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PATRICK MCGRATH MUÑÍZ

  
  
  
  

Artists Statement


As an artist with a Roman Catholic background and growing up during the 1980's and 90's in the island of Puerto Rico, the oldest colony in the Western Hemisphere, my work responds to our capitalist society and consumerism with its indifference to the rising threat of climate change by tracing its origins to the time of Columbus. Adopting Renaissance painting techniques on canvas and retablos reminiscent of Spanish colonial art, enables me to emulate earlier indoctrination strategies and devices from the time of the conquest of the Americas. This in turn provides historical continuity between the Colonial and the Neo-colonial narratives present in the Anthropocene, an epoch defined by the enormous impact of human activities on the Earth's ecosystems. Through satirical narratives and anachronisms present in my art I'm able to explore, understand and question the Imperialist agenda with its colonial roots and the ruling Corpocracy with its Neo-colonial ramifications and environmental consequences in our time.

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After experiencing Harvey in Houston, where I now reside, witnessing Hurricane Maria passing over Puerto Rico and Irma in Florida, where most of my family and friends live, the issue of Climate Change became even more personal. As an artist, I feel a responsibility to re-tell the story of climate change the way I know best, in drawings, paintings and altarpieces. By appropriating figures and icons present in Art History, Pop Culture, Christian Iconography and Mythology, I now create nautical scenes that mirror my own experience living in a world of stronger storms, hurricanes and floods. This re-contextualization of history allows me to start a conversation about what it means to be living in the Anthropocene while shedding new light on how our capitalist and consumerist doctrines have modified our appreciation towards history, nature and ourselves.


Awards and Honors


Francisco de Goya Award, Sala Barna Global Present Art, Barcelona, Spain, 2008
Prima Opera, AICA Awards (International Association of Art Critics), San Juan, PR, 2007
Best of Show, “Divine Inspiration,” Gallery RFD, Swainsboro, GA, 2006
Academic/Artistic Honors Fellowship, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA, 2004
Gelman Foundation Scholarship, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA, 2004

Selected Collections


Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, Albuquerque, NM
National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque, NM
Spanish colonial Arts Museum, Santa Fe, NM
Mesa Contemporary Art Museum, Mesa, AZ
Tia Collection, Santa Fe, NM
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA

Education


(Summa Cum Laude) Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA: MFA, Summa Cum Laude
Escuela de Artes Plásticas, San Juan, PR: BFA, Magna Cum Laude

