Pat Badt Bio and CV
BIO
Pat Badt is a painter working with straight parallel lines that build a matrix of color. Pat Badt’s work is inspired by location, filtered through experience and sensibility. She was born in Santa Monica, CA, attended High School in NYC, a BA from the University of California, Santa Cruz and an MFA from the University of Pennsylvania. She is Professor Emeritus, Cedar Crest College. She has exhibited widely including exhibitions in Brussels, New York, Philadelphia and Los Angeles. Her work is included in collections in the American Embassy in Riga, Latvia, the Ruth Hughes Collection of Artist Books at Oberlin College, Bryn Mawr College and the University of Tennessee Knoxville. She has been the recipient of an NEA for painting and artist residencies in the US and abroad including in Portugal, Italy, Iceland and Malta.
ARTIST STATEMENT
Elevator Pitch: PAINT - I love it! It is color made physical. I am trying to get a sense of something without being something. I paint landscapes of memory.
My process is to paint through a matrix that demands that I stay on the surface of the painting. Gesture is restricted and time is advanced in a kind of geologic stacking of layers. These layers of paint become history and the accumulation of time. Painting =ilters experience through sensibility. The daily routine and the act of painting is my way of being here, by marking and remembering. I make visual the quiet and overlooked. Noticing color and texture is an activity worth paying attention to.
CV
*asterisk indicated exhibition catalog
Selected Solo and Group Exhibitions
2025
Interwoven Perspectives: Odegaard & Badt, Hunterdon Museum, NJ
2024
Nature In(m)Balance, TurnPark Art Space, curator Grigori Fateyev, MA
Radius, curators Ro Lohin and Kevin Wixted, Millerton, NY
The Line Up, travelling show, Cedar Crest College, PA and Murray State, KY
Forest Strings - Tangled Light, GardeHouse, Lafayette College
Holiday Show, LabSpace, Hillsdale, NY
Community Show, Knox Gallery, Monterey Library, MA
2023
LabSpace, Hillsdale, NY
Common Threads, Knox Gallery, Monterey Library, Monterey, MA
2022
Out of PA, Kent State Canton Campus, OH
2021
Art of the Book, Rochester Public Library, NY
Gala Benefit Auction, Allentown Art Museum, PA
2020
MAPS Benefit, on-line, December
Drawing Challenge IV, X Jason McCoy Gallery, NYC
Plain & Fancy, the Painting Center, New York City*
Passing Bittersweet, a tribute to Ross Gay’s The Book of Delights), curator
Elizabeth Johnson, Williams Center Gallery, Lafayette College, PA*
2019
Plain & Fancy, Cedar Crest College, PA*
Plain & Fancy, Goundie House, Bethlehem Museums and Sites, PA*
A Collection of Lines, Brick + Mortar Gallery, PA
Great Expectations, Anita Shapolsky Foundation, PA
Mother | Daughter @m.a.p.s., Brooklyn, NY
On the Rocks, Susan Eley Fine Art, NYC
Freed Formats, traveling book exhibition, various locations, CT, NY*
25th Anniversary Exhibition, The Painting Center, NY
2018
Black Out, Ashton Gallery, San Diego, CA
Swamp, Hamilton Street Gallery, NJ
Warmer, Cedar Crest College Center for Visual Research, PA*
2017
Color: Primary to Tertiary, curator Lily Wei, Site|Brooklyn, NY
Artist 2017, LUAG, Lehigh University, PA
Uprise / Angry Women, Untitled Space, NYC
2016
Frames and Fragments, Fox Gallery NYC, NYC*
Band, Painting Center, NY*
21st C. Painting & Sculpture, curator Gerald Jackson, Rush Art, NYC
Short Stories, the work of Pat Badt, Painting Center, NYC*
Notes from Malta, Marshall Arts, Memphis, TN
2015
Art From The Boros III, Denise Bibro Fine Art, New York, NY
Pat Badt, Hidden Objects-Primary Sources, Cedar Crest College, PA*
2014
Painting Center, Benefit Exhibition, NY
Fresh Air, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, NY
Girl Band, Martin Art Gallery, Muhlenberg College, PA*
2013
Bibliophiladelphia, Free Library, Philadelphia, PA
Bound and Unbound II, University Libraries, Univ. of South Dakota*
