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Patricia Cronin
Professor
Art
Location: 5144 Boylan Hall
Phone: 718.951.5181
Fax: 718.951.4728
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The work of Patricia Cronin has been exhibited in solo shows at the 56th Venice Biennale, Venice; American Academy in Rome Art Gallery and Musei Capitolini, Centrale Montemartini Museo, Rome, Italy; Tampa Museum of Art; Newcomb Art Museum; The FLAG Art Foundation; the Brooklyn Museum; and the LAB Gallery, Dublin, Ireland. Her acclaimed "Memorial To A Marriage" is permanently on view in Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, NY. Cronin is the recipient of the prestigious Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome, Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant, New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, Anonymous Was A Woman Award, two Pollock Krasner Foundation Grants and a Civitella Ranieri Foundation fellowship, among others. Her works are in numerous collections including; National Gallery of Art and Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC; Perez Art Museum Miami; and the Gallery of Modern Art and Kelvingrove Art Galleries and Museum in Glasgow, Scotland.
Education:
Fellowship, Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture - 1991 (Art)
M.F.A., Brooklyn College - 1988 (Painting & Drawing)
B.F.A., Rhode Island College - 1986 (Painting & Printmaking)
Norfolk Fellowship, Yale University - 1985 (Art)
Areas of Expertise:
Subverting historical images and traditional forms of photography, watercolor and oil painting, installation, and monumental bronze and marble sculptural forms by injecting contemporary political content through the lens of feminism and social justice.
Books and Publications
Cronin, Patricia. "Mr. President, How Long Must We Wait for Liberty?": The Female Body
and Society," in Panorama: Journal of the Association of Historians of American Art, edited
by Watson, Keri and Jentleson, Katherine. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2022
Cronin, Patricia. "Shrine For Girls: Social Justice and Aesthetic Responsibilities," in Women
and Migration: Responses in Art and History, edited by Brooks Nelson, Kalia, Toscano,
Ellyn, and Willis, Deborah, New York: NYU Global Institute for Advanced Study and Open
Book Publishers, 408 pp.
(Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2022
Millman, Debbie. "Why Design Matters: How The World's Most Creative People Create," New York: HarperCollins.
(Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2022
"Look Both Ways: The Illicit Liaison between Image and Information," Millman, Debbie. New York: The School of Visual Arts. (Books and Publications: Forthcoming Publications) 2021
"Patricia Cronin, Aphrodite and the Lure of Antiquity," Cronin, Patricia, Pevnick, Seth and Robotham, Joanna. Tampa: Tampa Museum of Art. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2021
"Shrine For Girls: Social Justice and Aesthetic Responsibilities." in Women and Migration: Responses in Art and History, edited by Brooks Nelson, Kalia., Toscano, Ellyn., and Willis, Deborah, New York: NYU Global Institute for Advanced Study and Open Book Publishers. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2021
Bauld, Laura. "The Power of Patricia Cronin's 'Memorial to a Marriage,'" ArtUK Website Archive (United Kingdom), Feb 1. https://artuk.org/discover/stories/the-power-of-patricia-cronins-memorial-to-a-marriage (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2021
Takac, Balasz. "The Importance of Patricia Cronin's Memorial to a Marriage." Widewalls Magazine (Switzerland), https://www.widewalls.ch/magazine/memorial-to-a-marriage-patricia-cronin. February 26. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2021
Press Eject and Give Me the Tape: Dialogues, Interviews, and Exchanges 2001-2020. Rubenstein, Bradley.
Brooklyn: Meridian Art Publishers, 128pp. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2020
"Artistic reconfigurations of Rome: An alternative guide to the Eternal City, 1989-2014", Thormod, Kaspar. Spatial Practices Series, Amsterdam: Brill|Rodopi. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2019
"Interview with Patricia Cronin," Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution YouTube Channel, February 4. (Books and Publications: Other) 2019
"Moving Mountains: Harriet Hosmer's Nineteenth-Century Italian Migration to Become the First Professional Woman Sculptor," in Women and Migration: Responses in Art and History, edited by Brooks Nelson, Kalia., Toscano, Ellyn., and Willis, Deborah, New York: NYU Global Institute for Advanced Study and Open Book Publishers.
(Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2019
"Patricia Cronin: Memorial To A Marriage," in Fortune, Brandon Brame. Eye to I: Self-Portraits from the National Portrait Gallery, Washington: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution and Hirmer Publishers.
(Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2019
"Patricia Cronin: Memorial To A Marriage." The Academic Body, Miller, Peter Benson and Robbins, Mark, eds. Rome: American Academy in Rome. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2019
"Patricia Cronin: Shrine For Girls." Contemporaneo 30x30: Trenta Mostre in Trent' Anni, Pratesi, Ludovico. Rome:
Castelvecchi Editore. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2019
"Queer Holdings: A Survey of the Leslie-Lohman Museum Collection", Parness, Noam and Casals, Gonzalo, eds. Munich: Hirmer Publishers. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2019
10th Anniversary of The FLAG Art Foundation. New York: Gregory Miller & Co. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2019
"Art A Brief History", Stokstad, Marilyn and Cothren, Michael. 7th edition, London: Pearson Educational/Prentice Hall.
(Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2018
"Patricia Cronin & Memorial To A Marriage," in Murphy, Michael J. and Bjorngaard, Brytton, eds. Living Out Loud: An Introduction to LGBTQ History, Society, and Culture, 1st Edition, London: Routledge (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2018
"The Necessity of Art in the 2018 MFA Exhibition." Brooklyn: Brooklyn College MFA Exhibition catalogue. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2018
"Art History", Stokstad, Marilyn and Cothren, Michael. 6th edition, London: Pearson Educational/Prentice Hall. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2017
"MISERCORDIA: Making 'Maternal Emotions' Manifest with Patricia Cronin's Shrine for Girls", Kinsella, Tina. Dublin: The LAB Gallery
(Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2017
"Having it Both Ways: Queer/Feminist Art/History", Latimer, Tirza. In Jones, Amelia and Erin Silver eds. Otherwise: Imagining Queer Feminist Art Histories (Rethinking Arts Histories Series), Manchester: Manchester University Press. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2016
"Patricia Cronin: Memorial To A Marriage." Switzer, Stacy. Grand Arts 20 Years. Kansas City, MO: Grand Arts Publications (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2016
"Pen to Paper: Artists' Handwritten Letters from the Smithsonian Archives of American Art", Savig, Mary. Princeton: Princeton Architectural Press. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2016
"Problems and Provocations: Grand Arts (1995- 2015)", Switzer, Stacey and Fischer, Annie, eds. Kansas City, MO: Grand Arts (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2016
"Whirlwind @ Lesbos", Deneberg, Risa. Sequim, WA : Headmistress Press (Cover) (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2016
Dunn, Thomas. "Remembering a Queer (After) Life" in Queerly Remembered: Rhetorics for Representing the GLBTQ Past. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2016
Bui, Phong, Ludovico Pratesi, and Maura Reilly in Patricia Cronin: Shrine For Girls, Venice, Milan: SilvanaEditoriale. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2015
Enwezor, Okwui. All the World's Futures: 56 International Art Exhibition. La Biennale di Venezia, Milan: Marsilio
(Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2015
Latimer, Tirza. "Having it Both Ways: Queer/Feminist Art/History." Sexual Differences and Otherwise: Imagining Queer Feminist Art Histories. Jones, Amelia and Erin Silver eds. Manchester: Manchester University Press. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2015
Bui, Phong and Flam, Jack. Come Together: Surviving Sandy, New York: Skira Rizzoli (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2014
Deitch, Jeffrey. Live The Art: Fifteen Years of Deitch Projects, New York: Rizzoli Publications
(Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2014
Cronin, Patricia. The Zenobia Scandal: A Meditation on Male Jealousy. New York: ZingMagazine Books (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2013
Gioni, Massimiliano; Carrion-Murayari, Gary; Moore, Jenny; and Norton, Margot, NYC 1993: Experimental, Jet Set, Trash and No Star, New York: New Museum. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2013
Lord, Catherine and Meyer, Richard, Art and Queer Culture (Themes and Movements Series), London: Phaidon Press
(Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2013
Pratesi, Ludovico and Peter Benson Miller. In Patricia Cronin: Le Macchine, Gli Dei e I Fantasmi, Musei Capitolini, Centrale Montimartini Museo. Milano: Silvana Editoriale
(Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2013
"Jenny Saville - Metamorphosis: A Love Story." Artnet.com. Review of Jenny Saville's first solo exhibition in the United States at the Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Fla. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2012
"Memorial to a Marriage" is discussed in and reproduced on the cover of Museums, Equality and Social Justice. Eds. Eithne Nightingale and Richard Sandell. London: Routledge. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2012
"Patricia Cronin: All Is Not Lost." Solo survey (2000-09) exhibition catalogue with essays by ICA Boston Curator Helen Molesworth and Stanford University Art Historian Alexander Nemerov. Published by the Newcomb Art Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans, and funded by The Andy Warhol Foundation. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2012
"Til Death Do Us Part." Here Come the Brides! Reflections on Lesbian Love and Marriage. Eds. Audrey Bilger and Michele Kort. San Francisco: Seal Press. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2012
"'Til Death Do Us Part." Huffington Post.com was invited to write about my sculpture Memorial to a Marriage, gay marriage and legalization of gay marriage in New York State. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2011
"Dante's Inferno/The Way of All Flesh," essay and reproduced two paintings in the 25th anniversary edition of M/E/A/N/I/N/G magazine. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2011
"Harriet Hosmer" series was discussed and reproduced in Art and Homosexuality: A History of Ideas, by Christopher Reed. New York: Oxford University Press. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2011
"Harriet Hosmer" series was discussed and reproduced in Artistas Heroínas, in Heroínas. Madrid: Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, exhibition catalogue. Ed. Rocío de la Villa. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2011
Memorial to a Marriage sculpture was discussed in "Seeing Queerly," by Faye Hirsch, Art in America, February. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2011
Memorial to a Marriage was discussed and reproduced "Enough Already! Let the Sun Shine-in Where the Sun Don't Shine: A Feminist Nostalgia and A Place for Greatness," Ph.D. dissertation by Constance Zaytoun, City University of New York. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2011
Memorial to a Marriage was discussed and reproduced in "Queerly Remembered: Tactical and Strategic Rhetorics for Representing the GLBTQ Past," Ph.D. dissertation by Thomas R. Dunn, University of Pittsburgh. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2011
Entries on important Roman places, architecture, art and galleries. City Secrets Rome. Ed. Robert Kahn. New York: Fang Duff Kahn. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2011
Erotic watercolors were discussed and reproduced in Twice Drawn: Modern and Contemporary Drawings in Context exhibition catalogue at the Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Eds. Ian Berry and Jack Shear. DelMonico Prestel Press. (Books and Publications: Book Chapter) 2011
"The Second Life of Harriet Hosmer." The Harvard Gay & Lesbian Review, January-February. (Books and Publications: Article (Other)) 2010
"Two Artists Reflect on the Contemporary Memorial: Patricia Cronin - Memorial to a
Marriage and Judith Shea - Legacy Collection." Public Art Review 43, Fall/Winter. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2010
Cronin, Patricia, Jonas Mekas and Irving Sandler. "A Salute to Carolee Schneemann." The Brooklyn Rail, April. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2010
Harriet Hosmer: Lost and Found, A Catalogue Raisonne. Milan, Italy: Charta Art Book. (Books and Publications: Book (Authored)) 2009
"Harriet Hosmer: Lost and Found" (an excerpt from the Harriet Hosmer Catalogue Raisonne). Bomb Magazine, fall. (Books and Publications: Article (Peer-reviewed)) 2008
Creative Work
"LGBTQ+ VR Museum," Group Exhibition: British Film Institute Queer Film Festival, London, England (curated
by Antonia Forster).
(Exhibition or Performance) 2023
"A Maze Zanine, Amaze Zaning, A-Mezzaning, Meza-9," Group Exhibition: David Zwirner, New York, NY
(curated by Ei Arakawa, Kerstin Brätsch, Nicole Eisenman, and Laura Owens).
(Exhibition or Performance) 2022
"LGBTQ+ VR Museum," Group Exhibition: Tribeca Film Festival, New York, NY (curated by Antonia Forster). (Exhibition or Performance) 2022
"LGBTQ+ VR Museum," Group Exhibition: Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, Wales (curated by Antonia
Forster).
(Exhibition or Performance) 2022
"Women's Work: 19th Century Women Artists and Their Legacy," Group Exhibition: Lyndhurst Castle,
Tarrytown, NY (curated by Howard Zar).
