Patricia's profile
Patricia Buck is an American abstract painter based in Maryland, known for large-scale color field paintings and mixed-media works exploring phenomenal energy. She holds an MFA degree from Howard University, College of Art, and a BFA in Studio from University of MD.In 2025, she received a grant from the Maryland State Arts Council and was invited to present a solo exhibition in 2027 at Artists & Makers Studios Gallery in North Bethesda, Maryland. Her work has been included in the 2025 Survey of Women Artists in the DMV and the Howard County Arts Council Biennial.
Patricia's work was included in the 2026 East City Regional Exhibition in Washington DC, juried by Claude Elliott; and the 2026 National Exhibition GREEN at Anne Arundel Community College juried by Roberto Ferrar; and the 2026 Delaplaine Arts Center National Exhibition juried by Kyle Hackett.
Her mixed media painting 'Dem Bones was selected by curators Helen Frederick and Nicole Donnelly for the Paper as Politic, exhibition and symposium at George Mason University’s Gillespie Gallery.
She has been awarded grants from the Rauschenberg Foundation, the Arlington Arts Council, three Technical Assistance Grants from the D.C. Commission for the Arts and Humanities (DCCAH), and two Individual Artist Grants from DCCAH.
Joseph Hirshhorn purchased her work in 1981, which was bequeathed to, and is documented in the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection.
The State of Colorado purchased two works in their Art in Public Places (AAPI) program, and awarded Patricia a fellowship in photography by Colorado Council on the Arts to study with curator Philip Brookman and artist/author Jim Goldberg (Raised by Wolves) at Anderson Ranch under.
The artist's practice is informed by decades of studio work, art historical studies and research, plus metaphysical training. She explores color, pattern, visual rhythm and spatial tension to evoke subliminal, physiological responses in the viewer. Meaning emerges as those relationships meld into a realm beyond words and language.
