CV and Statement
PATTY HORING
I am interested in the narrative and psychological nature of portraiture. Contemporary paintings of specific people simultaneously raise questions and offer clues about individual identity and the larger cultural context in which the subjects exist. My goal is not simply to show what a person looks like, but to examine, through subjective interpretation, who that person is, wants to be, has been. Often the subjects' material surroundings also reflect some aspect of personal desire or identity that is linked to the psychological underpinning of the portrait.
By conveying a feeling for both the inner and outer lives of individuals through expressionistic portraiture, I hope to access a deeper underlying current of relatable human experience.
CV
Born 1965, Chicago, Illinois
Lives and works in New York City
Education
2015 MFA, New York Academy of Art, New York City
1994 MA, English Literature, New York University
1986 BA, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
Solo Exhibitions
2022-3, A Few Good Men, Anna Zorina Gallery, New York City
2022, Invasion of Privacy, solo presentation at Spring/Break Art Show, New York City
2022 Patty Horing: On the Inside, Back Wall Street Gallery, New York City
2019 Underdressed, Anna Zorina Gallery, New York City
2017 Ordinary Lives, Anna Zorina Gallery, New York City
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022, Hospitality Suite, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL
2021 Give Me Some Skin (curated by Michelle Doll and Jason Patrick Voegele), Sugarlift, New York City
2020 SIT STILL: Self-Portraits in the Age of Distraction (curated by Patty Horing and Deborah Brown), Anna Zorina Gallery, New York City
2019 Art She Says, Space Gallery Soho, New York City
2019 FEMME, Juxtapoz Projects at Mana Contemporary Gallery, Jersey City, New Jersey
2019 Selected Works from Alumni and Faculty of The New York Academy of Art, Garvey Simon Gallery, New York City
2018 Mandarin Oriental: Real Men, Mandarin Oriental, Miami, Florida
2017 Power of Silence, Art Lines Gallery, Hackensack, New Jersey
2017 Through The Eyes of an Artist, Panepinto Gallery, Jersey City, New Jersey
2017 About Face, Southampton Art Center, Southampton, New York
2017 Domesticity: Jaclyn Dooner/Patty Horing/Zoe Sheehan Saldana, The Art Gallery at the College of Staten Island, Staten Island, New York
2017 UPRISE/ANGRY WOMEN, The Untitled Space, New York City
2016 Summer Hours, Anna Zorina Gallery, New York City
2015 Small is Beautiful, Flowers Gallery, New York City
2015 Three Women, Anna Zorina Gallery, New York City
2015 Tenth Annual Summer Exhibition, Flowers Gallery, New York City
2015 Ninth Annual Summer Exhibition, Flowers Gallery, New York City
2015 MFA Thesis Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, New York City
2014 Small is Beautiful, Flowers Gallery, New York City
2014 Eighth Annual Summer Exhibition, Flowers Gallery, New York City
2014 We Love Art, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, New York
2013 ViewPoints, Aljira Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, New Jersey
2012 Works on Paper NYC, Jeffrey Leder Gallery, Long Island City, New York
2012 Westchester Biennial, Castle Gallery, New Rochelle, New York
2012 ViewPoints, Ben Shahn Galleries, William Paterson University, Wayne, New Jersey
2012 International Painting NYC, Jeffrey Leder Gallery, Long Island City, New York
2012 Love Thy Neighbor, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, New York
2012 Stay Connected-Paintings by Patty Horing, White Plains Performing Art Center, White Plains, New York
2010 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, National Portrait Gallery, Washington DC
2010 Family Matters: Paintings by Patty Horing and Kristin McElroy, Chapman Gallery, Iona College, New Rochelle, New York