(Exhibition or Performance) 2022
"Wrongs & RIGHTS," Group Exhibition: Rudin Family Gallery, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY
(curated by Laura Dvorkin and Maynard Monrow).
(Exhibition or Performance) 2022
"HerStory: Stories of Ancient Heroines and Everyday Women," Group Exhibition. Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL (Exhibition or Performance) 2021
"Horses," Group Exhibition: Chart Gallery, New York, NY. (Exhibition or Performance) 2021
"LGBTQ+ VR Museum," Group Exhibition: Open City Docs Festival, London, UK (curated by Antonia Forster).
(Exhibition or Performance) 2021
"LGBTQ+ VR Museum," Group Exhibition: QLD XR Festival, Brisbane, Australia (curated by Antonia Forster). (Exhibition or Performance) 2021
"Mary Magdalene from Medieval Times to Today," International Group Museum Exhibition, Museum Catherijne Convent, Utrecht, the Netherlands (curated by Dr. Lieke Wijnia). (Exhibition or Performance) 2021
"Queer Narrative: Patricia Cronin & Sarp Kerem Yavuz," Two Person Exhibition, in "Interviews On, For and About the
Queer Body in Eight Parts," Hook.com (curated by Eric Shiner) (online). (Exhibition or Performance) 2021
E Pluribus: Out of Many: 190th Annual Exhibition, Group Exhibition: National Academy of Design, New York,
NY (curated by Dr. Kelli Morgan) (online).
(Exhibition or Performance) 2021
"HerStory: Stories of Ancient Heroines and Everyday Women," Group Exhibition. Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL (Exhibition or Performance) 2020
"How Can We Think Of Art At A Time Like This?" Group Exhibition, Artatatimelikethis.com (curated by Barbara Pollok and Anne Verhallen) (online) (Exhibition or Performance) 2020
"Life During Wartime: Art in the Age of Coronavirus," Group Exhibition. University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL (online). (Exhibition or Performance) 2020
"Love is Love," Group Exhibition, Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park and Museum, Cincinnati, OH (Exhibition or Performance) 2020
"Oh Love," Group Exhibition. Flag Art Foundation, New York, NY (online). (Exhibition or Performance) 2020
Nasty Women, Group Exhibition, Gavlak Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (Exhibition or Performance) 2020
"Every Woman Biennale," Group Exhibition. La Mama Gallery, New York, NY. 2019
"Notebook," Group Exhibition. 56 Henry Gallery, New York, NY 2019
"Pride," Group Exhibition, Post Masters, New York, NY 2019
"Queer Forms,"Group Exhibition. Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 2019
"The Academic Body," Group Exhibition. American Academy in Rome Gallery, Rome, Italy 2019
"Eye to I: Self-Portraits from 1900 to Today", Group Exhibition. Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC
2018
Aphrodite and the Lure of Antiquity (Conversations with the Collection), Solo Exhibition, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
2018
"Expanded Visions: Fifty Years of Collecting", Group Exhibition. Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, New York, NY
2017
"Picturing Women: Contemporary Artists Respond to Representations of Women in the Acton Collection", Group Exhibition. Villa La Pietra, NYU/Florence, Florence, Italy
2017
"Recent Acquisitions", Group Exhibition. Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC 2017
"Shrine For Girls, Dublin", Solo Exhibition, The Lab Gallery, Dublin, Ireland 2017
"Tack Room", Solo Exhibition, Platform Section, The Armory Show, New York, NY (curated by Eric Shiner) 2017
"Coming To Power." Group Exhibition. Maccarone Gallery, New York, NY 2016
"Shrine For Girls, New York." Solo Exhibition. The FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY 2016
"Shrine For Girls, Venice." Solo Exhibition. Solo Collateral Event of the 56th International Art Exhibition - la Biennale di Venezia, Chiesa di San Gallo, Venice, Italy (curated by Ludovico Pratesi, presented by Brooklyn Rail Curatorial Projects)
2015
Global Positioning Systems: Forms of Commemoration. Group Exhibition. Perez Art Museum Miami, Miami, FL 2014
Look At Me: Portraiture From Manet to the Present. Group Exhibition. Leila Heller Gallery, New York, NY (curated by Beth DeWoody and Paul Morris) (catalogue) 2014
