Patrick Alston USA, b. 1991
Patrick Alston energetically creates works that, along with the interplay of titles, trigger thought-provoking and reflective topics including but not limited to socio-politics, identity, language, and the psychology of color. Alston’s re-contextualized subjects, rich palettes and complex compositions are dramatized exhilarating energies, expressed through gestural mark making that help to project an unwritten aesthetic that makes up the urban landscape. In his work, the artist draws on the correlation between image and language. The selection of his titles plays a crucial role within the artist’s process, comparing abstraction to that of Black English Vernacular as a form of understanding the complexities of language. Alston's images create harmonious tension and challenge viewers to look carefully at the world around them, discovering beauty in unconventional places.
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Group Show - The Storytellers
London 26 May - 16 Jul 2022The art of storytelling runs deep in any society. Even before the written word, the oral tradition of telling tales and experiences to one’s community was a way to build...Read more -
Patrick Alston-I've Never Known Home
London 16 Oct - 19 Nov 2021About the artist Patrick Alston energetically creates works that, along with the interplay of titles, trigger thought-provoking and reflective topics including but not limited to socio-politics, identity, language, and the...Read more
Patrick Alston was born and raised in the Bronx, New York in 1991. He grew up in the South Bronx and attended Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana, studying Art and Psychology. Since then, he has worked between New Haven, Connecticut and NYC.
Patrick Alston has had several solo shows in the USA and with Gallery 1957. He also participated in numerous solo shows globally: Germany, UK, USA, notably in his local borough in the Bronx, NY, USA. His artworks appeared online on Arsty and the Financial Times.
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‘As an Artist, You Look at Everything’: Emerging Painter Patrick Alston on How His South Bronx Home Infuses His Abstract
Folasade Ologundudu, ArtNet News, 23 Dec 2021 -
We Asked 10 Art-World Insiders Which Artists They’re Most Excited to Watch Over the Next Decade. Here’s What They Said
Artnet News, 21 Oct 2021 -
Taking Care Over Conversation
Enuma Okoro , Financial Times, 16 Oct 2021 -
Artsy Insider: Rising Demand for Works by ARTNOIR Benefit Alumni
Benjamin Sutton, Artsy, 11 Jul 2021 -
IN CONVERSATION WITH PATRICK ALSTON | EPISODE 2
Bode Projects, 30 Mar 2021 -
Five Contemporary Black Abstract Artists You Should Know
Kendra Walker, Culture Mag, 16 Mar 2021 -
SEE YOUR THOUGHTS MIRRORED IN THE ABSTRACTION OF PATRICK ALSTON’S PAINTINGS
CRISTINA SAMPER, Art of Choice, 8 Dec 2020 -
4 Curators on the Artists They’re Celebrating This Black History Month
Artsy, 20 Feb 2020