biography

Patrick Hiatt was born in 1942 and showed exceptional artistic skills at a very early age; however, being raised in the Midwestern United States in a pragmatic Pentecostal family who viewed painting and drawing as creating graven images, his interest in art was strongly discouraged. Still he persisted and at the age of 14 attended classes at The Joslyn Art Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Later he attended The University of Wisconsin at Madison majoring in Art Education. There he was fortunate to study life drawing under John Schrup. He also briefly studied drawing and figure painting in oil at the American Academy of Art in Chicago, Illinois.

He regularly exhibited at the Straub galleries in Madison, Wisconsin and also presented several one man shows. One of his paintings, “Rising City”, was accepted and secured a purchase award in the 1963 Wisconsin Salon; at that time he was the only undergraduate student ever to exhibit in the salon.

In 1964 his art education was interrupted by the military draft. During service in the Army he received an education in electronics, while still painting and exhibiting both in the military environment and commercially in private galleries. Later he struggled to balance his art with engineering, technical illustration and production graphics, first as an engineering technician for NASA on the Apollo Project, then illustrating for Sanyo and General Dynamics. He eventually entered a successful career in digital electronics working on the F-16 fighter aircraft, Y2K readiness for the FAA and computer deployment for the Department of Homeland Security. During these years he still managed to draw, paint and exhibit whenever possible. He also taught and conducted workshops in drawing and painting. Now retired from the corporate nd government world, he is devoting his efforts to a full time career in painting and drawing.

His work is strongly oriented toward drawing the human figure and incorporates broad interest in history and mythology.

One Man Shows

Water colors by Patrick Hiatt: Eau Clair YMCA, Eau Claire, Wisconsin 1962

Original paintings, drawings and sculpture by Patrick Hiatt: Bishop Wilson Memorial Bldg, Eau Claire Wisconsin, 1963

Original paintings and drawings by Patrick Hiatt: Straub Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin, 1964

Paintings and drawings by Patrick Hiatt: Southwest National Bank, El Paso, Texas, 1966

Original paintings and drawings by Patrick Hiatt: Forrest City Civic Center, Forrest City, Arkansas, 1977

Patrick Hiatt - A Retrospective with Reception: Fort Worth, Texas, 1980

Exhibited Galleries

Straub Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin, 1964

Greenfield Galleries, El Paso, Texas, 1966

Open group shows

Blue elephant Unfiltered 10, Frederick, Maryland, 2008

Fredrick County Arts Association Spring Show, Frederick, Maryland, 2008

Juried Exhibitions

Wisconsin Salon, Madison, Wisconsin, 1963 - first undergraduate student selected to exhibit in the salon

VMRC Juried Multimedia Exposition, Park Gables Gallery, Harisonburg, Virginia, 2008

Awards

Joslyn Art Scholarship, 1958

National Scholastic Art Award, Scholastic Magazine, 1958

Edward Fish Art Scholarship Award, 1962

Honorary Board Member of The Eau Claire Civic Art Association, 1963

Purchase Award “Rising City”, mixed media on masonite, Wisconsin Salon, 1963

Special United Creators Award for an outstanding talent, 2007

Painting "John Lincoln Clem" Selected by the Frederick County Arts Council to hang at the State House in Annapolis Maryland, 2008