Adrienne Patel
CAREER SUMMARY
Demonstrated accomplishments in drawing, painting, ceramics and mixed media.
Retired from teaching art in University City School District, University City, MO, 2012
AWARDS
Scholarship - Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
Scholarship - Aspen School of Creative Art
Scholarship - Brooklyn Museum School of Art
Fellowship - Illinois State University
Grant IEC - Study in China
EDUCATION
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
Fisk University, Nashville, TN , B.A. Degree
Cranbrook Academy of Art
Peabody College, Nashville, TN, M.A. Degree
Illinois State University
EXHIBITS
Clark College - Atlanta, GA
Vanderbilt University - Nashville, TN
Discovery '70 - Cincinnati, OH
Link's Organizational Show - Columbia, SC
Butler Institute - Youngstown, OH
Ceramic Exhibition - Middle Tennessee State, Murfreesboro, TN
Afro-American Collection - Fisk University, Nashville,TN
Rivers - Afro-American Art - Bishop College, Dallas, TX
RJK Gallery - Atlanta, GA
“Something Niggerish This Way Comes” - New York
Harmon Gallery - St. Louis
Craft Alliance - St. Louis, MO
Benedict College - Columbia, SC
Women's Resource Center - St. Louis, MO
“Portfolio” Exhibitions - St. Louis, MO
“Show Me The Arts” Exhibition - Kansas City, MO
Art St. Louis Exhibitions - St. Louis, MO
“Out of the Heartland” Exhibition - Kansas City, MO
“European Cafe” - St. Louis, MO
MICD Exhibition - St. Louis, MO, April, 1994
University City Faculty Exhibition - University City, MO, June, 1994
Laumeier Sculpture Park - St. Louis, MO, August, 1994
Bethesda General Hospital - St. Louis, MO, Dec., 1994
Art St. Louis, “Ritual” Exhibition, St. Louis, MO, Jan.-March, 1995
“Visions”, Portfolio Gallery, St. Louis, MO, Jan.-March, 1995
“Harlem Renaissance Competition”, Garret Gallery, St. Louis, MO, Feb., 1995
Art St. Louis, “Gender Gaze” Exhibition, St. Louis, MO, April-June, 1995
Art St. Louis, “Games” Exhibition, St. Louis, MO, July-September,1995
University City Faculty Exhibition, 1995
“Visions '96”, Portfolio Gallery, St. Louis, MO. ,Dec.-January, 1996
“Harlem Renaissance Competition”, Garret Gallery, St. Louis, MO, Feb., 1996
“11th Annual Harwell Mail-In Art Show”, Poplar Bluff, MO, May 1996
“83rd Annual Oil,Acrylic & Egg Tempera Exhibition”, St. Louis Artists' Guild, 1996
“Prints, Drawings & Pastels” Exhibition, St. Louis Artists' Guild, 1996
(Received the Jerry Thomas Prize )
“Girlfriends” Exhibition,Portfolio Gallery, St. Louis, MO, June, 1996
“6th Annual Regional Fine Arts Competition”, Garret Gallery, St. Louis, MO, Nov.,1996
(Received the Award for Pastel/Drawing)
“Harlem Renaissance Competition”, Garret Gallery, St. Louis, MO, Feb., 1997
(Received First Place Award for three mixed media drawings)
“Teachers Create”, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, Feb., 1997
“VANMALA”, One person exhibition, Portfolio Gallery, St. Louis, MO, June-July, 1997
“National Smart Set Conclave” Exhibition, St. Louis, MO, October 11, 1997
Garret Gallery Exhibition, received Honorable Mention, St. Louis, MO, November, 1997
“Visions '97”,Portfolio Gallery, St. Louis, MO, Dec.-February,1998
Hatshepsut Gallery Exhibition, St. Louis, MO, February-May, 1998
“Girlfriends” Exhibition, Portfolio Gallery, St. Louis, MO, February-April, 1998
“University City School District Art Faculty Exhibit”, University City Library,June,1998
JCCA Art Gallery Exhibition, St. Louis, MO, August-September, 1998
“Visions '98”, Portfolio Gallery, St. Louis, MO, Dec.-March, 1999
“Visions '99”, Portfolio Gallery, St. Louis, MO, Dec.-March, 2000
“Visions 2000”, Portfolio Gallery, St. Louis, MO, Dec.-March, 2001
“Visions 2001”, Portfolio Gallery, St. Louis, MO, Dec.-March, 2002
“Columbia Collects”, Benedict College, Columbia, SC 2001
“Believe in Love” Exhibition, SYDA Foundation, Atlanta, Georgia, December, 2001
University City School District Art Faculty Exhibition, June, 2001
“Visions 2002”, Portfolio Gallery, St. Louis, MO, Dec.- March, 2002
“Artists of The Portfolio Gallery” Exhibition 2002
Participant in the American Association of Museum Conferences Exhibition 2002
Art Exhibition and Reception for “Flavors” starring Pooja Kumar at The Regional Arts Commission, St. Louis, MO, November, 2003
Art Exhibition at The Regional Arts Commission (Group Show), St. Louis, MO, May, 2004
“Bridging the Waters” Sister Cities Exhibition, St. Louis, MO, May 2005
“Collector's Choice VI, St. Louis Artist's Guild, St. Louis, MO, May, 2007
“AYA Exhibition” ,St. Louis Artists' Guild, August 2007
“Making Marks”, St. Louis Artists' Guild, October, 2007
“Venus Envy Exhibition”, March, 2008
“Collectors Choice VII, St. Louis Artists' Guild, May, 2008