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Available Work


The Call
oil and gold leaf on wood panel, 33" x 45"
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The Passage of Time
oil and gold leaf on wood panel, 25.5" x 11.5"
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Epiphany
oil and metal leaf on panel, 33” x 19”
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El Nuevo Idolo
La Apolcalyptica
oil and metal leaf on triptych panel, 24” x 40”
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Our Holy Woke Lady of Dreams and Delusions
oil on triptych panel, 20.5” x 25”
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El Desencuentros
oil on triptych panel, 19.5” x 36”
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La Emperatriz
oil and gold leaf on panel, 20” x 12”
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La Noria
oil and metal leaf on panel, 25.5” x 18.5”
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Lazarus Senex
oil and metal leaf on panel, 33” x 12”
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Pious Purveyor
pen ink and gel pens on toned paper, 12” x 12”
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Virgen Apocalyptica
colored pen and ink on toned paper, 11” x 8.5”
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El Legado
colored pen and ink on toned paper, 11” x 8.5”
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The Hidden Force
oil on canvas, 50" x 36"
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Sebstian Against The Plague
oil on canvas, 48" x 24"
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Ascent of the Goddess
oil and metal leaf on panel, 40" x 47"
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Revelation
8-Bit Sacred Heart
Fourth Quarantine
Clymene's Children
oil and gold leaf on panel, 30" x 15"
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La Papisa
oil and gold leaf on panel, 20” x 12”
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Santa De Copa y Espada
oil and gold leaf on triptych panel, 19.5” x 24.5”
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The Pale Blue Dot
oil and gold leaf on wood panel, 27.5" x 14"
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Holy Keyboard Warrior
pen ink and gel pens on toned paper, 11” x 8.5”
The Guide
oil and metal leaf on panel, 36" x 30"
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Distract & Divide
oil and metal leaf on panel, 30" x 24"
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Pater
oil and metal leaf on panel, 29” x 13”
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No Mad, drawing
pen ink and gel pens on toned paper, 11” x 8.5”
Social Justice Archangel
colored pen and ink on toned paper, 11” x 8.5”
Holier Than Thou
oil on triptych panel, 19” x 19”
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Nostalgia Bait Madonna
oil and gold leaf on wood panel, 22" x 14"
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Divinos Pastores
oil and gold leaf on panel, 24" x 23"
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El Profeta
oil on canvas 24” x 18”
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Ex Shell
oil and gold leaf on panel, 30" x 15"
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The Virtue Signal
oil on triptych panel 24" x 24"
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The Provider
oil and gold leaf on panel, 24" x 12"
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The Hermit
oil and metal leaf on panel, 20" x 10.5"
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Shared Fictions
oil and metal leaf on panel 29" x 25.5"
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Fata Morgana
oil on triptych panel, 23.75" x 23"
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Sorores Lunae
oil and gold leaf on panel, 30" x 30"
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The Gospel of Capital and Conquest
oil and metal leaf on panel, 30.5" x 30"
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Lupine Awakening
oil on panel, 30" x 15"
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Mom
Oil and gold leaf on panel, 30" x 24"
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Kamazotz
oil on canvas, 40" x 60"
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The Disembarkment
oil on canvas, 38" x 60"
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Black Bird
oil and gold leaf on panel, 43" x 24"
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Divine provider
oil and gold leaf on panel, 23.5" x 11.5"
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All American Justice
oil on triptych panel, 22.5" x 24"
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Offerings to Yemaya
oil and gold leaf on panel, 24" x 18"
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Ship of Fictions
oil on panel, 28" x 36"
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Plegaria
oil on canvas, 24" x 24"
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Monachus Mundanus
oil and gold leaf on canvas, 48" x 24"
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Milk
oil and gold leaf on panel, 32" x 18"
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Santa Justicia
oil and gold leaf on panel, 23.5" x 11.5"
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Psyche Soma Nous
oil and metal leaf on panel, 31" x 18"
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Anthony and the Pig
oil and gold leaf on panel, 43" x 24"
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The Plate
Oil on canvas, 18" x 24"
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The Water Flask
oil on canvas, 18" x 24"
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Barca 4 Estaciones
oil on panel, 24" x 36"
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The Revelation
oil and gold leaf on panel, 47" x 36"
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Data Christian
oil and gold leaf on panel, 24" x 30"
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Holy Combo, III
oil on panel, 24" x 30"
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Pipe Dream Divine
oil and metal leaf on triptych wood panel
24" x 18"
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Diluvium
oil and metal leaf on panel, 45" x 30"
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Kronofernalia
oil on triptych panel, 24" x 18"
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The Tree of Human Progress
oil and gold leaf on tondo panel
24 inches diameter
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La Copa Sagrada
oil and gold leaf on panel, 25.5" x 17.5"
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El Mago
oil and metal leaf on panel, 45" x 24"
Geo Ludicium
oil on panel, 36" x 24"
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Planet of The Apps
oil on Canvas, 37" x 38.5"
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The Vessel
oil on canvas, 48" x 72"
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Mariamundi
oil and metal leaf on panel, 50" x 35"
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Our Daily Bread
oil on canvas, 36" x 60"
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Holy combo II
oil on panel, 24" x 30"
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El Carro
oil and Metal Leaf on Panel, 44" x 24"
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Corpus Christi
oil and Metal Leaf on Panel, 36" x 31"
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Ashé
Oil and Gold Leaf on Panel, 24" x 12"
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Ancient Invaders
oil and Metal Leaf on Panel, 36" x 31"
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