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Education
1987 M.F.A. with High Distinction, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California
1984 B.A., Fine Arts, Art History and Scandinavian Studies, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1979-1980 Certificate in Ceramics, Agder Folkehøgskole, Søgne, Norway
1978-1979 Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota
Selected Exhibitions: Solo & Two-Person
2024 The Sky is Falling/Picking Up the Pieces: a collaborative performance with Sam Arrow and Patricia Sannit, Phoenix Art Museum
2024 Form Space Vision, Krista Leigh Davis and Patricia Sannit, DeSarthe Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
2023 Symbiosis, E.G.Hall and Patricia Sannit Artlink Space, Phoenix, Arizona
2022 Forces of Attraction, Shomit Barua and Patricia Sannit: Rewilding/Hyperwilding, Park Central Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
2021 Eternal Home, collaborative installation and dance, Phoenix, AZ multiple locations
2018 Under the Skin, Mulvane Museum of Art, Topeka, Kansas
2018 Welcome My Love, interactive performance, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
2018 You Are Home, FORM:Arcosanti, a Phoenix Art Museum project. Arcosanti, Arizona
2018 The Dance: A collaboration with choreographer, Nicole L Olson, Eric Fischl Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
2018 Life Before Your Eyes, Tieken Gallery LA, Los Angeles, California
2017 Patricia Sannit: Rise Fall Rise, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
2016 Time Stands Still: installation and performance, Gebert Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, Arizona
2016 Journey and Memory: Christopher Jagmin and Patricia Sannit, Mesa Museum of Contemporary Art Mesa, Arizona
2015 And Then You Walk, site-specific, temporary installation, ASU Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona
2015 Patricia Sannit: Burial, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2015 Clay City, an interactive, site specific installation, Mesa Art Center, Mesa, Arizona
2015 Collected Echoes, installation, Halt Container Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
2014 Nurturing the Landscape, installation at Oasis on Grand, Phoenix, Arizona
2013 Origins: Patricia Sannit and Patti Parsons, Gebert Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ
2012 Organic Inhabitants, Mindy Solomon Gallery, St Petersburg, Florida
2012 Patricia Sannit, Snyderman/Works Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2011 Citadel: Installation by Patricia Sannit, Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona
2010 Earth Origins: Patricia Sannit and David Hicks, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2009 Phoenix Museum of Art, Contemporary Forum Artist Grant Exhibition
2002 Works Gallery, solo show, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Selected Exhibitions: Group Shows
2024 SkySong Video exhibition: Form Space Vision, Scottsdale, Arizona
2024 Circular Migration, curated by Patricia Sannit, .Burton Barr Central Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
2023 Coming to Terms, Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts, Scottsdale, Arizona
2023 Spring Fever, 4 person exhibition curated by CeCe Cole, the Gallery at Mountain Shadows, Paradise Valley, Arizona
2022 Belonging, Crocker Museum of Art, Sacramento, California
2021 Social Distanced, Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts Center Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
2021 COLOR! Tempe Center for the Arts, Tempe, Arizona
2021 Arizona18th Annual Ceramics Invitational, Abel Gallery, Stoughton, Wisconsin
2021 ArtLink 31, Found:re Exhibition Space, Phoenix, Arizona
2021 Line, Shape, Color: Art of Geometry, Phoenix, Airport Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
2020 ArtLink Gala, Park Center Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
2020 Roadside Attraction, outdoor exhibition, Phoenix, Arizona
2020 Ancient Modern, Abel Gallery, Stoughton, Wisconsin
2019 The Snake Eats Its Tail, Joseph Gross Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
2019 Under Construction, Gallery at Mountain Shadows, Paradise Valley, Arizona
2019 19th Artlink Juried exhibition, Park Central, Phoenix, Arizona
2018 Ceramics+ Mesa Community College Art Gallery, Mesa, Arizona
2017 BLUR by (phICA), Mesa Community College Art Gallery, Mesa, Arizona
2017 Mudworks, Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, Arizona
2017 ReFresh, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2016 Connections to the Natural World, LA ARTCORE Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2015 Frontier Delay, International Sculpture Conference, Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe, Arizona
2015 the Collapse, curated by Cory Rogers, Phica Container Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
2015 50 Shades: Black to White, Snyderman Works Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2015 Arizona Biennial, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona, installation, “Follow the River”
2014 ARTEL: interactive installation at Clarendon Hotel, Phoenix, Arizona
2014 Aisthesis, An Exhibition of Perception, Carbondale Art Center, Carbondale, Colorado
2014 ReDo, Chandler Center for the Arts, Chandler, Arizona
2014 Clay National, Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2013 Atomica Ceramics, Chandler Center for the Arts, Chandler, AZ
