Patrick Eugene (b. 1984)

BIOGRAPHY 

An emerging force in abstract expressionism, Haitian American painter, Patrick Eugène (b. 1984) challenges the social, cultural and societal expectations placed on and held by his contemporaries. Eugéne’s work has been featured amongst the most promising new pioneers in contemporary art, garnering the praise of both critics and esteemed collectors.

Eugène’s work challenges the truncated nature of popular culture. His canvases are rich in color and emotion. His work encourages the viewer to reconsider the urge to abbreviate and to instead dig deeper. Eugene is determined to peel back the complicated, but often-condensed, layers of the issues facing his generation today. The deeply layered composition, vibrant color, and rich texture of his paintings all reflect the multilayered subtext of these issues. Capturing the complex joys, anxieties and confusion of coming of age in New York City, Eugène’s work harkens back to a time before emotions were most often abbreviated into social media’s hashtags and brief status updates.

Viewers are spurred to consider their own abridgement of popular culture, to consider their own participation in the compulsory limitation of their own emotions and experiences and to look closer at each of the conditions presented in Eugène’s work.

Eugene continues to produce work that elucidates his generation’s struggle to express itself within the confines of a social media dominated culture and ever increasing demands for instantaneous communication.

 

 

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 Patrick Eugene X Brooklyn Blend, Brooklyn Blend, Brooklyn, NY

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2015 Frontline Art Exhibition, City Bird Gallery New York, NY

2015 Nouveau Haitian American Art Exhibit, Dorsett Gallery Brooklyn, NY

2015 Black Artstory Month, MoCada Museum Brooklyn, NY

2015 SONYA Transition Exhibition Sugar Factory Gallery Brooklyn, NY

2014 NYARM Expo Exhibit, Hotel Pennsylvania New York, NY

2014 NYARM Expo Exhibit, Tavern on the Green New York, NY

2014 Danny Simmons Unified Visionaries Benefit, Free Candy Gallery Brooklyn, NY

2014 The E Gallery Brooklyn, NY

2014 SONYA Art Walk Brooklyn, NY

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

2014 Off The Mag, Artist Profile, December 2014

2014 WIA Magazine, WIA Talent Showcase, November 2014

2014 Off The Mag, Ten Artists to Follow on Instagram, November 2014

2013 The Junqui, ART: The Works of Patrick Eugene, October 2013

 

SELECTED COLLECTIONS 

Private collection including original work by Tom Everhart

Private collection including original work by Keith Haring

Private collection of NBA Player Lance Stephenson

 

SELECTED COMMISSIONS 

2014 Travellers Beach Resort, Negril, Jamaica