Mary Patten

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Mary Patten
Born1951 (age 72–73)
Evanston, IL
NationalityAmerican
Education University of Illinois at Chicago, Kansas City Art Institute
Known for Video art, writing, education
AwardsArtadia Grant, Maker Grant, Propeller Fund Award

Mary Patten (born 1951, Evanston, IL) is a Chicago artist and activist. Her works combine writing, video installation, performance, artists' books, drawing, photography, collaboration, and activism. [1] Her writing, lectures, videos, and artwork deal with the relationship between art and politics, visual culture, queer theory, terrorism, prisons and torture. [2] She has an MFA from University of Illinois at Chicago (1992) and a BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute. [3] Her videos are distributed by the Video Data Bank [4] and she teaches at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago as an associate professor in the department of Film, Video, New Media, and Animation. [5] She also teaches in the Visual and Critical Studies department and is currently the Chair of the department of Film, Video, New Media, and Animation (2016). [6]

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Recent exhibitions

Awards

Activism

Mary Patten was a member of DAGMAR (Dykes and Gay Men Against Racism and Repression) that began in 1984 and evolved to become CFAR (Chicago for AIDS Rights), an activist group addressing HIV/AIDS. [2] Patten was one of the founders of ACT UP/Chicago. [15] [16] She is an organizer of the Chicago Torture Justice Memorials (CTJM), aiming to seek justice for survivors of Chicago Police torture and their families. [17] In addition to her work in the LGBTQ communities, Patten has created and curated art for the feminist movement, such as the 2014 exhibit "Bad Girls: Video Program: She Laughed When She Saw It" at the New Museum in New York City. [18] Other projects of Patten include the Madame Binh Graphics Collective, Feel Tank Chicago, WhiteWalls, RIOT GRRRANDMAS!!!, and Bad Girls. [2] She is also a member of the art/activist group Feel Tank Chicago. [19]

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  5. ↑ "Mary Patten's SAIC Faculty Profile". SAIC Faculty Profile Mary Patten. Retrieved March 5, 2016.
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  15. ↑ Wooten, Amy (March 14, 2007). "ACT UP Panel Discusses Feelings" . Retrieved March 6, 2016.
  16. ↑ Gould, Debbie (June 8, 2011). "AIDS The Pleasures and Intensities of AIDS Activism". Windy City Media Group. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
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