biography

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

Los Angeles Dodger Baseball Organization Museum, Los Angeles, California-Commission

Baltimore Orioles Baseball Organization Museum, Baltimore, Maryland - Commission

NOMA - New Orleans Museum of Modern Art

The Discovery Museum, Bridgeport, CT

MOCA – Museum of Contemporary Art, Hot Springs, AR

Mother Road US 66 Museum, Barstow, California

Palazzo Exhibitione Museum, Rome, Italy

Western America Railroad Museum, Barstow, California

Embassy of Brazil, Rome, Italy

The Oppenheimer Fund Corporate Gallery, New York City

US Department of State, US Embassy, Tunisia

Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge, Oak Harbor, Ohio, 12 pieces, Permanent Installation

ONE MAN SHOWS and EXHIBITIONS

2018  Camera USA: National Photography Award "Teakettle Junction"

2017  Desert Art Collection Gallery, Palm Desert, CA, February

2016  Camera USA: National Photography Award "Ken Watchman, Navajo Guide"

2015  Art Olympia, Japan, 1 of 80 of 4583 worldwide entries. At New Museum, Tokyo "Ad Room"

2014  Camera USA: National Photography Award "Tracks, Dunes and the Moon"

2011  Endeavor Arts Gallery, Calgary, AB, Canada, April

2010  Desert Art Collection, Palm Desert, CA May & November

2010  Embassy of the USA, Tunisia, April to December

2009  Art of The New Millennium, Desert Art Collection, Palm Desert, CA, May

2008  SoHo Studio Gallery, New York, NY June/October

2007  Desert Art Collection Gallery, Palm Desert, CA March/April

2007  Art Rome Photography Competition, First Prize Worldwide, 25,000 entries

2006  Art of Photography Show, San Diego, California, April-June. 104 of 9517 entries

2006  Agora Gallery, New York City, NY, March-April

2005  Juried selection, Alternative Media Exhibition, October-December

2005  Galerie Gora, Montreal, QC, Canada, March

2004-2005  Milford Crossing Gallery, Milford, CT, September to January

2004  Landmark Gallery, Tarrytown, NY, June-September

2003  Turning Point Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC

2003  Discovery Museum, Bridgeport, CT, December-March as Featured Artist

2002  Masters of light Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC

2000-2001  Nathanson’s Fine Art Photo Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

2000  JazCaf Gallery, Rome, Italy, June-July

1998  Invisible Dog Gallery, New York City

1991  BBDO Corporate Gallery, New York City

1989  DMB&B Corporate Gallery, New York City

1983  Hammerquist Gallery, New York City

Even though Patrick Walsh uses a camera for his artwork, he doesn’t think of himself as a photographer, nor would he call the resulting pieces "photography." Instead, Walsh approaches his work as a painter might, and paints with the camera itself. The camera is the paintbrush and the photographs are the brushstrokes of his Photomosaics: large-scale ruminations on people, places and things that he filters through the camera lens, then pieces together. The end results -- flattened out images that show us what we only perceive in our peripheral vision -- are rendered much deeper and broader than the sum of their original parts.

Walsh, who studied graphic design and advertising at the Parsons School of Design in his native New York City, and who painted as a hobby, created his first piece over thirty years ago when he was location-scouting for a feature film. He discovered a location that could not be captured in a single image. So, he shot many, using a Kodak instant camera, and stapled the photographs together. The result intrigued him and Walsh soon found himself making deliberate forays into the Southwestern desert and along windswept Pacific coastlines to find subjects for his art.

Each time Walsh pieces together countless photographs that he has shot to create a single image, he tells a new story. His subjects are as varied as Dennis Connor fronting his sailboat, an empty baseball stadium, the desert or a verdant rain forest. And while the end result may feel spontaneous, the process is anything but, says Walsh. Each location is carefully considered, revisited, and the work is thoroughly thought out before Walsh opens his aperture to gather the images.

For instance, for a piece commissioned by the Los Angeles Dodgers – a photomosaic of the empty stadium – Walsh shot 26 rolls of film for a piece that turned out to be 11 feet long. That commission led to another, by the Baltimore Orioles. The resulting 7 foot long photomosaic of the new Camden Yards was featured at the ball club’s reception for the All Star game. Both works now hang in the stadiums’ private clubs.

Once the film is shot, Walsh shapes the experience with the photographs. "I’m creating a composition with multiple photographs and yet within those photographs there will be a beautiful one all by itself. I’ll put it into the mix. The overall impression is what matters to me," says Walsh. "I want you to step into that picture, it’s like a window. I want you to feel you’re there."

In addition to his Photomosaics, Walsh has a distinguished career as a director camerman and producer in the advertising industry. He has won four "Cannes Film Festival Gold Lions," two Emmy nominations and over 600 additional industry honors including two films in the New York City MOMA’s Permanent collection. He produced a feature motion picture.

Walsh is a director member of The Director’s Guild of America and The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, (The Emmys). He is a judge for both the DGA and EMMY awards.

Walsh’s work has appeared in museums, galleries and private collections internationally.

Born:  New York City 1939

Education:  High School of Music & Art, Major: Art, New York City

Parsons School of Design, Major:  Graphic Design, New York City