Artist of surrealist, mystic and visionary themes, Patricia was born in 1970 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where she lived and worked until moving to the United States. Since she was a little child, she has been enjoying to give life to her private world through her drawings and writings. She has been drawing since the age of three, never remembering a single time of her life when she was not exploring some type of creative language. She has been also a performing artist, acting, dancing, and singing since her late teens. Although in part self-taught, she has had some formal training in visual arts that included academic drawing classes and a background in Fashion Design. Her love for teaching took her to a bachelors degree in Art Education with a specialization in History of Art from the Rio de Janeiro State University. But it was just after leaving her homeland that she considered the possibility of becoming a fine artist more seriously. Currently she has been consistently building a body of work based on her passion for the figurative art combined with ornamental abstracts. Her inspiration and aesthetic references come from several sources, from the theater and ballet to Eastern Art, from the Art Nouveau and Jugendstil to contemporary Pop Art, including occult symbolism, Tarot, Astrology and metaphysics. Patricia is currently a member of the Energy Art Movement.

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PAST SHOWS AND EVENTS
2010
Hope For Creativity, group show. Gaga Gallery, MA.
Energy Art Movement Salon, group show. Gallery Sixty Six, Memphis, TN.
Masquerade, group juried show. Gallery 101, Fort Lauderdale, FL.

2009
Web of Life, group show. Allen House, Lexington, KY.
Common Grounds Cafe, group show. Lexington, KY.

2008
Lexigton-Bluegrass Pagan Pride, event. Lexington, KY.
2007
Lexigton-Bluegrass Pagan Pride, event. Lexington, KY.

PUBLICATIONS
Spanish Calendar 2011, Grandes Maestros - Patricia Ariel. Editorial Sirio, Spain. 2010
Inspirations Vis-a-Vis, compiled by Sara Umemoto. Blurb Bookstore, USA. 2010
Orbis Magazine, UK (Cover), 2010
Art Wanted 2010 Calendar, 2010
Presence Journal, USA. December 2009
Inside Solo, Online Magazine. October 2009
Pentacle Magazine, UK. Autumn 2009
The Small Tapestry, Australia. Spring 2009
The Small Tapestry, Australia. Autumn 2009
The Small Tapestry, Australia. Winter 2009
Cornucopia Magazine, USA. Spring/Fall 2008

INTERVIEWS
Unblugged.com, September, 2010
Something We Like, August, 2010
Sacred Familiar, December 2009
Abbey of the Arts, May 2009