Bio
I am a printmaker, bookmaker, fiber artist, mailartist, and costume designer.
Artist's Statement
Community
Camaraderie
Communication
My art often involves working closely with others, sharing thoughts, laughter, passions, time and physical space. The sense of community is extremely important in my creative process.
Political, social, moral and humanitarian concepts are themes which I often visit in my individual work.
Websites
http://pati-bristow.livejournal.com/
Contact Information
Phone: 650-346-7373
eMail: pattibdesign@aol.com
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Affiliations
Foothill Printmakers, Bay Area Book Artists, Studio 1801, International Union of Mailartists, Field Study International Mailart, Olive Hyde Art Guild, San Jose Museum of Art, Pacific Center for Book Arts, San Jose Museum of Quilts and Textiles, Surface Design Association, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, Santa Cruz Art League, Works San Jose, Festival Theatre Ensemble, Royal Order of the Tudor Rose Acting Guild, St. Ambrose Acting Guild
Exhibitions
2009
Books as Art as Community, Norton Gallery, Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA
Sunday Sessions Books, Book Arts Jam, Los Altos Hills, CA
Kaleidoscope IV, Virtual Exhibition
Polyglot, Expressive Media in Bookarts, Gualala Arts Center, Gualala CA
Conscious Books, traveling exhibition, Los Altos Hills, Cupertino, Mountain View and Pleasanton, CA
Think Ink, Appreciation Hall, Los Altos Hills, CA
The Doll Show, Olive Hyde Art Gallery, Fremont, CA
Conversations, Martin Luther King Library, San Jose CA
2008
Stencil, selected prints from The Tortilla Curtain Project, Gensler, San Francisco, CA
Sewn Pages-Woven Thoughts, Commuknity, San Jose, CA
The Tortilla Curtain Project, Krause Center for Innovation Gallery, Los Altos Hills, CA
Kaleidoscope III, virtual exhibition
Minibooks Exhibition, Book Arts Jam, Los Altos Hills, CA
Meet BABA Artists, Book Arts Jam, Los Altos Hills, CA
Works Annual Member Show, Works Gallery, San Jose, CA
2007
International Mailart Exhibition, Gent, Belgium,
Fabric Books, Book Arts Jam, Los Altos Hills, CA
Peace and Good Will, Half Moon Bay Public Library, Half Moon Bay, CA
2006
Bound to Inspire, Olive Hyde Art Gallery, Fremont, CA
Independent Arts Festival, Book and Mailart exhibition, St. Niklaas, Belgium
Political Minibook Bienalle(curator), Book Arts Jam, Los Altos Hills, CA
2004
Touch My Books, Please, Art Museum of Los Gatos, Los Gatos, CA
Political Minibook Exhibition (curator), Book Arts Jam, Los Altos Hills, CA
Curatorial Projects
2009
fe:MailArt: Ideas for Maintaining a Healthy Planet, international mail art exhibition for Women's History Month, Foothill College Library Gallery
http://www.foothill.edu/print_arts/feMailArt/
2008
Great Wall of Poetry: interactive poetry activity, in conjunction with the Book Arts Jam, Los Altos Hills, CA.
2006
Political Minibooks Bienalle, Book Arts Jam, Los Altos Hills, CA
Breast Cancer Awareness: Celebration of Courage II, Foothill College Library Gallery
http://www.foothill.edu/fa/photo/mailart/
Frogs, mailart virtual exhibition
http://pati-bristow.livejournal.com/
Belly Buttons: mailart virtual exhibition
http://pati-bristow.livejournal.com/
2005
Breast Cancer Awareness: Celebration of Courage, Foothill College Library Gallery
http://www.foothill.edu/fa/photo/mailart/
No Place to Rest: chairs You Can't Sit Down on, mailart virtual exhibition
http://pati-bristow.livejournal.com/
2004
Peace-No More War, mailart virtual exhibition
http://pati-bristow.livejournal.com/
Political Minibooks, Book Arts Jam, Los Altos Hills, CA
Pagan Goddess Valentines, mailart exhibition for Women's History Month, foothill College Library Gallery
Contact:
PO Box 3127
Los Altos, CA
94024
