Patricia Schnall Gutierrez states: "My art remains focused on the exploration of the contemporary feminine character based on traditional, political and personal circumstances. The work, post-minimal and conceptual in nature, ranges from two-dimensional and installation to performance and collaborative projects. The content reveals an intimate commentary on a variety of issues of the modern world, the role of women and personal life stories.
The choice of execution and materials is essential to accentuate the intent of each particular piece: hundreds of filled plastic garbage bags hung on shower hooks, draped washing machine tubing with sounds of home, paper packages constructed alongside volunteers, intimately photographed domestic portraits, drawings, paintings and interactive public works, all contributing to the larger collective dialogue they are inspired by.
The ontological conceptualization of woman continues to unfold in the twenty-first century. Through my various work, I strive to create an awareness of how women have been defined in the past and the insight this knowledge gives us as we move forward."
Raised in Buffalo New York, Patricia Schnall Gutierrez grew up on the doorsteps of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery and was influenced by such fellow women Buffalo artists as Susan Rothenberg and Cindy Sherman. She received her BFA degree from SUNY Buffalo and became active in the Buffalo art scene. Along with her career as an artist, marriage and family began early for Gutierrez, often creating challenges between conflicting passions. After a move to New York City, and as her family and work matured, her interest in the feminine character and the stereotypical roles of women understandably became a central focal point in her work. In a recent review by Irina Leyva-Perez in Art Pulse International Contemporary Art magazine, "Schnall Gutierrez’s work is not feminist despite the fact that she is commenting about women and her traditional role in society. Here is not an artist that presents women as victims; instead she is celebrating womanhood. Gutierrez’s dedication to this examination of women’s roles has proved unwavering."
2007 brought Gutierrez to live and work in Wynwood, Miami's art epicenter. Her mixed media work and installations have recently been exhibited in the Naples Museum of Art, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Museum of Florida Art, The Appleton Museum, Lowe Art Museum, as well as University Exhibitions in and outside of Florida. Her work was selected and showcased in the private Sotheby’s auction at the Margulies Collection at the Warehouse in 2010. Recently she received the “Award of Excellence” from the Biennial Six Exhibition at the Florida Museum of Art and was also selected as a finalist for the Florida Department of State/Division of Cultural Affairs Visual Arts Fellowship for 2012. Patricia's work was featured on the cover of the Boca Museum of Art's All Florida brochure. This fall, she will be in an exhibition at the Boca Museum, along with Marina Font and Rhonda Mitrani, in a collaborative body of work known as the RPM Project. Gutierrez’s work can be seen in such art fairs as Art Miami Context, Aqua Miami and Red Dot and she is represented by various art dealers and galleries throughout the United States.
