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Born in Chicago, IL
Selected Exhibits and Shows
2024 “The Bear”, Season 3
2024 “Art a la Cache” - group show, Isle a la Cache Museum, Romeoville, Illinois
2022 “Into The Vanishing Prairie” – solo show, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
2020 “Nature’s Storied Path” – group show, Mayslake Peabody Estate, Oak Brook, IL
2019 Gala of the Arts – group show, Chicago, IL
2019 Art at Mayslake - group watercolor show, Mayslake Peabody Estate, Oak Brook, IL
2018 “Childhood’s End” – solo show, Tinley Park Public Library, Tinley Park, IL
2018 Independent Artists Showcase - Wilmette, IL
2018 "Freaks of Nature" - solo show, Tinley Park Public Library, Tinley Park, IL
2018 "Artist's Books" - group show, Downers Grove Public Library, Downers Grove, IL
2017 "Portals" - group show, If These Walls Could Talk Gallery, Aurora, IL
2017 "Lost Gardens" - solo show, Atkinson Collection Gallery, Bensenville, IL
2016 "Patrice S. Nelson - Spring Show" solo show, The Gallery at El Dorado, Sun City, AZ
2016 Elmhurst Artist Guild Spring Member's Show, Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL
2015 "Science and Art"- group show, Arterie Fine Arts Gallery, Naperville, IL
2015 "Arts Garden" – group show, Atkinson Collection Gallery, Elmhurst, IL
2014 “What Do You Love?”- group show, The Vogt Visual Arts Center, Tinley Park, IL
2013 “Postcard Art” – group show, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
2012 “This is Paper!” – group show, Gallery 200 - West Chicago, IL
2012 “Book and Paper” – group show, Orland Park Public Library, Orland Park, IL
2011 “2nd Fridays” - Fine Arts Building, Chicago, Illinois
2010 “Alumni Show” – group show, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
2010 “Gulf Oil Disaster Response” – group show, The Foster Collective - Chicago, IL
Huntsville, AL, San Francisco, CA
2010 “The Illustrated Accordion” – group show, Kalamazoo Book Arts Center, Kalamazoo, MI
Workshops
2017 “Simple Bookbinding Workshop” National Library Week – Carl Sandburg High School,
Orland Park, IL
2012 summer – “Simple Bookbinding Workshop” – Mayslake Peabody Mansion, Oak Brook, IL
Education
School of the Art Institute of Chicago - continuing education classes in painting
Columbia College, Chicago – bookbinding and papermaking workshops
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL - graduate classes in painting, drawing and art history
Illinois State University, Normal, IL - Comprehensive major, B.S. in art