About

Amy Patterson is an Atlanta painter and muralist who illustrates modern psychological dilemmas, history, and everyday life in a vibrant, experimental way. They have over a decade of experience creating work in nearly every medium imaginable, though oil painting triumphs as their true passion. Initially using art as a meditative practice, Amy self-soothed throughout their educational period, filling thousands of pages with a motley salad of imaginative and observational drawings. These images began to evolve into psychological narratives- photographs of college friends taken in dark rooms shape-shifted as their pixels were dragged and reorganized, then reimagined onto stretched canvas. Who are we if we are not the pieces of ourselves we show to others? Even past portraiture, Amy has continued this practice of digitally altering photographs, then painting them in the most juicy of ways. Their work has been featured at Omni Coffee, Calle Latina, MINT Gallery, Arches Brewing, Kibbee Gallery, Land of a Thousand Hills, and many other locations around Atlanta.

Artist Statement

Social psychology is my leading inspiration, and manifests outcomes that reflect both my optimism and cynicism towards life. From navigating the push and pull of traditional power dynamics to questioning the necessary mindset it takes to be unapologetically authentic, my work is meant to resonate with all people who have ever struggled with their curated self, their capacity to push past expectations others have for them, and the strength and solidity of their true selves.

I have an incessant need to make art because my path does not lead to finding myself, rather, my path consists of creating myself. Each painting has a significant representation of my own internal journey with developing my voice in a sea of beautiful noise.

Mural Clients

Massage O’ Clock, Decatur, GA

The Georgia Conservancy, Atlanta, GA

Rianda Holistic Center, Oaxaca, Mexico

Gabbar Hookah Lounge & Bar, Tucker, GA

Boca West Country Club, Boca Raton, FL

The Hamilton Hotel, Alpharetta, GA

Magic Bacalar Hostal, Bacalar, Quintana Roo, Mexico

The City of Dunwoody, GA

The City of Decatur, GA

Omni Coffee and Eggs Cafe, Atlanta, GA

Calle Latina Restaurant, Decatur, GA

Decatur First Baptist Church, Decatur, GA

44 Murals Project, Atlanta GA

Exhibitions

2023

EngageMINT Auction, MINT Gallery, Atlanta, GA (group) 6.10

2022

MINT Semi-Annual Postcard Pin-Up Show, MINT Gallery, Atlanta, GA (group) 12.3

Something Haunting, Arches Brewing, Atlanta, GA (group)

Georgia Lawyers for the Arts' Annual Gala and Fine Art Auction, King Plow Arts Center, Atlanta, GA (invitational)

Summer Concert Series, Atlantucky Brewing, Atlanta, GA (group) 07.29

Vinyl III: Revolutions, Arches Brewing, Atlanta, GA (group)

MOCA GA Annual Off the Wall Pin-Up Show, MOCA GA, Atlanta, GA (group)

MINT Semi-Annual Postcard Pin-Up Show, MINT Gallery, Atlanta, GA (group) 02.26

2020

Realm of Virtues, Azjio Gallery, Atlanta, GA (invitational)

Live Painting @ Kerrianne's, Atlanta, GA (solo)

2019

MINT Semi-Annual Postcard Pin-Up Show, MINT Gallery, Atlanta, GA (group) 12.14

Toy Party Art Auction, Domaine, Atlanta, GA (invitational)

Live Painting @ Evolution Concert 2019, The Neighborhood Church, Atlanta, GA (solo)

Love and Death, Kibbee Gallery, Atlanta, GA (group)

MINT Semi-Annual Postcard Pin-Up Show, MINT Gallery, Atlanta, GA (group) 8.10

2018

Toy Party Art Auction, Opera Atlanta, Atlanta, GA (invitational)

MINT Semi-Annual Postcard Pin-Up Show, MINT Gallery, Atlanta, GA (group)

Senior Capstone Art Exhibition, Zuckerman Museum of Fine Arts Gallery, Kennesaw, GA (group)

Vicious Aeon Art Show, ART-HAUS Grant Park, Atlanta, GA (group)

Visions 34th Annual Student Juried Exhibition, Zuckerman Museum, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw GA (juried)

2017  

The Art of Meditation, Atlanta, GA (group)

Toy Party Art Auction, America’s Mart Building 3, Atlanta, GA (invitation)

2016

Creativity and the Conceptual, Acworth Cultural Arts Center, Acworth, GA (invitation)

2011

Georgia Perimeter College, Clarkston GA (group)

Teen Art Contest, DeKalb County Library, Dunwoody, GA (group)

2009

Youth Art Exhibit, Spruill Center for the Arts, Dunwoody, GA (group)