Photo: Avery J. Klein, 2022
Finding ceaseless inspiration from world travel, building relationships and absorbing cultural contrasts outside of his native Colorado, abstract painter Patrick Semple lives and breathes his art practice. Beginning as a love-and-optimism fueled shot in the dark, Semple created his latest body of work in Buenos Aires, Argentina in the spring and summer of 2024. Through the material and colors, Patrick Semple aims to convey the same feeling of unity, familial love and connection with one’s environment which he experienced during his seven month residency. Semple uses painting as a vehicle for expressing joy, altered states, play and curiosity by practicing detached involvement in his studio work; detachment to the outcome of each painting, and trusting in the laws of nature to bring desirable results. Urban decay and nature's reclamation of human-made infrastructure are a relevant metaphor for his studio mindset and a noticeable distinction of his latest body of work– allowing natural, uninhibited creative flow to take over the brain’s tendency for pragmatic decision-making.
The Evergreen State College
Olympia, Washington
Bachelor of Fine Arts
June, 2015
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Athens Center, Greece
Certificate of Graduation, Study Abroad Program
in the Arts
April 2015
Education
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CV
Valley Fine Art Gallery
Curated selection
Aspen, Colorado
2023
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Sugarlift Gallery
Online collection
2023
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Soho Home
Group exhibition
West Hollywood, CA
Spring 2023
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Imperfectionsim
Wonzimer Gallery
Los Angeles, CA
July- August, 2021
London Paint Club
'Spring Awakening'
Online Group exhibition
March- April, 2021
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Artory
Group show at Frances Gallery
Los Angeles, CA
February 2021
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The Limelight, Snowmass Villiage
Aspen Art Collective
Aspen, Colorado
August, 2019
Hotel Indigo
18 Social, Downtown Los Angeles, CA
April, 2019
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The Temple
Group exhibit with Alexander Feliciano
Los Angeles, CA
March, 2019
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Inner Space LA
Group exhibit
Downtown Los Angeles, CA
March, 2019
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Superfine Art Fair
Los Angeles, CA
February 13th- 16th, 2019
Populuxe Brewing Company
Group exhibition
Seattle, Washington
December, 2018
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Locals
Group exhibition
Aspen, Colorado
August, 2018
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Tarotpia
Group exhibition
Tollbooth Gallery
Tacoma, WA
Sept-Dec, 2015​
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Independant Travel
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Buenos Aires, Argentina, Uruguay
2023, 2024
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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