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Chicago artist and activist
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]
Recent exhibitions
Organize Your Own: The Politics and Poetics of Self-Determination Movements, Averill and Bernard Leviton Gallery, 2016
[7]
Mary Patten: Panel, Threewalls Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2013
[8]
Whitewalls: Writings by Artists 1978–2008, Golden Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2012
[9]
Opening the Blackbox: The Charge is Torture, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL, 2012
[10]
The Archival Impulse, Gallery 400, Chicago, IL, 2011
[11]
Awards
Maker Grant, 2013
[12]
Illinois Arts Council Individual Project Grant, 2013
Propeller Fund, 2013
[13]
SAIC Faculty Enrichment Grant, 2010–11
Artadia Award , 2002
[14]
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]
References
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"Mary Patten" . Mary Patten . Retrieved March 5, 2016 .
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"Mary Patten Chicago Gay History" . Chicago Gay History . Retrieved March 5, 2016 .
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"Mary Patten's Resume from personal website" (PDF) . Mary Patten's Resume . Archived from
the original (PDF) on March 9, 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2016 .
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"Mary Patten, Video Data Bank" . Video Data Bank . Retrieved March 5, 2016 .
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"Mary Patten's SAIC Faculty Profile" . SAIC Faculty Profile Mary Patten . Retrieved March 5, 2016 .
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"SAIC FVNMA Dept" . SAIC FVNMA Dept . Retrieved March 5, 2016 .
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"Organize Your Own exhibition" . Organize Your Own . October 11, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2016 .
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"Mary Patten: Panel" . Threewalls . Archived from
the original on January 25, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2016 .
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"Whitewalls at Golden Gallery" . Whitewalls . Retrieved March 5, 2016 .
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"The Charge is Torture Sullivan Galleries" . Sullivan Galleries . Retrieved March 5, 2016 .
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"Gallery400 Archival Impulse" . Gallery 400 . Archived from
the original on January 25, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2016 .
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"Maker Grant" . Maker Grant . Archived from
the original on July 21, 2018. Retrieved March 5, 2016 .
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"Chicago Torture Justice Memorial Project Grant" . Propeller Fund . Archived from
the original on November 23, 2015. Retrieved March 5, 2016 .
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"Artadia Awardees" . Artadia . Retrieved March 5, 2016 .
^ Wooten, Amy (March 14, 2007).
"ACT UP Panel Discusses Feelings" . Retrieved March 6, 2016 .
^ 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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"Chicago Torture Justice Memorial" . Chicago Torture Justice Memorials . Retrieved March 5, 2016 .
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"Bad Girls: Video Program: She Laughed When She Saw It" . New Museum Digital Archive . Retrieved March 6, 2016 .
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"Feel Tank Chicago" . Feel Tank Chicago . Retrieved March 5, 2016 .
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