2013 Materials Hard and Soft, Denton Arts Council, Denton, Texas
2012 Craft National: Mulvane University, Topeka, Kansas
2011 Uncommon Ground: Impact and Influence, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, Colorado
2011 Clay: Celebrating Archie Bray Foundation’s 60th Anniversary, A.L. Swanson Gallery, Helena Montana
2011 Florida Souvenirs, Mindy Solomon Gallery, group show, St Petersburg, Florida
2010 Contemporary Craft 2010, juried by Jane Sauer, Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa, Arizona
2010 Beyond the Brickyard, Archie Bray Foundation, juried by Wayne Higby, Helena, Montana
2008 Consider the Cup: Cup and Mug Invitational, Artisan Gallery, North Hampton, Massachusetts
2008 2008 Clay Invitational, Art Spirit Gallery, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
2007 Northern Clay Center, three-person show, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2004 Red Star Studios, group show, Kansas City, Missouri
2004 Udinotti Gallery, Group Ceramics Exhibition, Scottsdale, Arizona
2004 Regional Ceramics, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
Bibliography
Work in Progress with Patricia Sannit, January 24, 2023 https://southwestcontemporary.com/work-in-progress-with-patricia-sannit
Arizona KJZZ/NPR 91.5, How 2022 forced the Phoenix Art Community to think differentlyhttps://media.kjzz.org/s3fs-public/culture-cap-show-mb-20221228.mp3
AZ Family, “Art Community and the Pandemic”
Broadway World, Scottsdale Exhibition Explores the Effects of Social Distancing, September 8, 2021
AZ Family, “Art Community and the Pandemic”
www.azfamily.com%2Fnews%2Fcontinuing_coverage%2Fcoronavirus_coverage%2Fphoenix-art-community-struggling-during-pandemic%2Farticle_786d5e90-d078-11ea-90a4-3f2b7135e0c7.html
AZ Family, “Art Community and the Pandemic”
Arizona Republic, Montgomery, Elizabeth, ‘People have something to say‘, October 31, 2020
Montanari, t Shaena, “54 artists banded together to create this outdoor artshow”. Arizona Republic, July 22, 2020
Lynn Trimble, “‘Roadside Attraction’ Takes Art to the Streets of Phoenix Amid COVID-19”. July 8, 2020
Lauren Gilger, Steve Goldstein, “Art Moves Outside as Pandemic Keeps Museums Shut”, KJZZ 91.5 July 19, 2020
Savanna Maue, “Arizona sculptor Patricia Sannit to discuss history of culture at annual Kansas artists’ conference” Topeka Capital-Journal, Nov 15, 2018
Quiballo, Rembrandt, Patricia Sannit, “Patricia Sannit: Art Rising from Earth”, JAVA:Art/Ideas July/Aug 2019
Johnson, Garth, Jenni Sorkin and Gilbert Vicario, Patricia Sannit: Rise Fall Rise, phICA 2017
An Evening with Patricia Sannit, Phoenix Art Museum lecture.
Goodman, Tanya Ward, “Down to Earth,” Luxe Magazine, August 2017: 298-303. Print
DePiano, Miachelle, “The Passage of Time,” Uptown Magazine, May 2017: 15-16. Print
Ross, Deborah. “Contemporary Forum Connects with an Exhibition of Local Artists.” Downtown Phoenix Journal, 9 June 2017
Bartkowski, Becky. “Patricia Sannit and Why Clay Is Part of Our History.” Phoenix New Times 2 June 2016.
Barnes, Danae. “Gallery Reviews: Time Stands Still at Gebert Contemporary.” The Arts Beacon, 14 July 2016. Web. 14 July 2016.
Margaret Finaly, CFile
Deborah Ross, “Arizona Biennial 2015 at the Tucson Museum of Art”. Art ltd, May/June 2016 print
Margaret Regan, “On Eagle’s Wings: Solid ‘Arizona Biennial’ at TMA explores tree die-offs, violence and pure beauty” Tucson Weekly.com, 1 July 30, 2015
Laura Latzco, “Changing Cityscapes” Curious Journalist
Mikey Estes, “Patricia Sannit Ceramic Installations”, Jackalope Ranch Phoenix New Times, 19 January 2015
Lynn Trimble, “Collected Echoes” at Halt Gallery, Jackalope Ranch Phoenix New Times Culture Blog, 16 January 2015
Ellee Bokharachi, “ArtFarm Collective Invites Criticism”, Java Magazine 4 November 2014
Ceramics Now,”Patricia Sannit”, Spring 2012
Selected Awards & Residencies
2023 Betty and George Woodman Foundation Residency, Florence, Italy
2023 Jentel Artist residency, Sheridan, Wyoming
2022 Arizona Arts Commission, Artist support Grant
2022 Atelje A-M Vestra Ortrask, Sweden
2021 Artist in Residence, Baer International Artist Residency, Hofsos, Iceland
2021 Artist in Residence, Tempe Center for the Arts
2018 Topeka Artist Craftsman Association, Public Art commission
2018 Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport Museum, Purchase Award
2017 Belger Crane Yard Residency, Kansas City, Missouri
2016 Arlene and Mort Scult Contemporary Forum Artist Award
2016 Red Lodge Clay Center, Red Lodge, Montana, short-term residency award
2015 Arizona Arts Commission, Artist Development Grant
2015 City of Mesa Spark grant
2014 Archie Bray Foundation, Helena, Montana, artist in residence award
2012 Artist of the Month, Ceramics Now
2010 Arizona Commission of the Arts, Artist Project grant
2008 Contemporary Forum, Artist Grant
2005 Ink and Clay, Juror’s award, purchase award
Collections
The Williamson Gallery at Scripps College, Claremont California
Everson Museum, Syracuse, New York
Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona
Downey Museum of Art, Downey, California
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts
Rene De Rosa Foundation, Napa, California
Sky Harbor Airport, Phoenix, Arizona
Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, California
Mesa Museum of Contemporary Art, Mesa, Arizona
General Mills Corporation
US Bank Collection
Mesa Community College Gallery
Midge and Jerry Golner
Sara and David Lieberman