
December Holiday Group Show, Haley Fine Art, Sperryville, VA
Castleton Festival, Castleton, VA
“Emulsion”, Gallery OonH, Washington, DC
Middle Street Gallery, Sperryville, VA
2014
The World is going to Hell, and I am Printing Yellow”, Galerie Myrtis, Baltimore, MD
2013
"Alchemical Vessels”, Joan Hisaoka Arts Gallery, Washington, DC
“Rappahannock Creates”, Confluent Gallery, River District Arts, Sperryville, VA
In Unison: 20 Washington DC Artists, George Masion University, Fairfax, VA
“Present Day Oracles”, Joan Hisaoka Arts Gallery, Washington, DC; Brooke Seidelman, Curator
2012
In Unison: 20 Washington DC Artists, Confluent Gallery, Sperryville, VA
In Unison: 20 Washington DC Artists, Wilmer Jennings Gallery, NY, NY
In Unison: 20Un Washington DC Artists, Capitol One Bank, Tysons Corner, VA
2010
Middle Street Gallery, New Members Show
2007
Encaustic Works 07, Kingston, NY & Ball State U, Muncie, IN Joan Snyder Curator;
2006 Galeria Delfiny, Warsaw, Poland
2004
Celebration of Women: Vision and Movement, Edison Place Gallery, Washington, DC
2003
Symbol & Metaphor, Open Studio, Chevy Chase, MD
Artscapes 2003, Morgan St. University, Baltimore, MD; Eric Briscoe, Curator
Digital Prints, Parish Gallery, Washington, DC; Norman Parish Curator
Twist, WPA/Corcoran, Washington, DC; Malynda Mower, Curator
2001
Women's Work, Intercultural Museum/Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2000
Art Is, Fulton Street Gallery, Troy, NY; Mary Ann Staniszewski, Curator
Snapshot, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD
The Shape of Content, Delaplaine Art Center, Frederick, MD
Artscapes 2000, City Hall Courtyard Gallery, Baltimore, MD;Jeanne March Davis,Curator
Reflections, Hodson Art Gallery, Hood College, Frederick, MD
1998
Artsites '98, MAP, Baltimore, MD; Tex Andrews, Curator
Painting 98', Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA, Holly Block, Curator
10th National Drawing/Print Exhibit, College of Notre Dame, Baltimore, MD;
1997
Submerged Egos, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD; Barbara Kerne, Curator
Celebration of the Arts, Governor's Mansion, Annapolis, MD,Francoise Yohalem, Curator
1996 Fourth Annual Open, Resurgam Gallery, Baltimore, MD; J.W. Mahoney, Curator
1995
Hoyt National Art Show, Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle, PA; Louis Fishman, Curator
Re-Generation, Pyramid Atlantic, Riverdale, MD; Samuel Hoi, Dean, Corcoran School of Art, Curator
Paper, Athenaeum, Alexandria, VA; David Levy, Pres., Corcoran Gallery of Art, Curator
Resurgam Gallery, Baltimore, MD; David Tannous, Curator
Free State V, RAP, Rockville, MD; Bill Dunlop, Curator
1994
60 Square Inches/Small Prints, Purdue U. Gallery, W. Lafayette, IN; David Keister,Curator
18th Annual Montgomery County Exhibit, Strathmore Hall, Bethesda, MD; David Tannous, Curator
The Birth of Art/Art of Birth, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
1993
Monotypes/Monoprints–Unique Statements, Pascal Art Gallery, Arnold, MD
Free State III, RAP, Rockville, MD
1992 Prints, RAP, Rockville, MD
1991 Free State. RAP, Rockville, MD
1990 Fin de Siecle, RAP, Rockville, MD
1985 Inuit Gallery, Chicago, IL
1984
Crafts 18, University Park, PA
Multimedia Exhibit, Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Created By Hand, AAO Gallery, Buffalo, NY
1983
Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Crafts 17, University Park, PA
1981
Art Park, St. Louis, MO
Radio Gallery, St. Louis, MO
UCLA National Print Exhibit, Los Angeles, CA
AWARDS & HONORS
2015 Castleton Fedstival 2015 Cover Art, Andy Grundberg, Kevin Adams, Nedra Smith jurors
2013 Best in Show, "Rappahannock Creates," Confluent Gallery, River District Arts, Sperryville, VA
2004 Panelist, Edison Place Gallery, 'Celebration of Women: Vision and Movement,' Washington, DC
2003 Lecturer, Beijing Foreign Language School, Beijing, China
2002 Pyramid Atlantic 'Masquerade' Co-Chair, Riverdale, MD
2000 Lecturer, Whitaker Campus Center, Hood College, Frederick, MD
1998 Body Image Conference, Guest Panelist, Sage Colleges, Albany, NY
1995 Best in Show, Athenaeum, Alexandria, VA
1994 Residency Fellowship, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Briar, VA
1995 Pyramid Atlantic Book fair, Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC
EDUCATION
BFA- Advertising/Studio Art, Miami University, Oxford, OH
MFA- Printmaking, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
