Patrick Lichty Explained

Patrick Lichty
Birth Date:October 5, 1962
Birth Place:Cuyahoga Falls Ohio
Nationality:American
Education:MFA Computer Art, BS Electronic Engneerng Technology
Alma Mater:Bowling Green State University (2006), The Univerasity of Akron (1990)
Known For:RTMark/The Yes Men, Second Front, Manifest.AR, Virtual Fluxus
Spouse:Negin Ehtesabian

Patrick Lichty is a conceptual media artist, activist, curator, and educator. Lichty is currently a Creative Digital Media professor at Winona State University.[1]

Artwork

Lichty was part of the activist collective RTMark (pronounced "art-mark"). Lichty was also member of RTMark's successor group The Yes Men, and is featured in the collective's first documentary.

He is a creator of digital tapestries, especially Jacquard weaving, and is noted alongside Chuck Close as a seminal contemporary artist in this genre.[2] [3] In December 2014, he had a solo exhibition of his tapestry and robotic drawing work called "Sensible Concepts: Mediation as a Way of Being".[4] [5]

He is a co-founder of Second Front, a pioneering Second Life performance art group.[6]

Lichty was an associate member of the first Augmented Reality art collective.[7]

New Media Curation

Lichty is a noted New Media art curator, speaking at venues such as the Tate Modern,[8] and is published in the book, New Media in the White Cube and Beyond: Curatorial Models for Digital Art, edited by Whitney Museum of American Art digital curator, Christiane Paul.

In December 2021, Lichty curated Through the Mesh: Media, Borders, and Firewalls at the NeMe Art Center in Limassol, Cyprus[9]

Residencies, recognition, and awards

Collections/Galleries

Lichty's work is in collections of The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN[12] and the Smithsonian.[13] He also works as a curator[14] and critic.[15] [16]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [manifest-ar.art/ Winona State Faculty]. December 2, 2021.
  2. Web site: Baumgärtel. Tilman. 2015-03-04. Tapestries? – Patrick Lichty Interviewed by Tilman Baumgärtel. Furtherfield.
  3. Web site: Thomas. Lindsay. January 25, 2013. Interview with Patrick Lichty. 2021-09-14. 4Humanities.
  4. Web site: Patrick Lichty, Sensible Concepts. clocktower.org.
  5. Web site: December 10, 2014. Sensible Concepts: Mediation as a Way of Being, By Patrick Lichty. Rhizome. en.
  6. Web site: Second Front Member Man Michinaga. September 14, 2021. www.secondfront.org.
  7. Web site: [manifest-ar.art/ Manifest AR Manifesto]. December 2, 2021.
  8. Web site: Intermedia Art New Media, Sound and Performance. December 2, 2021.
  9. Web site: Through the Mesh: Media, Borders, and Firewalls. November 21, 2021 . December 2, 2021.
  10. Web site: Summer School: Curatorial Masterclass (with CRUMB). www.eyebeam.org. December 2, 2021.
  11. Web site: Winners of the Smithsonian American Art Museums New Media-New Century Award Announced. www.absolutearts.com . July 11, 2023.
  12. Web site: Grasping at Bits: Art and Intellectual Control in the Digital Age – Collections. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160819161213/https://www.walkerart.org/collections/artworks/grasping-at-bits-art-and-intellectual-control-in-the-digital-age. 2016-08-19. Walker Art Center.
  13. Helios Photography Online, SPRAWL: American Landscape in Translation http://americanart.si.edu/helios/
  14. Web site: Lichty. Patrick. 2003. Reconfiguring the Museum: Electronic Media and Emergent Curatorial Models. www.intelligentagent.com.
  15. News: Lichty. Patrick Martin. 2016-05-19. A Rabbit's Tale From The Eyes of Iranian Artist Farideh Lashai. Harper\'S Bazaar Arabia.
  16. News: Lichty. Patrick Martin. January 12, 2018. New York As Archetype: Inventing Downtown At NYU Abu Dhabi. Harper\'S Bazaar Arabia.

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