BIOGRAPHY

BORN:     July 27, 1971

EDUCATION:

2000           M.F.A.  Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, CT
1994           B.F.A.   University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

CURRENT UNIVERSITY TEACHING:

Assistant Professor of Foundations, Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, CT

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

2003        Quiet Reflections, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
2001        Quiet Observations, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
1999         Poetic Spaces, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
1997         Silent Moments, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
1996         Watercolor Memories, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
1995         Jeremiah Patterson: Recent Works, Hart Gallery, Northampton, MA
1993         Jeremiah Patterson: Watercolors, Hart Gallery, Northampton, MA
1991         Hot Air Balloons, Local Colors Gallery, Amherst, MA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

2004        Flowers in February, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY

2003        Representing Representation VI, Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY (catalog)
                Works on Paper, Valley House Gallery (booth), Park Ave. Armory, New York, NY
                Flowers in February, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
                Painting=Poetry-ut pictura poesis, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
 

2002        Beyond the Apple & Bottle- Still Life Invitational, Valley House Gallery, Dallas, TX
                Still Lifes, Wm. Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA
                Inventing Reality: An Exhibition of S.O.N.E.R.A-The Society of New England
                Representational Artists, Elements Gallery, Rockland, ME
                Egg Tempera: An Enduring Tradition, Kendall Campus Art Gallery, Miami Dade Community College, FL
                Egg Tempera: An Enduring Tradition, Mary Washington College Gallery, Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, VA
                Egg Tempera: An Enduring Tradition, Wisteriahurst Museum, Holyoke, MA
                Accademic Artists Association 52nd National Exhibition of Contemporary Realism, First Church Gallery, Springfield, MA  (award)
                Flowers in February, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
                Small Sizes Precious Pieces, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
                Painting=Poetry-ut pictura poesis, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
                Mainly Maine-landscape show, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
                The Figure, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
                Work: 2002 Faculty Exhibition, Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford, CT

2001-2002  Representing Representation V, Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY (catalog)

2001        American Contemporary Realism III, M.A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
                Small Sizes-Precious Pieces, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
                Gallery and Invited Artists, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
                Mainely Maine, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
                Flowers in February, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
                The Four Seasons, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY

2000-2001 Holiday Show, Gallery MAC, Manhattan Athletic Club, New York, NY

2000          Small Sizes-Precious Pieces, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
                  Tonality, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
                  Favorite Selections from Sherry French Gallery: Recent Landscape, Still Life, and
                  Figure Paintings and Sculpture, Gallery MAC, Manhattan Athletic Club, NY
                  Gallery and Invited Artists, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
                  Contemporary American Realism III, M. A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa, OK
                  Still Lifes, Wm Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA
                  Flowers in February, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
                  Religious Art: 2000+, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
                  Painting=Poetry-ut pictura poesis, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
                  5 Years, Wm Baczek Fine Arts,  Northampton, MA
                  Religious Art: 2000+, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
 

1999          Religious Art: 2000+, Mary Washington College Gallery, Fredricksberg,VA
                  Directorís Choice, Albright-Knox Art Museum, Buffalo, NY
                  Still Life, M.A. Doran Gallery, Tulsa OK
                  Flowers in February, Sherry French Gallery, New York NY
                  Small Sizes- Precious Pieces, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
                  Small Sizes-Precious Pieces, Gallery MAC, Manhattan Athletic Club, NY
                  Annual Faculty Exhibition, Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford, CT
                  Works in Progress, University of Hartford, CT

1998          Art in Bloom, Hurlbutt Gallery, Greenwich CT
                  Still Lives, Wm. Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA
                  Pears and Other Pleasures, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
                  Small Sizes- Precious Pieces, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
                  Flowers in February, Sherry French Gallery, New York NY
                  Those Who Can Do ... And Teach, Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford

1997-98     Directorís Choice, Albright-Knox Art Museum, Buffalo, NY
                  The Art of Collecting, Flint Institute of the Arts, Flint MI
                  Collector's Choice, Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, FL ,

1997          Annual Faculty Exhibition, Joseloff Gallery, University of Hartford, CT
                  Small Sizes- Precious Pieces, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
                  Gallery and Invited Artists, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY

1996-97       EXPEDITION: American Rivers- The Soul of the Connecticut,
                                Traveled to: Connecticut River Museum, Essex, CT
                                                   Center for Art and Earth, New York, NY
                                                   Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY

1996          1996-Collector's Show, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AK
                  Small Sizes- Precious Pieces, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
                  American Realism, Bennett Galleries, Knoxville, TN
                  The Painted Menagerie- Images of Animals in Contemporary Realism, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
                  Gallery and Invited Artists, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
                  Flowers in February, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
                  Inaugural Exhibition 1996, Wm. Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA
                  Midway 1996, Student Union Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

1995           Collector's Show, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AK
                  16th Annual Graduate Group Show, Hampden Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA
                  Mass Appeal: Art from Beantown and Beyond, Sherry French Gallery, New York
                  Small Sizes- Precious Pieces, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
                  Mainely Maine, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
                  Flowers in February, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
                  EXPEDITION: Maine 1995, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
                  Collector's Choice, Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, FL
                  Gallery 57: Preview Exhibition", Arts Alive Gallery, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA

1994           15th Annual Graduate Group Show, Hampden Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
                  Facing Reality, Sharon Arts Center, Sharon, NH
                  Town Grown/Town Shown, Hart Gallery, Northampton, MA

1993           Open Show, Canton Artist Guild, Canton, CT
                  Junior/Senior Awards Show, Herter Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

