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Photo Gallery: New Work

From the exhibition Track Spikes

Soul Spikes, Installation, GARNER Arts Center, Garnerville, NY, © 2024
Approximately 12'x8'x8'
Photo by George Potanovic, Jr.

Decipher, © 2024
Metal spikes, 9"x37"x3.5"
Photo by George Potanovic, Jr.

Dragon Spike, © 2024
Molded skin membrane spike shells, Chinese gold paper money,
and paper images of golden spike sculpture at Promontory Point, UT
and of Chinese railroad laborers, 8'x24"
Photo by George Potanovic, Jr.

Motherlode, © 2024
Found objects: railroad spikes, 12"x26"x24"
Photo by George Potanovic, Jr.

Trace, © 2024
Scroll 1, waxed paper with ghost spike images, stitched, 8'11"x12"
Scroll 2, paper sketch pad pages with rust, stitched, 10'11"x12"
Scroll 3, waxed paper with rust, copper staples, 9'2"x12"
Photo by George Potanovic, Jr.

Spike Tracks, © 2024
Line drawing installation, dimensions variable, 2024m molded skin membrane spike shells, insect hunting pins (detail)
Photo by George Potanovic, Jr.

Spike Tracks, detail
Photo by George Potanovic, Jr.

Spikes, © 2024
Framed drawing with semi and black walnut ink, 19"x22"
Photo by George Potanovic, Jr.

Phantasm, © 2024
Chalk drawing on tar paper, 8.5"x29"
Photo by George Potanovic, Jr.

Preview of the exhibition Track Spikes

Pat Hickman: Track Spikes - Solo Exhibition, September 7 - October 27, 2024, GARNER Arts Center, Garnerville, NY

Track Spikes
September 7 - October 27, 2024
Opening reception: Saturday, September 7, 7-9pm
GARNER Arts Center, Garnerville, NY

From the exhibition Where the Water Goes

At the Edge, Installation, Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY, © 2023
Mixed media, 96"x18' 6"x32"
Photo by George Potanovic, Jr.

At the Edge, installation detail
Photo by George Potanovic, Jr.

Walk On, © 2023
Paper, rubbed art pastel stick, waxed linen stitches, 46"x39"
Photo by George Potanovic, Jr.

Walk On, detail
Photo by George Potanovic, Jr.

Where the Water Goes
October 14 - November 22, 2023
Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY

From the exhibition Legacy

View of gallery installation at night
Photo by George Potanovic, Jr.

Whirlwind, © 2023
Skin membrane, (sausage casings) molded over found, rusty, farmland finds
88"x96"x6" (installation with variable dimensions)
Photo by George Potanovic, Jr.

Prairie Wind, © 2023
72”x72”x2”

Pages, © 2023
Notepad paper, waxed linen, wax, ink, 55"x56"x1"
Photo by George Potanovic, Jr.

Winnow, © 2023
Skin membrane (sausage casings), knotted netting, 9.5"x18"x18"
Photo by George Potanovic, Jr.

Legacy
September 1 - Octover 1, 2023
Buster Levi Gallery, Cold Spring, NY

From the exhibition
SILENCE,
with poems by Gail Hovey

Silence - poem by Gail Hovey, Mark A. Chapman Gallery, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, © 2021

Remembrance, installation, Mark A. Chapman Gallery, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, © 2021
Photo by Rebecca Hackemann-Bahlmann

Remembrance - poem by Gail Hovey, © 2021

Koan, installation, © 2021
Photo by Rebecca Hackemann-Bahlmann

Koan - poem by Gail Hovey, © 2021

Pelt, installation, © 2021
Photo by Rebecca Hackemann-Bahlmann

Pelt, installation detail, © 2021
Photo by Rebecca Hackemann-Bahlmann

Pelt - poem by Gail Hovey, © 2021

Mother Overall, © 2021
Photo by Rebecca Hackemann-Bahlmann

Pat Hickman: SILENCE, Exhibition at Kansas State University Dept. of Art, Chapman Gallery, Manhattan, KS

SILENCE
with poems by Gail Hovey
January 21 - February 16, 2022
Mark A. Chapman Gallery, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS

From the exhibition
Counting, Still Counting…

Counting, Still Counting... Installation at Buster Levi Gallery
Videography by Mark Attebery, February, 2021

Counting, Still Counting… Installation, Buster Levi Gallery, Cold Spring, NY, © 2020
Photo by George Potanovic, Jr.

Counting, Still Counting… linear strip detail, © 2020
Photo by George Potanovic, Jr.

Counting, Still Counting… window seat detail, © 2020
Photo by George Potanovic, Jr.

