CCCA Canadian Art Database

Pam Patterson

Pam Patterson has been active in the art, dance, theater and women’s communities. Her research, performance and teaching have focused on embodiment in art and performance practice, the body in art and performance, disability studies, women & gender studies, and feminist culture. She taught movement for theatre for 20 years and performed as a corporal mime, dancer, and actor. Since 1983 her artistic practice has been in visual and performance art. She is currently Director for the interdisciplinary arts research, practice and presentation program, WIAprojects (www.wiaprojects.com) and teaches at the Ontario College of Art & Design University. As a performance and visual artist she was a founding member of FADO Performance and ARTIFACTS and has exhibited and performed internationally.
Creator Id: 463
Web Site Link: Web Site Link
Virtual Collection: Original CCCA
City: Toronto
Country: Canada
Type of Creator: Artist, Writer
Gender: Female
Mediums: installation, performance
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Work by Pam Patterson

FibreBody

Work ID: 70436

Description: The Banff Cantre, Alberta (group show)

Measurements: 0.2784 m high

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Remaking

Work ID: 65360

Description: Performance/mixed media installation at Hamilton Artist's Inc. Hamilton, Ontario, and Glenhyrst Gallery of Brant, Ontario

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Rocking the Boat

Work ID: 65361

Description: Performance at Women's Common, Toronto

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Here’s Rue For You

Work ID: 65362

Description: Performance/installation: The Flower Show, Hamilton Artist's Inc.

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Here is my body academia

Work ID: 65363

Description: OISE (The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education), Toronto

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The Birth Project

Work ID: 65343

Description: Installation: A Space Gallery, Toronto and Gallery Gachet, Vancouver

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The Birth Project

Work ID: 65342

Description: Installation: A Space Gallery, Toronto and Gallery Gachet, Vancouver

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The Birth Project

Work ID: 65341

Description: Installation: A Space Gallery, Toronto and Gallery Gachet, Vancouver

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Remapping the (Un)Familial

Work ID: 65358

Description: for Remappimg the (Un)Familial, Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Bowmanville, Ontario; Annex Art Centre, Toronto; and Sa/fire, Ottawa.

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Remapping the (Un)Familial

Work ID: 65357

Description: for Remappimg the (Un)Familial, Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Bowmanville, Ontario; Annex Art Centre, Toronto; and Sa/fire, Ottawa.

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Remapping the (Un)Familial

Work ID: 65355

Description: for Remappimg the (Un)Familial, Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Bowmanville, Ontario; Annex Art Centre, Toronto; and Sa/fire, Ottawa.

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Remapping the (Un)Familial

Work ID: 65354

Description: for Remappimg the (Un)Familial, Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Bowmanville, Ontario; Annex Art Centre, Toronto; and Sa/fire, Ottawa.

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Remapping the (Un)Familial

Work ID: 65353

Description: for Remappimg the (Un)Familial, Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Bowmanville, Ontario; Annex Art Centre, Toronto; and Sa/fire, Ottawa.

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Remapping the (Un)Familial

Work ID: 65356

Description: for Remappimg the (Un)Familial, Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Bowmanville, Ontario; Annex Art Centre, Toronto; and Sa/fire, Ottawa.

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Remapping the (Un)Familial

Work ID: 65351

Description: for Remappimg the (Un)Familial, Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Bowmanville, Ontario; Annex Art Centre, Toronto; and Sa/fire, Ottawa.

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Remapping the (Un)Familial

Work ID: 65352

Description: for Remappimg the (Un)Familial, Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Bowmanville, Ontario; Annex Art Centre, Toronto; and Sa/fire, Ottawa.

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Remapping the (Un)Familial

Work ID: 65359

Description: for Remappimg the (Un)Familial, Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, Bowmanville, Ontario; Annex Art Centre, Toronto; and Sa/fire, Ottawa.

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Letter to an as yet unmet Hungarian artist

Work ID: 70443

Description: In Proximities: The You Are Here Factor, Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton and Zavitz Gallery, Guelph

Measurements: 0.174 x 0.348 m

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Lunchbucket Revisited

Work ID: 65344

Description: Hamilton Artist's Inc. Hamilton, Ontario

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Communitas in Context

Work ID: 65369

Description: Installation: Broadway Cinema Gallery, Hamilton, 1995; Union Gllery, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario

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Communitas in Context

Work ID: 65370

Description: Installation: Broadway Cinema Gallery, Hamilton, 1995; Union Gllery, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario

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Jane, in ‘Communitas in Context’

Work ID: 70440

Description: Broadway Cinema Gallery, Hamilton and Union Gallery, Queen's University, Kingston

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Communitas in Context

Work ID: 65368

Description: Installation: Broadway Cinema Gallery, Hamilton, 1995; Union Gllery, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario

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Communitas in Context

Work ID: 70439

Description: Broadway Cinema Gallery, Hamilton and Union Gallery, Queen's University, Kingston

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Like a Brief Breeze

Work ID: 65346

Description: With Leena Raudvee.
Annex Art Centre, Hamilton Artist's Inc., 1996, 1997, 1998. The Banff Centre

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Like a Brief Breeze

Work ID: 65345

Description: With Leena Raudvee.
Annex Art Centre, Hamilton Artist's Inc., 1996, 1997, 1998. The Banff Centre

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Not in ‘Like a Brief Breeze’

Work ID: 70437

Description: The Banff Centre, Alberta; Annex Art Centre, Toronto; Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton (two-person show)

Measurements: approx.: 91.44 x 91.44 x 60.96 cm

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Tentanda Via

Work ID: 70442

Description: Performance for 25 Years of Women at Hart House, University of Toronto.