Sylvan Cemetery: Architecture, Art, and Landscape at Woodlawn. Group Exhibition. Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York, NY 2014
The Classical Nude and the Making of Queer History. Group Exhibition. Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, New York, NY (catalogue) 2014
Come Together: Surviving Sandy, Year 1. Group Exhibition. Dedalus Foundation, Industry City, Brooklyn, NY (curated by Phong Bui) 2013
Cronin's early erotic photographs included in "NYC 1993: Experimental, Jet Set, Trash and No Star" exhibition at New Museum, New York, Feb. 13 - May 26. 2013
Le Macchine, Gli Dei e I Fantasmi. Solo Exhibition. Musei Capitolini, Centrale Montemartini Museo, Rome, Italy (curated by Ludovico Pratesi) (catalogue)
2013
"Dante: The Way of All Flesh." Solo exhibition. Ford Project Gallery. New York. 2012
"Memorial to a Marriage" bronze sculpture goes on permanent view, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow, Scotland. 2012
"Patricia Cronin: All Is Not Lost." Solo survey exhibition (2000-09) at the Newcomb Art Gallery, Tulane University, New Orleans (catalogue). 2012
"Patricia Cronin: Bodies and Soul." Solo exhibition at Conner Contemporary Art, Washington, D.C. 2012
"Twisted Sisters." Group exhibition. Dodge Gallery. New York. 2012
"Watch Your Step." Group exhibition. The FLAG Art Foundation. New York. 2012
"Annual Summer Exhibition." Group exhibition at the Fields Sculpture Park, Omi International Arts Center, Ghent, N.Y. 2011
"Place." Group exhibition at the Stephan Stoyanov Gallery, New York. 2011
"Put Up or Shut Up." Group exhibition at the New York Academy of Art, New York. 2011
"Sentimental Education." Group exhibition at the Gavlak Gallery, Palm Beach, Fla. 2011
"Sex Drive." Group Exhibition at the Atlanta Center for Contemporary Art, Atlanta. 2011
"Sex Drive." Group exhibition at the Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, Haverford College, Philadelphia. 2011
Memorial to a Marriage, permanent public solo exhibition, over-life-size bronze sculpture, permanently installed in Woodlawn Cemetery, the Bronx, N.Y. 2011
Two watercolors from Cronin's "Harriet Hosmer" series were acquired by and entered the permanent collection of the Corcoran Museum, Washington, D.C. 2011
"Because We Are." Station Museum of Contemporary Art. Houston. 2010
"Behind the Green Door." Harris Lieberman Gallery. New York. 2010
"Look Again." Marlborough Gallery, New York. 2010
"Single Lady." Jenny Salomon. Brooklyn, N.Y. 2010
"The Narcissism on Minor Difference." The Decker Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art. Baltimore. 2010
"Battaglia al Castello di Civitella Ranieri." Solo exhibition at the Civitella Ranieri Gallery. Umbertide, Italy. 2009
"Naked." Group exhibition at Paul Kasmin Gallery. New York. 2009
"Patricia Cronin: Harriet Hosmer, Lost and Found." Solo exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum. June 5, 2009-January 24, 2010. 2009
"Sh(out): Contemporary Art and Human Rights." Group exhibition at the Modern Gallery of Art. Glasgow, Scotland. 2009
"Great Women Artists: Feminist Art from the Permanent Collection." Neuberger Museum, SUNY Purchase. 2008
"Just Different." Group exhibition curated by Frank Wagner at the Cobra Museum. Amsterdam. Catalogue. 2008
"An American in Rome." Solo exhibition at the American Academy in Rome Art Gallery. Rome. 2007
"Cincinnati Collects." Group exhibition at the Contemporary Art Center. Cincinnati. 2007
"Neo-Integrity." Group exhibition curated by Keith Mayerson at the Derek Eller Gallery. New York. Catalogue. 2007
"Open Video Project." Group exhibition at the Blue Room, Rialto Sant Ambrogio. Rome. 2007
"Spazi Aperti." Group exhibition curated by Alexandru Niculescu at the Accademia di Romania. Rome. Catalogue. 2007
"Stars and Stripes." Group exhibition at the Carole Biagiotti Gallery. Florence, Italy. 2007
"Trying to Land 2." Group exhibition at the Museo d'Arte Contemporanea di Roma (MACRO). Rome. 2007
"What F Word?" Group exhibition curated by Carol Cole Levin at the Cynthia Broan Gallery. New York. Catalogue. 2007