Counting, Still Counting…
February 5 - March 28, 2021
Buster Levi Gallery, Cold Spring, NY

Recent Work

Cry, Rose plant roots and thorns, skin membrane, torn, stained American flag, and Baptista black seed pods
17.5”x7”x5.5”, © 2020
Photo by George Potanovic, Jr.

From the exhibition
Floodline: Water Rises

Floodline: Water Rises - Installation, LAGSTEIN GALLERY, Nyack, NY, © 2019

Floodline: Water Rises - installation detail, © 2019

Floodline: Water Rises - river tooth detail, © 2019

Pat Hickman, with Floodline: Water Rises installation in background, © 2019

Floodline: Water Rises
April 13 - May 12, 2019
LAGSTEIN GALLERY, Nyack, NY

From the installation
Permeable, for Art at Grace Church, Nyack, NY

Permeable, Art at Grace Church, © 2018
Photo by Verne Becker

Permeable, Art at Grace Church, © 2018
Photo by Verne Becker

Permeable
Art at Grace Church
November 7 - December 11, 2018
Nyack, NY

From the exhibition
STREAMING: Wind and Water

STREAMING: Wind and Water - Installation, Garrison Art Center, © 2018

STREAMING: Wind and Water, installation detail, © 2018
Photo by Amy Kubik

STREAMING: Wind and Water, installation detail, © 2018
Photo by Amy Kubik

STREAMING: Wind and Water, installation detail, © 2018
Photo by Amy Kubik

Click above to view a photo gallery of Pat Hickman's site-specific installation at Garrison Art Center, 2018
Installation photos by Amy Kubik

STREAMING: Wind and Water
September 15 - October 14, 2018
Riverside Galleries at Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY

From the Durango, CO exhibition
Still Here, Fort Lewis College Art Gallery

Installation, Fort Lewis College Art Gallery, 2017
Photo by Mariah Richstone

Still Here: Pat Hickman, Fort Lewis College Art Gallery, Durango, CO

Garlic, Palm sheath, waxed linen, animal membrane, 22"x25"x21.5", © 2001

Garlic (detail) © 2001

Allegiance © 2001

Tumbleweed, Animal membrane, wire, netted, 24"x27"x27", © 2004

Confluent, River teeth (wood), animal membrane, approximately 18"x18"x18", © 2017

Ordnance, Bronze, 11"x16"x11", © 1998

Tracking, Animal membrane, rust marks, waxed linen, 8'x6'x2", © 2017

Rattle, Wood (river teeth), animal membrane, 58”x19”x16”, © 2017
Photo by George Potanovic, Jr.

Wealth, Palm sheaths, waxed linen, colored ink, coconut fiber cordage, 26"x15.5"x12.5", © 2001

Wealth (detail) © 2001

Till © 2011
Photo by George Potanovic, Jr.

Cradle, Reed, animal membrane, acrylic paint, 23"x19"x9", © 2016

Letter Home, installation, approximately 12'x15', © 2017
Photo by Mariah Richstone

Nazarlik, Fiber, animal membrane, iridescent acrylic, 60"x60"x4", © 2016

Circum 1 © 2015
Photo by George Potanovic, Jr.

Circum 2 © 2015
Photo by George Potanovic, Jr.

Mnemonics, Mahogany dyed hog casings, installation 10 feet x 16 feet, © 2009

Talisman, installation, bark and copper pennies, © 2017
Photo by Mariah Richstone

Flayed, Rattan, animal membrane, acrylic paint, 25"x21"x23", © 2016

Still Here
September 8 - October 6, 2017
Fort Lewis College Art Gallery, Durango, CO

From the Durango, CO exhibition
Here Still, Friends of the Art Library, Durango Arts Center

Pat Hickman: Here, Still at the Durango Arts Center, Durango, CO

Ashes to Ashes, Wood, wood ash, fireplace brick, 10"x9"x9",, © 2017

Motherland © 2015
Photo by George Potanovic, Jr.

Motherword © 2015
Photo by George Potanovic, Jr.

Currents © 2010
Photo by George Potanovic, Jr.

Dry Notes, Collaborative work with printmaker, Allyn Bromley
Animal membrane, screenprinting, embossed lead, 12"x18"x2.5", © 1996

Still Counting, Animal membrane, rusty nails/pins, 10"x15"x5", © 2016

Uncrown, Animal membrane, iridescent acrylic, 6.5"x17"x14", © 2017

Sorry Speech, Animal membrane, acrylic paint, 4"x17"x17", © 2017

One Size Fits All, Garment pattern paper, stamping, stitching, 49.5"x39"x.75", © 1999

Final Gift (side view) © 2015
Photo by George Potanovic, Jr.

