MERYL PATAKY
www.merylptaky.com | meryl@merylpataky.com
EDUCATION
2010 | Bachelor of Fine Art in Sculpture. Academy of Art University, San Francisco
EXHIBITIONS
SOLO
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)
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 Miami. Hang Art Gallery. Miami, FL
2017 | Clubhouse. Juxtapoz Magazine. Miami, FL
2017 | 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
2015 | 4%ers. FFDG. San Francisco, CA
2014 | Language Art. Cornell Museum. Delray, FL
2014 | Context Miami. LeBasse Projects. Miami, 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 | Pulse Art Fair. LeBasse Projects. Los Angeles, CA
2011 | Art Market Fair. LeBasse Projects. San Francisco, CA
CURATORIAL
July 2024 | Museum of Craft and Design. Exhibition and Residency Program. San Francisco, CA
Dec. 2023 | Jewish Contemporary Museum. Exhibition and Artist Commissions. San Francisco, CA
Feb - Oct. 2023 | Redefining Neon Legacy. Museum of Glass. Tacoma, WA
2021 | Institute of Contemporary Art. Residency and exhibition for artist Jude Abu Zaineh. 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
AWARDS
2022 | Women In Lighting Awards Nominee
2010 | International Sculpture Center Outstanding Student Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award Finalist
2010 | NICHE Award Finalist
TALKS | LECTURES | TEACHING | DEMONSTRATIONS (selected)
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
2014 - Present | Synergy School | Arts Elective Teacher | San Francisco, CA
2016 - Present | My Studio | Neon Classes and Residencies | San Francisco, CA
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
‘She Bends’ exhibition explores neon. Contemporary Glass Society, 9 February 2023
Immerse yourself in neon at She Bends: Redefining Neon Legacy, Destiny Valencia. The Ledger University of Washington Tacoma, 6 March 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
‘She Bends: Women in Neon’ breaking the bright glass ceiling with traveling exhibit headed to Loveland, Kate Powell. Times-Call, 23 January 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
Neon Sculptor Meryl Pataky, Rowan Coughlin, Beautiful Bizarre. 28 June 2016
Meryl Pataky’s Colorways @ Stephanie Chefas Projects, Juxtapoz Magazine, 4 October 2016
Meryl Pataky’s Custom Neons (sic) Signs Let Sparks Fly, Meka Boyle. 7x7 Magazine. 16 January 2015
Meryl Pataky ‘The Golden Hour’, Abby Wilcox. Live Fast Magazine, 11 July 2014
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