Pat Borow has enjoyed a long and vivid history — military kid, California girl, dedicated student, backpacker, record exec, writer, art student. perfumer, artist. She has been a visual artist with interest in olfactory art, for over two decades.
She graduated from UCLA in experimental psychology/perception, travelled a lot, worked in Los Angeles for three major record labels, and also worked at researching and writing about Golden Age films for MGM.
In Atlanta, she designed her own curriculum at Callanwolde Art Center and Atlanta College of Art, among others. During that time, she became involved with Eyedrum Art and Music Gallery, Atlanta’s groundbreaking alternative arts center, where she showed work and served on the Art Committee and Board, and the Norton Art Center in Hapeville where she was a studio artist, and put together exhibitions and music shows. At Norton, she painted and displayed her work, and also made and showed olfactory art projects.
Pat grew up in the South, with a three year detour to rural and urban Japan, and moved to Los Angeles to attend UCLA. After college, she travelled in Western Europe and lived for a while in Spain. She returned to California and went to work, in film production, the music business, and writing and copywriting.
She experienced a lot. She saw old world art and culture, and was heavily influenced by California’s art and cultures (there are many.) Her goal now is simply to appreciate life, do what she can to help, and do good work.
Statement
I make art because I like to explore, concentrate, refine and master. My visual work is a compendium of all I’ve done and seen, and there is a lot. I have much experience to draw upon, decades of studying and working in popular culture, and then reflecting upon it as a writer and visual artist.
I’ve been well-schooled in most art materials and techniques. Primarily, I paint and draw, using atypical objects to apply chosen mediums. I tend to work small, as detail fascinates me. I’ve also spent years studying pigments and color in all its aspects, and perfumery and olfactory art.
My primary is in interest is archetypal symbols and paradigms, which I’ve studied extensively, so I can use them in my work. My symbols seek to combine history, anthropology and psychology, which was my academic major. My goal is to bring these together in a way that is appealing, and intriguing to the viewer.
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