
Photo: Avery J. Klein, 2022
Patrick Semple is an American abstract painter who works in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Painting since childhood, Semple takes influence finding beauty in natural settings, from world travel, the life-death-life cycle that encompasses nature, infrastructure and everyday surrounding relationships between old and new. The decay and regeneration of cites, of human relationships and the regenerative life-force of nature are all fuel for his painting practice, turning on his awareness and appreciation of the natural world.
For Semple, painting is a unique opportunity to live out his deepest inner-broadcasts and knowings. Extracting inspiration from environmental elements, he plays with chance and accidents as a conveyance for his interior mind to incarnate onto the exterior world using the materiality of newsprint, canvas scraps, fabrics, paints, and mediums to bring forth joy and value. A few artists that he draws inspiration from are Antoni Tapies, Agnes Martin, Rachel Jones, Oscar Murillo and Jorge Galindo. Exploring city-scapes, wilderness areas and foreign countries on foot, Semple’s process remains fluid and spontaneous, mimicking the emotional experience of being one with external forces. He moves back and forth from altered states of consciousness and pragmatic considerations of painting as he creates.
-Inspired by interview with Clarisse Abelarde
The Evergreen State College
Olympia, Washington
Bachelor of Fine Arts
June, 2015
Athens Center, Greece
Certificate of Graduation, Study Abroad Program
in the Arts
April 2015
Education
Independent Travel
Buenos Aires, Argentina
2023
Paris, Chamonix, France, Geneva Switzerland
Fall, 2018
Berlin, Düsseldorf Germany, Vienna Austria, Budapest Hungary, Bucharest, Bran, Romania, Rome, Naples, Ercolano Italy, Prague, Czech Republic, Stockholm, Sweden
Spring, 2017
Athens, Nafplio, Peloponese, Chania, Crete, Olympia, Greece, Florence, Italy.
April, 2015
CV
Valley Fine Art Gallery
Curated selection
Aspen, Colorado
2023
Sugarlift Gallery
Online collection
2023
Soho Home
Group exhibition
West Hollywood, CA
Spring 2023
Imperfectionsim
Wonzimer Gallery
Los Angeles, CA
July- August, 2021
London Paint Club
'Spring Awakening'
Online Group exhibition
March- April, 2021
Artory
Group show at Frances Gallery
Los Angeles, CA
February 2021
The Limelight, Snowmass Villiage
Aspen Art Collective
Aspen, Colorado
August, 2019
Hotel Indigo
18 Social, Downtown Los Angeles, CA
April, 2019
The Temple
Group exhibit with Alexander Feliciano
Los Angeles, CA
March, 2019
Inner Space LA
Group exhibit
Downtown Los Angeles, CA
March, 2019
Superfine Art Fair
Los Angeles, CA
February 13th- 16th, 2019
Populuxe Brewing Company
Group exhibition
Seattle, Washington
December, 2018
Locals
Group exhibition
Aspen, Colorado
August, 2018
Tarotpia
Group exhibition
Tollbooth Gallery
Tacoma, WA
Sept-Dec, 2015