Photo: Avery J. Klein, 2022
Finding ceaseless inspiration from world travel, building relationships and absorbing cultural contrasts outside of his native Colorado, abstract painter Patrick Semple lives and breathes his art practice. Beginning as a love-and-optimism fueled shot in the dark, Semple created his latest body of work in Buenos Aires, Argentina in the spring and summer of 2024. Through the material and colors, Patrick Semple aims to convey the same feeling of unity, familial love and connection with one’s environment which he experienced during his latest year abroad.
Semple uses painting as a vehicle for expressing joy, altered states, play and curiosity, by practicing detached involvement in his studio work. Detachment to the outcome of each painting, while trusting in the laws of nature and spontaneity to bring desirable results. Urban decay and nature's reclamation of human-made infrastructure are evident inspirations seen in Semple's work. Natural and location-sourced materials are important aspects of his paintings, feeling a sense of belonging and connection with each place they were created.
The Evergreen State College
Olympia, Washington
Bachelor of Fine Arts
June, 2015
Athens Center, Greece
Certificate of Graduation, Study Abroad Program
in the Arts
April 2015
Education
CV
Sant Ambroeus
Permanent collection
Aspen, Colorado
2025
'PAPER PLANES'
Curation and participation of group exhibition
Art Gotham
Lower East Side, NY, NY
September, 2024
Valley Fine Art Gallery
Curated selection
Aspen, Colorado
2023
Sugarlift Gallery
Online collection
2023
Soho Home
Group exhibition
West Hollywood, CA
Spring 2023
Imperfectionsim
Wonzimer Gallery
Los Angeles, CA
July- August, 2021
London Paint Club
'Spring Awakening'
Online Group exhibition
March- April, 2021
Artory
Group show at Frances Gallery
Los Angeles, CA
February 2021
The Limelight, Snowmass Villiage
Aspen Art Collective
Aspen, Colorado
August, 2019
Hotel Indigo
18 Social, Downtown Los Angeles, CA
April, 2019
The Temple
Group exhibit with Alexander Feliciano
Los Angeles, CA
March, 2019
Inner Space LA
Group exhibit
Downtown Los Angeles, CA
March, 2019
Superfine Art Fair
Los Angeles, CA
February 13th- 16th, 2019
Populuxe Brewing Company
Group exhibition
Seattle, Washington
December, 2018
Locals
Group exhibition
Aspen, Colorado
August, 2018
Tarotpia
Group exhibition
Tollbooth Gallery
Tacoma, WA
Sept-Dec, 2015
Independant Travel
Buenos Aires, Argentina, Uruguay
2023, 2024
Paris, Chamonix, France, Geneva Switzerland
Fall, 2018
Berlin, Düsseldorf Germany, Vienna Austria, Budapest Hungary, Bucharest, Bran, Romania, Rome, Naples, Ercolano Italy, Prague, Czech Republic, Stockholm, Sweden
Spring, 2017
Athens, Nafplio, Peloponese, Chania, Crete, Olympia, Greece, Florence, Italy.
April, 2015