MERYL PATAKY
www.merylptaky.com | meryl@merylpataky.com
EDUCATION
2010 | Bachelor of Fine Art in Sculpture. Academy of Art University, San Francisco
AWARDS
2024 | SECA Finalist, San Francisco MOMA
2022 | Women In Lighting, Light Art
2010 | NICHE Award Finalist, Fine Art Jewelry
EXHIBITIONS
SOLO
2023 | A Common Burn. Pt.2 Gallery, Oakland, CA
2020 | A Modern Guilt. Pt.2 Gallery. Oakland, CA
2019 | Not Long For This World. Pt.2 Gallery. Oakland, CA
2018 | untitled. Stephanie Chefas Projects. Portland, OR
2018 | Mirrors (two person). Pt.2 Gallery. Oakland, CA
2017 | We, the unwilling, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. John McNeil Studio. Berkeley, CA
2016 | Colorways. Stephanie Chefas Projects. Portland, OR
2014 | The Golden Hour. White Walls. San Francisco, CA
2013 | Cellar Door . White Walls. San Francisco, CA
2012 | Future Sailor. LeBasse Projects // Los Angeles, CA
2010 | Metaphysics. a.Muse Gallery. San Francisco, CA
GROUP (selected)
2024 | VESSEL, Design Weekend Los Angeles and Design Week San Francisco, CA
2023 | First Light, Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA
2022 | Redefining Neon Legacy. Museum of Glass. Tacoma, WA
2021 | Represented. Pt.2 Gallery. Oakland, CA
2021 | The Violets in the Mountains Have Broken the Rocks. Gallery 16. San Francisco, CA
2021 | Californisme. Bim Bam Gallery. Paris, Fr
2021 | Ark. Svane Family Foundation Benefit Auction. San Francisco, CA
2020 | Women in Neon. Loveland Museum. Loveland, CO
2019 | Inaugural. Pt.2 Gallery // Los Angeles, CA
2019 | Art Market Fair. Pt.2 Gallery. San Francisco, CA
2019 | Femme. Juxtapoz Magazine. Mana Contemporary. Jersey City, NJ
2018 | Context Fair. Hang Art Gallery. Miami, FL
2017 | Juxtapoz Magazine Clubhouse. Miami, FL
2017 | She Bends: Women in Neon. Museum of Neon Art. Glendale, CA
2016 | Illuminations. Museum of Neon Art. Glendale, CA
2016 | Lit. Cornell Museum. Delray, FL
2015 | Art in Embassies. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2015 | Almost Human. Converge Gallery. Williamsburg, PA
2014 | Language Art. Cornell Museum. Delray, FL
2013 | New Neon. Bedford Gallery. Walnut Creek, CA
2013 | Character Profile. Root Division. San Francisco, CA
2012 | In Other Words. Intersection for the Arts. San Francisco, CA
2011 | Art Market Fair. LeBasse Projects. San Francisco, CA
CURATORIAL
2024 | Neon As Soulcraft. Museum of Craft and Design. Exhibition and Residency Program. San Francisco, CA
Dec. 2023 | First Light. Jewish Contemporary Museum. Exhibition and Artist Commissions. San Francisco, CA
Feb - Oct. 2023 | Redefining Neon Legacy. Museum of Glass. Tacoma, WA
2021 | Tend To Grow. Artist in Residence program and exhibition for artist Jude Abu Zaineh. Institute for Contemporary Art. San Francisco, CA
2020 | Loveland Museum. Survey exhibition, Women in Neon. Loveland, CO
2019 | Var West Gallery. Survey exhibition, Women in Neon. Milwaukee, WI
2018 | Midway Gallery and Arts Complex. Survey exhibition, Women in Neon. San Francisco, CA
2017 | Museum of Neon Art. Survey exhibition, Women in Neon. Glendale, CA
TALKS | LECTURES | TEACHING | DEMONSTRATIONS (selected)
2024 | “Neon Workshop” hosted for museum conservators, American Institute for Conservation Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT
2023 | Public Glass | Visiting Artist Demo | San Francisco, CA
2023 | Pilchuck Glass School | Visiting Artist Lecture + Demo | Sanwood, WA
2023 | Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass | Curator + Presenter | Curator talk for Redefining Neon Legacy at Museum of Glass
2023 | Getty Conservation Institute | Visiting Seminar Expert | Los Angeles, CA
2023 | Museum of Glass | Visiting Artist Lecture + Demo. | Tacoma, WA
2022 | Southern Exposure | Artists in Education Mentor | San Francisco, CA
2022 | Sonoma State University | Visiting Artist Lecture + Class | Rohnert Park, CA
2022 | Women In Lighting + Design | Artist Lecture + Demo | San Francisco, CA
2021 | Institute of Contemporary Art, San Francisco | Curator Talk + Demo.
