I am an interdisciplinary artist working in photography, sculpture, and poetry based out of Brooklyn with family roots in New Mexico. After graduating from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in Photography & Imaging I have participated in a number of residencies across the United States including at the Penumbra Foundation, Penland School of Craft, Eureka! House, and Little X Little. My first book of photography and poetry “How to grow una flor en el desierto,” was published by the Penumbra Foundation in 2023, and is available at Printed Matter NYC, the Penumbra Foundation, and is in the permanent library collection of the International Center of Photography. My second photo-poetry book “Ordinary Devotions,” was released in January, 2025. I am an adjunct faculty member at the International Center of Photography and also teach a wheel-throwing and sculpture class at a ceramics studio in Brooklyn.

Email: alinafpatrick@gmail.com

Instagram: @alina.patrick

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EDUCATION

2021 BFA, Photography & Imaging, New York University Tisch School of the Arts

2021 BA, Political Science, New York University

AWARDS & RESIDENCIES

2024 Full Fellowship Recipient, Artist-in-Residence, Penland School of Craft, Bakersville, NC

2023      Artist-in-Residence, Penumbra Foundation, Risograph Print & Publication Residency, New York, NY

2023 Artist-in-Residence, Eureka! House, Kingston, NY

2023 Artist-in-Residence, Little X Little, Brooklyn, NY

2022      Finalist Alternate, Fulbright Grant, U.S. Artist Exchange to Bogotá, Colombia

2021      Semi-Finalist, Fulbright Grant, U.S. Artist Exchange to Bogotá, Colombia

2020      Thomas Drysdale Production Fund Award for Photojournalism

2019      Thomas Drysdale Production Fund Award for Photojournalism

EXHIBITIONS

2024 Ordinary Devotions, Solo Show, Brooklyn Film Camera, Brooklyn, NY

2024     How to grow una flor en el desierto, Book Launch, West Lab & Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2024     A Place to Put It, Group Show, Brooklyn Film Camera, Brooklyn, NY

2023     How to grow una flor en el desierto, Group Show, Penumbra Foundation, New York, NY

2023     Tapestries of Memory, Group Show, Ornithology Jazz Club, Brooklyn, NY

2021     NYU Tisch Senior Show, Group Show, NYU Kimmel Windows, New York, NY

2020     Photography is Dead Long Live Photography, Group Show, Candela Gallery, Richmond, VA

2019     Black Soil, Kupka Gallery, Solo Show, Prague, Czech Republic

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2024 to present     Adjunct Faculty, International Center of Photography, New York, NY

2023 to present     Equipment Manager, International Center of Photography, New York, NY

2023 to present   Ceramics Instructor, ArtShack Ceramics Studio, Brooklyn, NY

Summer 2023       Course Coordinator, Santa Fe Workshops, Santa Fe, NM

2022-2023   Production Coordinator, Winton duPont Films, New York, NY

2021-2022   Photography Teaching Artist, Americorps: Artist Year, New York, NY

2019-2021   Studio Manager, Photojournalist Joseph Rodriguez, New York, NY