Patricia Patzi was raised in Bolivia, and currently lives and works in New Jersey. She is a multidisciplinary visual artist with a primary focus in narrative portrait paintings, and a study of mixed media abstraction. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from William Paterson University and her work has been featured and awarded at Art Fair 14C, Studio Montclair, Fleisher Art Memorial, Powell Lane Arts, Delaplaine Art Center, and more. She has been a Resident Artist at the Eileen Kaminsky Family Foundation at Mana Contemporary Gallery in Jersey City, and was recently awarded by the New Jersey Individual Artist Fellowship with a Finalist Grant Award for 2024.

“My paintings are figurative and explore emotion and intimacy behind seemingly ordinary everyday moments. They juxtapose highly detailed and realistic figures contrasting the surrealistic quality in the negative space of their backgrounds.”