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Tentanda Via

Work ID: 70441

Description: Performance for 25 Years of Women at Hart House, University of Toronto.

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Tentanda Via

Work ID: 65364

Description: Performance/lecture: 25 Years of Women at Hart House, Hart house Gallery, University of Toronto

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Distal

Work ID: 70438

Description: In Holding (a small boat on a blue-black sea, WARC, Toronto (two-person show)

Measurements: approx. 76.2 x 114.3 cm

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At Sandbanks

Work ID: 65347

Description: for On the Land, Shaping the Country, Ameliasburg Museum, Ontario.

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Proximal/Distal

Work ID: 65350

Description: detail from installation: Travelling Between Worlds, with Sylvat Aziz, WARC Gallery, Toronto, and with Sylvat Aziz and Carol Laing, Union Gallery, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario

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Proximal

Work ID: 70444

Description: Queen's University, Kingston and WARC, Toronto (three-person show)

Measurements: 0.1044 x 0.2784 m

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Proximal/Distal

Work ID: 65348

Description: detail from installation: Travelling Between Worlds, with Sylvat Aziz, WARC Gallery, Toronto, and with Sylvat Aziz and Carol Laing, Union Gallery, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario

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Proximal/Distal

Work ID: 65349

Description: detail from installation: Travelling Between Worlds, with Sylvat Aziz, WARC Gallery, Toronto, and with Sylvat Aziz and Carol Laing, Union Gallery, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario

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Hands On Environs

Work ID: 65365

Description: Sculpture/performance for Breathworks, Toronto.

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Hands On Environs

Work ID: 70447

Description: For Breathworks, Waterfront Trail Artists, Ttoronto

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Hands On Environs

Work ID: 70448

Description: For Breathworks, Waterfront Trail Artists, Ttoronto

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Hands On Environs

Work ID: 65366

Description: Sculpture/performance for Breathworks, Toronto.

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Demolishing da Site

Work ID: 70445

Description: For the 4 Cardinals Project, Chile

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Demolishing da Site

Work ID: 70446

Description: For the 4 Cardinals Project, Chile

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Bodysought: A Reclamation Project

Work ID: 70449

Description: Goddard College, Vermont

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Body as sight/site

Work ID: 70450

Description: A Space Gallery, Toronto; 7a*11d International Performance Festival, Toronto; and CASWE, York University, Toronto

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Body as sight/site

Work ID: 70452

Description: A Space Gallery, Toronto; 7a*11d International Performance Festival, Toronto; and CASWE, York University, Toronto

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Body as sight/site

Work ID: 70451

Description: A Space Gallery, Toronto; 7a*11d International Performance Festival, Toronto; and CASWE, York University, Toronto

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Now we are dancing¿.

Work ID: 70453

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A Cellu(H)er Resistance: A Body without organs?

Work ID: 70455

Description: FADO at XPACE Cultural Centre, Toronto

Measurements: 4 colour photographs installation

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A Cellu(H)er Resistance: A Body without organs?

Work ID: 70458

Description: FADO at XPACE Cultural Centre, Toronto

Measurements: 4 colour photographs installation

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A Cellu(H)er Resistance: A Body without organs?

Work ID: 70461

Description: FADO at XPACE Cultural Centre, Toronto

Measurements: 4 colour photographs installation

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A Cellu(H)er Resistance: A Body without organs?

Work ID: 70456

Description: FADO at XPACE Cultural Centre, Toronto

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A Cellu(H)er Resistance: A Body without organs?

Work ID: 70454

Description: FADO at XPACE Cultural Centre, Toronto

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A Cellu(H)er Resistance: A Body without organs?

Work ID: 70460

Description: FADO at XPACE Cultural Centre, Toronto

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A Cellu(H)er Resistance: A Body without organs?

Work ID: 70463

Description: FADO at XPACE Cultural Centre, Toronto

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A Cellu(H)er Resistance: A Body without organs?

Work ID: 70459

Description: FADO at XPACE Cultural Centre, Toronto

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A Cellu(H)er Resistance: A Body without organs?

Work ID: 70462

Description: FADO at XPACE Cultural Centre, Toronto

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A Cellu(H)er Resistance: A Body without organs?

Work ID: 70457

Description: FADO at XPACE Cultural Centre, Toronto

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Travelling “body” Worlds

Work ID: 70464

Description: Fleishman Gallery, London, UK (for the Canadian Art Database website)

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