Artist Biography
Patricia Carrigan is a painter and mixed media artist from East Granby, Connecticut. Patricia has exhibited her paintings, drawings, and mixed media pieces since 1990 in several solo, group, national, and international exhibitions. Her work is represented in many private and public collections.
Ms. Carrigan received her Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Connecticut at Storrs in 1994 in painting and drawing and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hartwick College in Oneonta, New York in 1982 in painting and art education. Themes explored throughout her work include memory and personal storytelling, Irish family histories, and everyday symbols of life.
Patricia has been awarded numerous grants including a Fellowship at the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, Vermont, an Individual Artist Fellowship Grant from the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism in 2002, 2004, and 2010, a New Boston Artist Fellowship Grant from the Greater Hartford Arts Council, and a Ballinglen Artist Residency Fellowship in Ballycastle, County Mayo, Ireland in 2005 and in 2007. Patricia has been a Professor of Visual Fine Arts at Manchester Community College in Manchester, Connecticut for over twenty years.
Ms. Carrigan received her Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Connecticut at Storrs in 1994 in painting and drawing and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hartwick College in Oneonta, New York in 1982 in painting and art education. Themes explored throughout her work include memory and personal storytelling, Irish family histories, and everyday symbols of life.
Patricia has been awarded numerous grants including a Fellowship at the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, Vermont, an Individual Artist Fellowship Grant from the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism in 2002, 2004, and 2010, a New Boston Artist Fellowship Grant from the Greater Hartford Arts Council, and a Ballinglen Artist Residency Fellowship in Ballycastle, County Mayo, Ireland in 2005 and in 2007. Patricia has been a Professor of Visual Fine Arts at Manchester Community College in Manchester, Connecticut for over twenty years.