Stephanie Patton (born August 13, 1969) is a

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artist. Her work spans across the mediums of

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sculpture Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

painting Painting is a Visual arts, visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called "matrix" or "Support (art), support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with ...

, installation,

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and text. Patton’s work is often humorous in nature and frequently investigates aspects of human emotion.

Early life and education

Born in

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, Patton received her

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degree in Painting from the

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in 1993 and a

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degree in Photography from the

School of the Art Institute of Chicago The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) is a Private university, private art school associated with the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) in Chicago, Illinois. Tracing its history to an art students' cooperative founded in 1866, which gr ...

in 1996. She has studied various types of vocal and comedic performance through

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Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre The Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB) is an improvisational and sketch comedy group that emerged from Chicago's ImprovOlympic in 1990. The original incarnation of the group consisted of Amy Poehler, Matthew Walsh, Matt Besser, Ian Roberts, Ad ...

and the

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. After living in New York City, she returned to Louisiana in 2001, where she currently lives and works.

Art

Patton has shown her work nationally and internationally including shows at the

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, the

Ogden Museum of Southern Art The Ogden Museum of Southern Art is a museum dedicated to art by artists from the southern United States in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was established in 1999. The building The Ogden museum is located in the Warehouse Arts District of downtown ...

, the

Contemporary Arts Center (New Orleans) The Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans is an arts complex located in historic downtown New Orleans. Founded in 1976, the center plays host to events and performances from visual arts to concert performances and lectures. General gallery adm ...

, and the

McNay Art Museum The McNay Art Museum, founded in 1954 in San Antonio, is the first modern art museum in Texas. The museum was created by Marion Koogler McNay's original bequest of most of her fortune, her important art collection and her 24-room Spanish Coloni ...

, amongst others. She is a founding member of The Front, an artist’s collective in the St. Claude Arts District of New Orleans. A performance artist, Patton also impersonated the character ''Renella Rose Champagne'' since 1993. Renella Rose Champagne hosts a weekly radio show called "Lost in Love" on KRVS, 88.7 FM, www.krvs.org, in Lafayette, LA.

Collections

Patton’s works can be found in the following private art and permanent collections of: * School of the Art Institute of Chicago,

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Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation The Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation is a non-profit arts foundation located on North Carolwood Drive in the Holmby Hills district of Los Angeles, California. Modern and contemporary artwork in the Frederick R. Weisman collection are displaye ...

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, New Orleans *

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, New Orleans *Galerie Patricia Dorfmann,

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.Studio Visit Magazine, publisher: Open Studio Press, Boston, MA, 2007 She has also co-curated many exhibits at the Acadiana Center for the Arts in Lafayette, Louisiana with curator

Brian Guidry Brian Guidry (born 1968 in New Iberia, Louisiana) is an American contemporary painter, and installation artist. Art While Guidry considers himself primarily a painter, he also works in multiple media such as sculpture, environmental installation ...

References

External links

Stephanie Patton Official Website

Stephanie Patton at the Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans

Stephanie Patton at the Voltz Clarke Gallery, New York
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