Artist Statement
Patti Garcia is an artist and photographer whose work explores texture, form, and visual storytelling across digital and traditional media. Her practice spans photography, painting, and video, often focusing on overlooked or misunderstood subjects and the quiet narratives they hold.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2018 – Misunderstood Beauties, Viewpoint Gallery, Midtown Sacramento, CA 2010 – Red Berry Coffee Shop, San Jose, CA
2008 – Redwood Café, Cotati, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 – Las Lagunas Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. Textures, Shape, Patterns and Forms 2021 – Sebastopol Art Gallery. Black and White and Grey
2017 – 10th Annual Art Farm Exhibition, Woodland, CA
2016 – Black Squirrel Studio, 3-Artist Group Show, San Francisco, CA 2016 – Sacramento Fine Arts Center. It’s A Zoo Out There
2014 – Kennedy Gallery, Sacramento, CA. Abstract Images
2013 – Tieton Arts & Humanities. Color 55 2013 – Beacon Art Show, San Luis Obispo, CA 2011 – Beacon Art Show, San Luis Obispo, CA 2012 – Digital Arts California. True Colors
Publications
One-By-One, One-On-One – Coaching manual, CIIJ, San Francisco State University
Old People by Kim King and Patti Garcia – Photography contributor. Tango Publication, Indianapolis, IN (1991)
Film & Video Projects (Selected)
2011 – Where Creative Minds Meet, Director & Producer, Community Access Television, Santa Maria, CA
2011 – Magma Music, video for Mikhail Tank, Los Angeles, CA
2011 – Palabras en Las Venas, video for Enedina Castañeda, Santa Maria, CA 2010 – My Favorite Nightmare, video for Works Gallery, San Jose, CA
2009 – Performance video: My Little Kingdom, Mikhail Tank
2009 – Video production for SVACA Promotions, Santa Clara County, CA
Education
Master of Fine Arts – Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA, 2009
Bachelor of Arts in Film & Cinema – San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, 1998