Biography
BIOGRAPHY
“Hiatt's work is strongly oriented toward drawing the human figure and incorporates
broad interest in history and mythology. His paintings of Pan, of Dancing Satyrs, of
Chirion and Perseus are elegant, romantic and accessible all at once.”
Ron Cassie News-Post Staff, Frederick News Post, January 31, 2008
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 and 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
Reality Myth and Delusion, Urbana Public Library Gallery, Frederick, Maryland, 2009
Exhibited Galleries
Straub Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin, 1964
Greenfield Galleries, El Paso, Texas, 1966
Infusion Gallery, Los Angles, California, 2008
The Loft at Liz's, Los Angles, California, 2008
Open group shows
Blue elephant Unfiltered 10, Frederick, Maryland, 2008
Fredrick County Arts Association Spring Show, The Frederick Cultural Arts Center, Frederick, Maryland, 2008
The Frederick Cultural Arts Center Members' Show, Frederick, Maryland, 2008
Blue elephant Unfiltered 11, Frederick, Maryland, 2009
Fredrick County Arts Association, "Values and Contrast," The Delapaine Visual Arts Center, Frederick, Maryland, January 2009
Fredrick County Arts Association 2009 Summer Exhibition," The Frederick Cultural Arts Center, Frederick, Maryland, June 2009
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
The Blanch Ames Gallery Juried Show “Harmony within the natural world,” Frederick, Maryland, 2008
The Delaplaine 2009 Juried Regional Exhibit, Delaplaine Visual Arts Center, Fredeick, Maryland, 2009
VMRC Juried Multimedia Exposition, Park Gables Gallery, Harisonburg, Virginia, 2009
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
Honorable Mention, "Pied Piper" Oil on canvas, The Blanch Ames Gallery Juried Show “Harmony within the natural world,” Frederick, Maryland, 2008
Honorable Mention,"Tin Whistle" Oil on canvas, Fredrick County Arts Association, "Values and Contrast," The Delapaine Visual Arts Center, Frederick, Maryland, January 2009
Honorable Mention, "Tricycle" Oil on canvas, The Delaplaine 2009 Juried Regional Exhibit, The Delapaine Visual Arts Center, Frederick, Maryland, January 2009
Painting "Fishing on Carroll Creek" Selected by the Frederick County Arts Council to hang at the State House in Annapolis Maryland, 2008