First Name
Patricia
Last Name
Brace
Business Name
Partner Name
Media Category
Metal
Image1
Region
Midcoast
Website
Membership Level:
Professional Membership
About
Patricia Brace is a Maine-based interdisciplinary artist whose practice examines the relationship between the body, place, and crisis, focusing on how we coexist with nature during a rapidly changing climate. Her work spans performance, sculpture, and installation.
Brace currently teaches at Maine College of Art & Design and previously taught at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University. She is set to participate in the Arctic Circle Residency in 2025.
Her work has been exhibited nationally, including at PS122 Gallery, Gary Snyder Project Space, and SOHO20 in Manhattan, as well as Ortega y Gasset Projects, Smack Mellon, and Trestle Gallery in Brooklyn. Maine-based exhibitions include 82 Parris Street, the Center for Maine Contemporary Art, and the Institute of Contemporary Art.
Brace has received grants such as the Kindling Fund and MECA&D’s Professional Development Grant. She is a co-founder of the Performance Art Initiative, Sine Gallery, and GROUNDWORK retreat. Her work is held in the permanent collections of the Portland Museum of Art and Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital in NYC.
Brace currently teaches at Maine College of Art & Design and previously taught at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University. She is set to participate in the Arctic Circle Residency in 2025.
Her work has been exhibited nationally, including at PS122 Gallery, Gary Snyder Project Space, and SOHO20 in Manhattan, as well as Ortega y Gasset Projects, Smack Mellon, and Trestle Gallery in Brooklyn. Maine-based exhibitions include 82 Parris Street, the Center for Maine Contemporary Art, and the Institute of Contemporary Art.
Brace has received grants such as the Kindling Fund and MECA&D’s Professional Development Grant. She is a co-founder of the Performance Art Initiative, Sine Gallery, and GROUNDWORK retreat. Her work is held in the permanent collections of the Portland Museum of Art and Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital in NYC.
Image2
Image3