From the Permanent Collection, Ewing Gallery, Univ. Knoxville, TN
Revealed, UT Downtown Gallery, Knoxville, TN*
Fuse IV, The Cigar Factory, Allentown, PA*
2012
PartTime/FullTime/AlltheTime, Cedar Crest College, PA
Artist’s Books, Creative Structures, Allens Lane Art Center, PA
Pat Badt: Search the Surface, Cedar Crest College, PA*
2011
Art for Clearwater, First Street Gallery, NY
Bau Residents Exhibition, Otranto Castle, Otranto, Italy
Word & Numbers, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, IL
2010
Space and Sequence, Phila. Center for the Book, Free Library, PA
Inventive Structures: Books Beyond the Codex, New Haven, CT*
2009
Across the Atlantic, Art in Embassies, Brussels, Belgium*
Precedent: A Contemporary Survey of FineArt, Univ. of Penn., PA
Stow and Bestow, Philadelphia Free Library, PA
Found and Bound, Phila. Center for the Book, Phila. Museum of Art
Faculty Exhibit, Cedar Crest College, PA
Pat Badt: Marking the Land/scape, Lederer Gallery, SUNY Geneseo*
2008
SIM, Center for Icelandic Art, Reykjavik, Iceland
2007
Paty Eiffe Gallery, SOLO SHOW, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA
2006
Some Serious Business, Southside NCC Gallery, Bethlehem, PA
2003
Pat Badt, Tompkins Gallery, Cedar Crest College
2002
Grossman Gallery, Lafayette College, PA
2001
Kim Foster Gallery, NY, NY
2000
Paintings and Books, SOLO SHOW Ericson Gallery, Philadelphia, PA*
1998
Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, N.J.
1995
Pat Badt: Made in Japan, Tompkins Gallery, Cedar Crest College
New Arts Program, Kutztown, PA
1994
Tezukayama College, Nara, Japan, Two Artists
M-13 Gallery, NY, NY
1993
M-13 Gallery, Pat Badt: Project Room, NY, NY
Allentown Art Museum, Pat Badt: Payne Hurd Gallery, PA*
1991
Pat Badt (solo), Mamaziam Gallery, framingham State College, MA
1990
Market Street Gallery, Venice, CA
Two Painters, M-13 Gallery, NY, NY
1988
Muse Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Pat Badt (solo), R.C. Erpf Gallery, New York, NY
1987
Pat Badt (solo), M-13 Gallery, NY, NY
Pat Badt (solo), White Columns, NY, NY
Installations and Collaborations
2019 Route 22 Haiku, TRANSPORT @ Soft Machine Gallery, PA
Plain & Fancy, travelling show, Goundie House, Cedar Crest College, Painting
Center*
2017 Experimentation/Improvisation, curators Rhonda Wall and Rick Salafia, Miller
Gallery, Kutztown, PA
Edges | Transitions, Arnold Gallery, Lebanon Valley College, PA
Artist Biennial 2017, LUAG, Lehigh University, PA
2016 Som + Cor, site-specific installation: color and sound, Evoramonte Castle,
Portugal*
2015 PastPresent: Conversations Across Time, Allentown Art Museum*
2014 Quaker Harmonizer, Assembly, Montreal, Canada*
Pig Pen Project, Mayfair, Allentown, PA
2012 INTERSECTION, The Lab : Gallery, New York City, NY*
2007 On Ice,Lafayette College, Williams Center, Easton, PA
2006 Aspen w/Scott Sherk sound, Faculty Exhibition, Cedar Crest College
Terrain, Kim Foster Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Point, Line, Plane, collaboration with Scott Sherk, Lafayette College
2002 Lines, Pat Badt-Carolyn Segal, painting-poetry, Cedar Crest College
2000 Range; a sited environment, Marshall Arts, Memphis, TN
1999 Clouded Drawings, Marshall University, WV
1997 Hut View Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY*
HorizonLines Kim Foster Gallery, New York City
Collections
Allentown Art Museum, PA
Bryn Mawr College, PA
Cedar Crest College, PA
Lebanon Family Health, PA
Lehigh Valley Health Network, PA
Permanent Collection, American Embassy, Riga, Latvia
Ruth Hughes Collection of Artists Books, Oberlin College, OH
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Private Collections
Selected Independent Curatorial Projects
2024
The Line Up, Center for Visual Research, Cedar Crest College
2022
Out of PA, Kent State University, OH (2021)
2020
Plain & Fancy, traveling exhibition: Goundie House Bethlehem, PA