"Couples Discourse." Group exhibition at the Palmer Museum of Art, Penn State University. University Park, Pa. Catalogue. 2006
"The Title of This Show is Not GAY ART NOW." Group exhibition curated by Jack Pierson at the Paul Kasmin Gallery. New York. 2006
"Twice Drawn." Group exhibition at the Tang Teaching Museum, Skidmore College. Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Catalogue. 2006
"High Drama: Eugene Berman and the Legacy of the Melancholic Sublime." Group exhibition at the Georgia Museum of Art (Athens, Ga.) that traveled to the McNay Art Museum (San Antonio), the Long Beach Museum of Art (California) and the Allentown Museum (Pennsylvania). Catalogue. 2005
"Open House: Working in Brooklyn." Group exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, New York. Catalogue. 2004
"Patricia Cronin: The Domain of Perfect Affection, 1993-2003." Ten-year survey solo exhibition at the UB Art Gallery, State University at Buffalo, New York, accompanied by a 44-page color catalogue with essays by NYU art historian Robert Rosenblum and curator Sandra Firmin. 2004
"Collaborations." Group exhibition curated by Vincent Katz. Alessandra Bonomo Gallery, Rome. 2003
Awards, Honors and Fellowships
"LGBTQ+ Citation of Merit," President of the Borough of The Bronx, Bronx, NY. (Awards and Honors) 2022
LGBTQ+ VR Museum wins New Voices Award in Immersive Technology Competition, Tribeca Film Festival, New York, NY.
(Awards and Honors) 2022
"Aphrodite," monumental outdoor commissioned sculpture, Museum Acquisition, Tampa: Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL. (Awards and Honors) 2021
"Edith Windsor Portrait Commission," Nomination, Finalist, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. (Awards and Honors) 2021
Outdoor Plinth Sculpture Commission, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC (Awards and Honors) 2020
American Academy in Rome, Visiting Artist, Rome, Italy (Awards and Honors) 2019
Outdoor Plinth Sculpture Commission, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C. (Awards and Honors) 2019
Outdoor Plinth Sculpture Commission, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC (Awards and Honors) 2018
2018-20 Leonard and Claire Tow Professorship, Brooklyn College. (Awards and Honors) 2018
American Academy in Rome, Visiting Artist, Rome, Italy (Awards and Honors) 2018
National Academy of Design, Elected Academician, New York, NY (Awards and Honors) 2018
Outdoor Sculpture Commission, Innaurgural Artist in Conversations with the Collection: Contemporary Artists Respond to Classical Antiquity bi-annual series, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
(Awards and Honors) 2018
Patricia Cronin and Deborah Kass, 2018 Honorees, Art Bridge, New York, NY (Awards and Honors) 2018
Public Sculpture Commission, Innaurgural Artist in "Conversations with the Collection: Contemporary Artists Respond to Classical Antiquity" bi-annual series, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL (Awards and Honors) 2018
The Lab Gallery Residency, St. Patrick's Lodge, Dublin, Ireland (Awards and Honors) 2017
Tow Faculty Research Travel Fellowship, Brooklyn College of The City University of New York
(Grants and Fellowships) 2017
Patricia Cronin, Artist Honoree, 21st Annual Art Walk Benefit, The Coalition For The Homeless, New York, NY. (Awards and Honors) 2015
Leonard and Claire Tow Professorship, Brooklyn College, CUNY (2013-2014) (Awards and Honors) 2013
Velvet Park magazine names Patricia Cronin one of the Top 25 Significant Queer Women of 2012 and calls her painter, sculptor, social commentator - "The Renaissance Woman." (Awards and Honors) 2012
Visiting Artist Residency, American Academy, Rome. (2010, 2012, 2013, 2014) (Grants and Fellowships) 2012
PSC-CUNY Research Award. (Grants and Fellowships) 2010
Anonymous Was a Woman Foundation Award. New York. (Awards and Honors) 2009
Civitella Ranieri Foundation Fellowship, Umbertide, Italy. (Grants and Fellowships) 2009
Excellence in Creative Achievement Faculty Award, Brooklyn College. (Awards and Honors) 2009
PSC-CUNY Research Award. (Grants and Fellowships) 2009