2021 | My Studio | Mentorship/Residency with Jude Abu Zaineh | San Francisco, CA
2021 | California Academy of Sciences | Visiting Artist Lecture | San Francisco, CA
2021 - 2022 | Exploratorium | Visiting Artist Lecture + Demo | San Francisco, CA
2021 | De Young Museum | Curator + Presenter | Virtual Wednesdays, She Bends: A Film And Conversation on Neon Art
2021 | Pittsburgh Glass Center | Curator + Presenter | Women in Neon Artist Talk
2020 | My Studio | Mentorship/Residency with Tahirah Rasheed | San Francisco, CA
2020 | Loveland Museum | Curator + Presenter | Women in Neon Artist Talk.
2019 + 2020 | YBCA | Visiting Teaching Artist for Youth Fellows Program | San Francisco, CA
2019 | Gensler | Visiting Artist Lecture | San Francisco, CA
2019 | Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design | Visiting Artist Lecture and Class
COLLECTIONS AND COMMISSIONS (selected)
Museum of Glass
Svane Family Foundation
Facebook AIR Program
Kaiser Permanente Warriors Sports Medicine Clinic
Smashbox Cosmetics Artist Collaboration
Gensler Architects
Perrier
BIBLIOGRAPHY (selected)
‘She Bends’ brings female artists and their glowing, gas-filled work to Museum of Glass, Craig Sailor. The News Tribune, 12 February 2023
Neon’s New Glow, Debika Ray. Crafts Magazine, January 2022
The Founders of the Neon Art Collective ‘ She Bends’ On the Womxn at the Forefront of the Trade, Claire Voon. Colossal, 12 August 2020
Neon Is Guiding Light For Oakland Artist, Anna Volpicelli. San Francisco Chronicle, 1 March 2019
Meditations in Sculpture and Neon at Pt. 2 Gallery’s Latest Show, ‘Mirrors’, Eben Benson. Juxtapoz Magazine, September 2018
A Contemplation of Motherhood and Nature: Meryl Pataky’s ‘Not Long For This World’, Rachel Ralph. Juxtapoz Magazine, 9 March 2019
Meryl Pataky’s Colorways @ Stephanie Chefas Projects, Juxtapoz Magazine, 4 October 2016
Interviews: Meryl Pataky ‘The Golden Hour’ @ Shooting Gallery. Arrested Motion, 11 July 2014
Scientific Sculpture with Meryl Pataky, Kristin Farr. KQED, 21 July 2013
‘Metaphysics’: Meryl Pataky at a.Muse Gallery, Kimberly Chun. SF Gate, 25 November 2010
PUBLICATIONS
New Glass Review, Corning Museum of Glass, 2022
She Bends: Women in Neon, Loveland Museum catalog, 2020
NSFW, Dasha Matsuura. Paragon Books, 2021
Lust For Light, Hannah Stouffer. Gingko Press, 2017
The Volta Book of Poets (cover), Joshua Marie Wilkinson. Sidebrow Books, 2015