Patricia's profile
Patricia Buck is an American abstract painter based in Maryland, known for her large-scale color field paintings, and mixed-media work addressing the female experience, social issues, and phenomenal energy. She holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in Experimental Studio from Howard University, College of Art in Washington, D.C. (1996), and a Bachelor of Arts degree in studio art from the University of Maryland, College Park, (1972).
Patricia’s recent work has been curated or juried into multiple exhibitions in 2025-26, including “Something Hidden” at the 2026 East City Regional Exhibition in Washington, DC; “Stasis”, at the 2025 Howard County Arts Council Biennial exhibition; two group exhibitions at Columbia Art Center (2025); “Zeros and Ones” exhibited at the Towson Arts Collective (2025); and Bull’s-eye exhibited in Women Artists of the DMV.
Joseph Hirshhorn purchased her early torn paper painting ‘Demons without Faces’ in 1981, which is documented in the collection of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. The State of Colorado purchased two of her works for their Art in Public Places collections, (1998, 1999) and her work is held in private collections in Seattle, New York, Chicago, the District of Columbia, Maryland and California.
In 2025, Patricia received a grant from the Maryland State Arts Council. Previously, she has been the recipient of five grants from the District of Columbia Commission for the Arts and Humanities (DCCAH), including two Individual Artist grants (1995, 1993), and three Technical Assistance grants (1994, 1993, 1991). The Arlington Arts Council awarded her a grant to support her work (1991) and Robert Rauschenberg’s Foundation Change Inc funded her art with a grant (1991).
After her painting Bull’s-eye was curated by F. Lenny Campello into the 2025 Survey of Women Artists in the DMV, Patricia was invited to develop a solo exhibition at Artists and Makers Studios in North Bethesda, MD for 2027
The artist's practice is informed by decades of studio work, art historical research, and metaphysical inquiry. Rather than relying on quotidian visual narrative, and cultural symbols, she explores color, pattern, visual rhythm and spatial tension to evoke subliminal, physiological responses from the viewer.
Patricia's work is developed during focused studio sessions when material, color and physical engagement are linked in an internal process manifesting through the work. Meaning emerges as relationships become established between color and marks and composition. The presence of these elements gradually evolve beyond words and language.