Deutcshe Bank Fellow. New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Printmaking/Drawing/Artists Books. New York. (Grants and Fellowships) 2007
Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Grant. New York. Catalogue. (Grants and Fellowships) 2007
John Armstrong Chaloner/Jacob H. Lazarus - Metropolitan Museum of Art ROME PRIZE Fellowship in Visual Art. American Academy in Rome. $22,000 (plus room and board). (Awards and Honors) 2006
PSC-CUNY Research Award. (Grants and Fellowships) 2006
Distinguished Alumni Award. Rhode Island College, Providence. (Awards and Honors) 2004
Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums
"Patricia Cronin and the Lure of Antiquity," Keynote Lecture on the occasion of Pompeii: The Immortal City exhibition, Orlando Science Center, Orlando, FL (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2021
"Patricia Cronin, Lesbian Bodies in Queer Times," Queer@Kings Lecture Series, Kings College London, London, United Kingdom (online) (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2020
"All Bound Up Together," Votes For Women Conference, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2019
"Patricia Cronin: Social Justice and Aesthetic Responsibilities," Parsons School of Art, New York, NY. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2019
"Visible Body," A Conversation with Patricia Cronin, Mark Robbins and Stefan Sagmeister,
American Academy in Rome, Rome, Italy
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2019
"Memorial To A Marriage," 50th Anniversary New Acquisitions Exhibition Lecture, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2018
"Patricia Cronin," Thirty on Thursdays Gallery Talk Series, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2018
"Patricia Cronin: Intersectional Feminism and Aesthetic Responsibilities," Intersectionality and Feminism in the Arts Conference, New York University, Villa La Pietra, Florence, Italy
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2018
"Context is Everything: Political Art In and Out of the Museum," on Museums, Artists, and Social Change panel, College Art Association Annual Conference, New York, NY.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2017
"Moving Mountains: Harriet Hosmer's 19th century Italian Migration to become the First Professional Woman Sculptor", Women and Migrations Conference, New York University, Villa La Pietra, Florence, Italy
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2017
"On The Road to Aphrodite, Reimagined," Antiquities Circle Lecture Series, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2017
"Patricia Cronin: Social Justice and Aesthetic Responsibilities," Picturing Women: Constructions of Gender in the Acton Collection and Contemporary Society Series. New York University, Villa La Pietra, Florence, Italy
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2017
"Shrine For Girls, Dublin," Arts and Trauma Seminar, The Lab Gallery/Dublin City Council, Dublin, Ireland
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2017
"Shrine For Girls, Dublin," The Lab Gallery/Dublin City Council, Dublin, Ireland (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2017
"Tack, Quack and Wack," Armory Live, The Armory Show, New York, NY. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2017
"Shrine For Girls: A Conversation with Maura Reilly," The FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2016
"Shrine For Girls: Feminist Politics at the Venice Biennale," Faculty Day, Brooklyn College/CUNY, Brooklyn, NY
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2016
"Shrine For Girls: Social Justice and Aesthetic Responsibilities," Yale University School of Art at Norfolk, Norfolk, CT.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2016
"Shrine For Girls: Social Justice and Aesthetic Responsibilities." The Mark Grote Annual Visiting Artist Lecture. Loyola University, New Orleans, LA.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2016
"Legacy of Rape: Art, Law and Social Justice." Panel Discussion, Institute for Research on
Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Columbia University. New York, NY.
(Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2015
"Shrine For Girls." Chiesa San Gallo, 56th Venice Biennale. Venice, Italy. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2015
"Ghosts in the Machine," Lunch Bag Lecture, National Portrait Gallery/Smithsonian American Art, Washington, D.C. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2014
"Ghosts in the Machine," Massachusetts College of Art. Boston, MA (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2014
"Ghosts in the Machine," Mellon Fellowship Seminar Lecture. The Graduate Center, The City University Of New York. New York, NY. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2014
"Le Macchine, Gli Dei e I Fantasmi," Lecture at the American Academy in Rome. Rome, Italy. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2013
"All Is Not Lost." Gender Studies Program, Penn State. State College, Pa. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2012
"All Is Not Lost." Newcomb Art Gallery, Tulane University. New Orleans. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2012
"Contemporary Art and Social Justice." Developing a Research Network to Advance 21st-century Museum Ethics in Theory and Practice Conference. Victoria and Albert Museum. London. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2012
"Dante Figures Now." Brown Bag Lecture. Ph.D. Museum Studies Program, University of Leicester. Leicester, England. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2012
"Patricia Cronin: All Is Not Lost." Conversation with Contemporary Art Curator Sean McGlashan, St. Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art. Glasgow, Scotland. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2012
"Patricia Cronin: All Is Not Lost." Lecture and Conversation with V&A Sculpture Curator Amy Mechowski, Victoria and Albert Museum, London. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2012
"Patricia Cronin: Memorial to a Marriage and Harriet Hosmer." Perspectives Lecture, MA Museum and Gallery Studies Program, University of Leicester. Leicester, England. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2012
"Where the Bodies Lie: Landscapes of Memory, Mourning and Concealment" panel. CAA Annual Conference. Los Angeles. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2012
"Sex Drive" panel discussion. Atlanta Center for Contemporary Art. Atlanta. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2011
"White Marmorean Flock." The Feminist Breast: Women, Nudity and Portraiture Panel. College Art Association Annual Conference. New York. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2011
"Patricia Cronin & Harriet Hosmer." Graduate Painting Program, Rhode Island School of Design. Providence, R.I. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2010
"Something Old, Something New--19th and 21st Century Sculpture Practices." Sarah Lawrence College. Bronxville, N.Y. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2008
"Subverting Watercolor." Brooklyn Museum. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2007
"Something Old, Something New--19th and 21st Century Sculpture Practices." The Dahesh Museum of Art, New York. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2005
"Lee Bontecou: A Retrospective." Museum of Modern Art, New York. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2004
"Memorial to a Marriage." Inter-Sexions: Queering the Visual Conference. CUNY Graduate Center, New York. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Conference Presentation) 2004
"Patricia Cronin." Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (Conferences, Seminars and Symposiums: Invited Talk) 2003
Professional Leadership
Artistic Director, LGBTQ+ VR Museum, Bristol, United Kingdom and Copenhagen, Denmark. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2023
Trustee & Board Member, St. Gaudens Memorial Foundation, Cornish, NH. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2023
Trustee & Board Member, St. Gaudens Memorial Foundation, Cornish, NH. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2022
Advisor, St. Gaudens Memorial Fellowship Committee, St. Gaudens Memorial Foundation, Cornish, NH. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2021
Advisor, St. Gaudens Memorial Fellowship Committee, St. Gaudens Memorial Foundation, Cornish, NH. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2020
Member, Biden National Arts Policy Committee. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2020
Trustee. American Academy in Rome, New York, NY and Rome, Italy. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2015
Trustee. American Academy in Rome, New York, NY and Rome, Italy. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2014
Member, board of directors, Civitella Ranieri Foundation. New York and Umbertide, Italy, 2010 - present. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2012
Member, Council of the Society of Fellows, American Academy in Rome, 2012-16. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2012
Member, jury to select and award the 2011-12 Visual Art Rome Prize Fellowships, American Academy in Rome. (Professional Leadership: Committee Service) 2011
Member, board of directors, Civitella Ranieri Foundation. New York and Umbertide, Italy. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2010
Member, Steering Committee, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. (Professional Leadership: Organizational Leadership Position) 2008
Other Professional Activities
Chavez, Sarah, Doughty, Caitlin and Hung, Louise. "Dude Where's My Monument," in Death in the Afternoon Podcast, April 8. 2019
"Memorial To A Marriage," Dolkart, Andrew, Lustbader, Ken, and Shockley, Jay, eds. NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project. Online archive. 2018
"Patricia Cronin," Design Matters with Debbie Millman, podcast episode, October 14. 2018
"Tampa Museum of Art Kicks off the Season of Love!", TV segment on ABC Action News Tampa, FL. August 21. 2018
"The Visual Commentary on Scripture", Academic research project. Quash, Ben, and Sliwka, Jennifer, eds. Kings College London/ The Visual Commentary on Scripture Foundation. 2018
"Visual Assault", BBC4 Radio Documentary, October 11. 2018