1992           Open Show, Canton Artist Guild, Canton, CT
                  Junior/Senior Awards Show, Herter Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

1991           CANSON/ARCHES Fifth Invitational Watercolor Exhibition, Hart Gallery, Northampton, MA
                  Castles and Kings, Herter Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

AWARDS:

2002         Top Prize in Watercolor Painting, Academic Artists Association 52nd National Exhibition of Contemporary Realism, First Church Gallery,
                    Springfield, MA

1993          Collinsville Trader Bank Award, Canton Artist Guild Juried Open Show, Canton, CT
                  Painting Area Award of Excellence, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
                  Art Department Award of Excellence, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

1992          Collinsville Trader Bank Award, Canton Artist Guild Juried Open Show, Canton, CT
                  Painting Area Award of Honor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

1991           Fleet Bank Award: Grand Prize, Canton Artist Guild Juried Open Show, Canton, CT
 

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:

ART OVERSEAS, New York NY

Art & Interiors, Inc., New York, NY

The Flint Institute for the Arts, Flint, MI

Galman Lepow Associates, Inc., New York, NY

Massachusetts Audubon Society

The Office of the Deans at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
 

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY:
 

"The Guide, Arts & Leisure", The New York Times, Sunday, September 28, 1997, p. 38.
             (reproduction)

Benvenuto, Christine. "FOR REAL: Jeremiah Patterson's Realistic Watercolors are
         Gaining Attention", Amherst Bulletin, January 27, 1995, Section 2, (reproductions)

Doherty, Sara. "Italian Masters", American Artist, March, 1995, pp.37-45
            (color reproductions)

Doherty, M. Stephen. "Considering the Space Within a Still Life", American Artist:
             WATERCOLOR MAGAZINE, Spring 1997, pp. 58-69, Cover, (color reproductions)

Gover, Tzivia. "THE REAL WORLD: As seen by Amherst Artist, Jeremiah Patterson",
            HAMPSHIRE LIFE MAGAZINE: Daily Hampshire Gazette, November 8-14 1996, pp.8-11 (reproductions)

Jones, Tom. "An Abstract Way of Looking at Reality", The University of Hartford
             Observer: ON CAMPUS, November 21, 1997, p. 6 (reproduction)

Kerr, Merrily. "Jeremiah Patterson ­ Sherry French Gallery", M ­ The New York Art
             World - MBM Publications, April 2001, p. 18.

Patterson, Beth. "Advice from Experts: Fostering Creativity", American Artist:
             WATERCOLOR MAGAZINE, Spring 2003, pp. 12 - 16, (color reproductions)

Russel, Gloria. "Northampton Galleries Celebrate an Expressive Range", The Sunday
             Republican, February 26, 1995, p. F-2

Russel, Gloria. "Group Exhibit Reflects Still Life Heritage", The Sunday Republican,
             May 17, 1998, p. E2

Watson, Bruce. "Three Artists, Three Views, Lots of Fruit", The Daily Hampshire
             Gazette/LIVING, May 17, 1998, p. 32. (reproduction)

"The Queen of New England", The Journal of the Massachusetts Audubon Society:
             SANCTUARY MAGAZINE, May/June 1989. (cover)
 
 

UNIVERSITY TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

2000- present      Associate Professor of Foundations, Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, CT

-Courses Taught: 

• Foundations Drawing I
• Foundations 2-D  (Color)
• Foundations Drawing II
• Intro Drawing-Traditional
• Intro to Drawing-Non-Traditional
• Travel & Art: the painted sketch - Sicily

1996-2000         Adjunct Faculty, Hartford Art School, University of Hartford, CT

-Courses Taught: 

• Foundations Drawing I
• Foundations Drawing II
• Foundations 2-D  (Color)
• Figure Drawing
• Intro Drawing-Traditional
• Intro to Drawing-Non-Traditional
• Intro Painting I
• Intro Painting - Watercolor

1996                     Teaching Assistant, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

-Courses Taught:    

• Foundations Drawing I
• Drawing I
   

WORKSHOP/VISITING ARTIST TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

2003                 Co-Director of Summer Workshops in Italy, Assisi, Italy
                         Co-Director of Summer Workshops in France, Les Pradailles (Tarn)

2002                 Co-Director of Summer Workshops in Italy, Assisi, Italy
                         Co-Director of Summer Workshops in France, Les Pradailles (Tarn)

2001                 Co-Director of Summer Workshops in Italy, Assisi, Italy
                         Co-Director of Summer Workshops in France, Les Pradailles (Tarn)

2000                 Co-Director of Summer Workshops in Italy, Assisi, Italy
 

1998                 Visiting Artist for Monotype Workshop, Smith College, Northampton, MA
                         Summer Watercolor Workshop, Sharon Arts Center, Sharon, NH
                         Visiting Watercolor Artist, 1998 Summer Workshops in Italy, Assisi, Italy
 

1997                 Autumn Watercolor Workshop, Sharon Arts Center, Sharon NH
 

1996                 Assistant Instructor, Freckelton/Beal Summer Workshops, Oneonta, NY
                         Visiting Watercolor Artist, 1996 Summer Workshops in Italy, Assisi, Italy
 

1996                  Assistant Instructor, Freckelton/Beal Summer Workshops, Oneonta, NY
                          Visiting Watercolor Artist, 1995 Summer Workshops in Italy, Assisi, Italy
 

1994                  Visiting Watercolor Artist, 1994 Summer Workshops in Italy, Brunnenberg, Italy