Patricia Ayres

Patricia Ayres

  • though poppies grow
  • Unrequited Remnants, Tank, Shanghai, 2024
  • Articles of the Estranged, April 6 - May 11, 2024, Matthew Brown Gallery, Los Angeles
  • Critical Mass, 2023, Mendes Wood DM, New York City
  • Rubell Museum, Miami
  • Museum of Contemporary Art Santa Barbara, February 5 - April 17, 2022
  • Mendes Wood DM Gallery Esfíngico Frontal
  • Art Basel Switzerland, Mendes Wood DM, 2023
  • Frieze New York 2023, Mendes Wood DM
  • de la Cruz Collection
  • Analog Diary, Some Kind of Monster Roster, Group Exhibition, July 30 - October 9, 2022
  • Matthew Brown Gallery Los Angeles, 'Recent Sculpture' Group Exhibition, April 2 - May 14, 2022
  • Threshold, Group Exhibit, 2023
  • Felix Art Fair, Matthew Brown Gallery, Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, Los Angeles, February 17-20, 2022
  • Matthew Brown Gallery Los Angeles, 'Bound', Solo 2021
  • Liste Art Fair Basel (solo), Switzerland Fragment Gallery, September 2021
  • Studio Visit with Tom McGlynn at Sharpe Walentas, May 2021
  • Fountainhead Residency
  • MFA Thesis Exhibition, December 2018
  • MFA Thesis Review by Glenn Adamson, 2018
  • Matthew Brown Los Angeles, It Seems So Long Ago, 2020
  • Italy, 2020
  • Koenig & Clinton, entering a song, Group Exhibition, January 18 - February 23, 2019
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Untitled (portal)
2018

One of the ways that the U.S. controls the physical bodies of its citizens is by incarcerating masses of its population which is reflected by the high rate of individuals in prisons. The state has the desire to gain control of the physical body in order to gain control over the mind. Considering this, I have created sculptures that are segregated, solitary cells which I imagine a body could fit into.They are sealed off structures, albeit for the embedded grills which are punctured, manipulated confessional booth screens. These grills create boundaries between sinner and priest, prisoner and guard, and the concept of heaven and hell. At the same time, they become breathing holes for a mythical underworld or a passageway.