“Express Yourself”, St. Louis Artists' Guild, September, 2008
“Collectors Choice VIII, St. Louis Artists' Guild, May, 2009
“Arts Group of Union Avenue Exhibition, August, 2009, “Flower Power”
“Collectors Choice IX, St. Louis Artists' Guild, May 2010
Truman Medical Centers' Art Collection, Kansas City, MO 2010
“Inclusion” Exhibition, SIU Edwardsville, February, 20, 2011
St. Louis Artists' Guild Collection X, May-June 2011
Juried Art Exhibition, “Drift”, St. Louis Artists' Guild and Art St. Louis, June-August 2011
“Among Friends', St. Louis Artists' Guild, September 4 -October 29, 2011
Portfolio Galley Exhibition ,”Dark Girls” June-August, 2012
Collector's Choice XII, St. Louis Artists' Guild, May, 2013
Framations Gallery Juried Exhibition, “Fluid: Exploring Watercolor” St. Charles, MO,
June 14-July 18, 2013
Jacoby Arts Center, "9th Annual Juried Exhibition", Alton, Illinois,
July 12-August 17, 2013
Art St. Louis, “Under The Influence” Juried Exhibition, St. Louis, MO,
August 17–October 10, 2013
3rd Annual "Art of Travel" event at Lambert Airport on Oct. 10, 2013
Art St. Louis, Off-Site Exhibition, Clayton, MO
January 4, 2014 - May 2, 2014
Jacoby Arts Center, Awards of Excellent Exhibition
January 10 through February 22, 2014
Portfolio Gallery and Edwardsville Arts Center presents an exhibition
"Ebony Creations" January 10, 2014 through February 28, 2014
6165 Center Grove Road. Edwardsville, IL 62025
"2-5-Oh! Surprise, Sadness and Struggle in the Mound City"
The Exhibition Commemorating the 250th Anniversary of St. Louis' Founding
Curated by Salon 53 owner Freida L. Wheaton
Opens February 22, 2014 at Salon 53
"Femme Fatale Noire The Prominence of Black Feminism"
On display May 9-June 6, 2014
Opening Reception: May 9, 2014 - 6:30pm-9:30pm
Received "Best of Show" Award
14th Street Artist Community Gallery
2701 N 14th Street, St. Louis, MO 63106
Judge for Representative William Clay's City wide Art Competition
Portfolio Gallery
May, 2014
Art St. Louis Off-Site Exhibition
Des Peres Hospital
May - November, 2014
"Picture of Health" Exhibition
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
June 3 - October 1, 2014
St. Louis Artists' Guild Summer Regional Exhibition
June 13 through August 10, 2014
Art purchased by Sprint, Hallmark cards and Truman medical Center
"Global Cultures" May 14 - July 4, 2016
Manchester Arts
"Chesterfield Art Exhibition " October - December 2016
Chesterfield City Hall
July 21, 2017 , May 18, 2017
"All Colors" Visual Arts Invitational & Juried Exhibition 2018
"Drawn from Life" , Washington University, February - March, 2018
"Maturity and Its Muse: Celebrating Artistic Experience"
ART St. Louis April - May, 2018
"40 Acres & a Mule" Art Exhibition and Sale
The Griot Museum of Black History, St. Louis June 19th-July 31, 2018
"Riverworks Project", St. Louis International Airport, Dec. - Feb., 2019
"Members Exhibition", St. Louis Artists' Guild, April 10 - June 1 , 2019
Awarded Members Award of $500 by Judge Robert Powell
"Abstract Connections; Near and Far" 10th Street Gallery, St. Louis, MO Sept. 14 - Nov. 2, 2019
"Collectors Choice XIX" St. Louis Artists' Guild November 2, 2019
"All Colors 2019 Exhibition " Kansas City Leedy Voulkos Art Center October 4 - Nov. 30, 2019
"All Colors 2020 Exhibition" St. Louis Artists' Guild Jan. 18 - Feb.29, 2020
"Black Girl Magic" Hannibal Arts Council, Hannibal, MO Feb. 1, 2020 - March 15, 2020
"Collector's Choice XX", St. Louis Artists' Guild, St. Louis, MO November 7, 2020
"Collector's Choice XXI", St. Louis Artists' Guild, St. Louis, MO November 6, 2021
"Hope" Exhibition, ART St. Louis Virtual exhibition, February 1 -April, 2021
2021 "Award of Excellence" recipient, "Hope" Exhibition
David C. Driskell's Student Exhibition, Virtual Exhibition, Feb.1, 2021-April, 2021
Griot Auction and Sale, St. Louis, MO, June 17, 2021
"LIGHT" Exhibition, ART St. Louis Virtual Exhibition, Jan. 1-March1, 2022
"All Colors" curated by Robert Powell, St. Louis Artists Guild, Jan.21 - Feb.26, 2022
St. Louis Artists' Guild Members Exhibition, Honorable Mention, curated by Robert Ketchens,
Sept.23-Oct.15, 2022
Collectors Choice XXII, St. Louis Artists' Guild Oct.22-Nov.5, 2022
National Blues Museum and Portfolio Gallery's Biennial Community Art Show, Oct. 23-Dec 31, 2022
Maturity and Its Muse, ART St. Louis, April 15, May 18, 2023
Commerce Bank purchase of "Ancestral Robe", 2023, St. Louis, MO
Honors Awards 2023, ART St. Louis, June 10- July 13, 2023
Better Family Life Auction, St. Louis, Ritz Carlton, November 19, 2023
Portfolio "All Colors' Exhibition, St. Louis Artists' Guild, January 13, 2024-February 17, 2024
St. Louis - Senegal Legacy Project 2024