Cedar Crest College, PA, the Painting Center, New York City,
2019
Third Barn Summer: Ara Osterweil-painting, David Baumflek,-presentation and Emily
Climer, Aaron Rourk, Rachel Sherk-Dance in the Orchard
2018
Third Barn Fall: Seth Cluett-Sound Installation/Performance, Fredrick Wright
Jones, Installation with video
The Third Barn Summer: Michael J. Schumacher’s Recreation in the Orchard
2016
Band, Painting Center, NY
2015
Allentown Art Museum, Past Present: Conversations Across Time, PA
2014
Girl Band, Martin Art Gallery, Muhlenberg College, PA
Awards, Residencies and Events
In Response to the Grid, Panel Discussion, BAND, The Painting Center, 2016
OBRAS residency, Portugal, August 2016, August 2015
St. James Center for Creativity/VCCA, Malta, September 2015
VCCA, artist residency, Amherst, Virginia, March2012, January 2014
Presenter, Memoir Conference, Bethlehem, PA, April 2012
Bau Institute, artist residency, Otranto, Italy, June 2011
SIM; The Association of Icelandic Visual Artists, residency in Iceland, 2008
Cedar Crest College, Research Grant, 2013, 2008, 2007, 2003, 2002, 2000, 1998, 1995, 1993
International Teachers Exchange, Tezukayama College, Nara, Japan 1993-1994
National Endowment for the Arts, Artist Fellowship 1989-90
One-month artist residency exchange Paris, France, 1990
Rome Prize Finalist, American Academy in Rome, 1985
Selected Catalogs and Publications *Selected Catalogs and Publications
The Line Up, Center for Visual Research, Cedar Crest College, 2024
Plain & Fancy, traveling exhibition, 2020
Passing Bittersweet, a tribute to Ross Gay’s The Book of Delights), curator
Elizabeth Johnson, Williams Center Gallery, Lafayette College, PA, 2020
Freed Formats, traveling book exhibition, various locations, CT, NY, 2019
Warmer, Cedar Crest College Center for Visual Research, PA, 2018
Frames and Fragments, Fox Gallery NYC, NYC, 2016-2017
Band, Painting Center, NY, 2016
Short Stories, Painting Center, NYC, 2016
Pat Badt: Hidden Objects-Primary Sources, Cedar Crest College, PA, 2015
Girl Band, Martin Art Gallery, Muhlenberg College, PA, 2014
Bound and Unbound II, University Libraries, Univ. of South Dakota, 2013
Revealed, UT Downtown Gallery, Knoxville, TN, 2013
Fuse IV, The Cigar Factory, Allentown, PA, 2013
Search the Surface, Cedar Crest College, PA, 2012
Inventive Structures: Books Beyond the Codex, New Haven, CT, 2010
Across the Atlantic, Art in Embassies, Brussels, Belgium, 2009-2010
Marking the Land/scape, Lederer Gallery, SUNY Geneseo, 2008
Paintings and Books, SOLO SHOW Ericson Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 2000
1993 Allentown Art Museum,SOLO SHOW Payne Hurd Gallery, PA
Som + Cor, installation: color - sound, Evoramonte Castle, Portugal, 2016
Allentown Art Museum, Past Present: Conversations Across Tim, 2015
Assembly, Quaker Harmonizer, Montreal, Canada, 2014
INTERSECTION, The Lab : Gallery, New York City, NY. 2012
Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY Hut View, 1997
Selected Bibliography
Artist Profile, Easton Irregular, September 2014, Luke Wynne
Professor Celebrates Sweet Life, HAKOL, April 2014,Bathsheba Monk
Lehigh Valley Arts Salon, January 20, 2014, WDIY radio
Abstract Art, Knoxville News, knoxvillenews.com, 2013
Art Collection of the US Embassy, Riga Lativia, Camile Benton, 2012
Inventive Structures, Books Beyond the Codex,2010
Show and Bestow, Ruth Hughes Collection of Artist Books, Oberlin College, 2010
Art Across the Atlantic, exhibition catalog NATO, Brussels, Belgium, 2009
Marking the Land/scape, catalog SUNY Geneseo, 2008
“A Life in Art”, Geoff Gehman, The Morning Call, 2001
Ultimate Still Life, Edward Sozanski, Philadelphia Inquirer, 2000
Teaching Positions/Employment/ Education
Professor Emeritus, Cedar Crest College, PA
University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Fine Arts, M.F.A.
University of California at Santa Cruz, B.A.