Patricia Halsell
USA, b. 1957
Lives and works in Seattle, WA
EDUCATION
2015 Graduate, Aristides Classical Atelier, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle
2005-12 Figure drawing classes 10 hours/week working from live nude model
2004 Certificate, Literary Fiction, University of Washington Extension
Certificate, Editing, University of Washington Extension
1984 J.D., Lewis & Clark Law School, Portland, Oregon
1979 B.A., Philosophy, Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 River Stones, South Fork Lodge, Swan Valley, Idaho
Following the Wrong Gods Home, Steele Gallery, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, WA
FrameUp Studios, Fremont, Seattle, WA
2018 FrameUp Studios, Fremont, Seattle, WA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Featured artist, Arts to Hearts Magazine, Issue 4, October 2023; Dina Brodsky, juror
2022 Overlake Golf & Country Club, Medina, WA
The Power of Realism: Stories From the Soul, Maryhill Museum of Art, Goldendale, WA
12th Annual Bird Invitational, Smith & Vallee Gallery, Edison, WA
2021 Searching For Beauty: Artists Views, Maryhill Museum of Art, Goldendale, WA
11th Annual Birdland Invitational, Smith & Vallee Gallery, Edison, WA
2020 The Influence of Women Maryhill Museum of Art, Goldendale, WA
2019 Water’s Edge: Landscapes For Today Bellingham National 2019 Art Exhibition, Whatcom Museum,
Bellingham, WA; Bruce Guenther, juror
Anacortes Arts Festival juried exhibition; Joanna Sikes, juror
Works on Paper: Drawing Reality Maryhill Museum of Art, Goldendale, WA,
Live Auction, Museum of Northwest Art; Stefano Catalani, juror
National Oil and Acrylic Painters’ Society (NOAPS), Spring 2019 International Online Juried Exhibition;
William Schneider, juror
Two Steps Forward, TEDxUofW Conference, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Kent Arts Commission juried online exhibition
National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society (NOAPS) Fall 2019 International Online Juried Exhibition; Larry
DeGraff, juror
2018 American Classical Realism: Atelier Process & Painting, Maryhill Museum of Art, Goldendale, WA
Collectors Gala Live Auction, Gage Academy, Seattle
2017 10th Annual Art Invitational, Smith & Vallee Gallery, Edison, WA
Collectors Gala Auction, Gage Academy, Seattle
2016 Transitions V, Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle
Steele Gallery, Gage Academy of Art
Collectors Gala Live Auction, Gage Academy, Seattle
Aristides Atelier Alumni Exhibition, Gage Academy, Seattle
2015 Institute of Classical Architecture & Art Exhibition, King Street Station, Seattle
Puget Sound Group of Northwest Artists Exhibition, Rainier Club, Seattle
Best of Gage Annual Show, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, WA
AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
2015 Annual Scholarship Award, Puget Sound Group of Northwest Painters
Featured Artist for November, Nitram Artist’s Charcoal
2014 Gamblin Paints Scholarship Award
Seattle Co-Arts Annual Scholarship Award
2013 Mary Gales Scholarship Award
Second Place, Still Life Category, Best of Gage Annual Show; Beth Sellers, juror
PRESS
2019 Cover story, Real Change newspaper, Vol. 26, No. 19
Beyond the Paint podcast
2016 Lessons in Classical Painting, by Juliette Aristides, published by Watson-Guptill (2016).
MISCELLANEOUS PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2013-20 Administrator of Mastercopy program at Frye Art Museum
2015 President, Puget Sound Group of Northwest Artists