Final Gift © 2015
Photo by George Potanovic, Jr.

Here Still
September 8 – October 28, 2017
Friends of the Art Library, Durango Arts Center, Durango, CO

From the group exhibition
Interconnections: The Language of Basketry

Grist © 2016
Photo by Lisa Lomauro

Grist (side view) © 2016
Photo by Lisa Lomauro

Grist (detail) © 2016
Photo by Pat Hickman

Grist (detail) © 2016
Photo by Lisa Lomauro

Interconnections: The Language of Basketry
May 15 - September 4, 2016
Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ

From the traveling exhibition
A Very Long Engagement,
as part of the Society for Contemporary Craft
Satellite Gallery

To The Sea © 2015
Photo by Natalie Sweet

A Very Long Engagement
      Traveling exhibition as part of the Society for Contemporary Craft
October 2, 2015 - January, 2016
Satellite Gallery, BNY Mellon Center, Pittsburgh, PA

From the exhibition
Encounter: Pat Hickman & David Soo

Akin (detail) © 2015
Photo by George Potanovic, Jr.

Akin © 2015
Photo by George Potanovic, Jr.

Dry Garden © 2015
Photo by George Potanovic, Jr.

Encounter: Pat Hickman & David Soo
October 11 - November 15, 2015
The OUTSIDE IN, Piermont NY

From the group exhibition
Nature Inc

The River That Flows Both Ways © 2015
Photo by George Potanovic, Jr.

Nature Inc
March 1 - April 12, 2015
Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY

Songful © 2014

Songful (detail) © 2014

From Afterthought

Afterthought © 2013
Photo by George Potanovic, Jr.

Afterthought (detail) © 2013
Photo by George Potanovic, Jr.

Babel © 2013
Photo by George Potanovic, Jr.

Babel (detail) © 2013
Photo by George Potanovic, Jr.

Babel (detail) © 2013
Photo by George Potanovic, Jr.

Shards (floor installation) © 2013
Photo by George Potanovic, Jr.

Shards (detail) © 2013
Photo by George Potanovic, Jr.

From the group exhibition
A Very Long Engagement

Waterline © 2013
Photo by Steve Farmer

Waterline (detail) © 2013
Photo by Steve Farmer

A Very Long Engagement
      Traveling exhibition as part of the Society for Contemporary Craft
October 2, 2015 - January, 2016
Satellite Gallery, BNY Mellon Center, Pittsburgh, PA

A Very Long Engagement
January 18 - March 3, 2013
Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia

See also the Dalhousie Art Gallery exhibition catalog, A Very Long Engagement; and the reviews, "Artists find a common thread through string in Society for Contemporary Craft exhibit", TribLIVE.com, December 30, 2015, by Kurt Shaw; and "Exhibit offers six artists who go to great lengths", The Chronicle Herald, February 17, 2013, by Elissa Barnard.

From Pat Hickman: Traces of Time

Traces of Time, Installation © 2011
Photo by Neil Alexander

In her work, Pat takes on time – holding it back, running with it. With visual metaphors such as river teeth and rust, she explores the unavoidability of disintegration, the inevitability of change, and the transformative power of attention and memory.

In this exhibition, she is remembering forward.

River Teeth © 2011
Photo by Neil Alexander

River Teeth (detail) © 2011
Photo by Neil Alexander

Linger, Installation © 2011
Photo by Neil Alexander

Linger, Installation © 2011
Photo by Neil Alexander

Linger (detail) © 2011
Photo by Neil Alexander

And in the Whirling © 2011
Photo by George Potanovic, Jr.

And in the Whirling (detail) © 2011
Photo by George Potanovic, Jr.

Downriver Ravages © 2011
Photo by George Potanovic, Jr.

Count © 2011
Photo by George Potanovic, Jr.

Silent © 2011
Photo by Neil Alexander

Traces of Time, Installation © 2011
Photo by Neil Alexander

Pat Hickman: Traces of Time
December 8, 2011 - January 27, 2012
University Art Gallery, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
New Bedford, MA

Also see curator Lasse Antonsen's article about the exhibition.

And from the group exhibition
A Sense of Place

Circumambulate, Installation © 2012
Photo by Neil Alexander

Lifeline © 2012
Photo by Neil Alexander

Pulsed © 2012
Photo by Neil Alexander

A Sense of Place, a group exhibition of contemporary textiles
February 2 - April 28, 2012
Philadelphia Art Alliance, 251 South 18th St., Philadelphia, PA

See also A Sense of Place reviewed by Joe Lewis, in fibreQUARTERLY Canada, Spring 2012,
and a review of the exhibit in THEartblog.