Patricia Katchur
Self Portrait ©Patricia Katchur, 2021

Please note, I am not the Patricia Katchur who murdered her husband

Biography
Growing up in Pittsburgh - against the the backdrop of smoky, steel mills of a dying, industrial era - was a visual feast. In contrast, the picturesque landscape of tree forests and rolling fields combined with the moody atmospheric environment accentuated the natural world in a way that still lights a fire in my heart. A strange beauty co-existed in both these natural and unnatural worlds. Such memories from youth still linger in my mind.
I received a BFA in Fine Art Photography from Rochester Institute of Technology in upstate New York. Spending my junior-year-abroad based out of Salzburg, Austria, I studied art history and traveled across the continent (and beyond) - exploring, seeking & discovering.
Tucson has twice been my home. I spent my first 6 years in Tucson straight out of college. Initially, the Sonoran Desert was uninvitingly harsh and abrasive. But the desert is bewitching, and once one understands its conflicting beauty, it never lets go.
New York City was my growing up period. Arriving insecure, I quickly realized my strengths and abilities. Things worked in my favor; I was in the right place, at the right time. Sixty Eight Degrees was a custom, high end, black & white photo lab that I co-owned and managed. Our clients were the top fashion photographers, advertising directors, magazine editorial departments and artists. It was the 90s, and life was good.
After many years, photography shifted from analog to digital, and i began different pursuits. Together, with Eric Taubman, we started Center for Alternative & Historic Processes (now penumbrafoundation.org). But the desert beckoned, cajoling me back.
My latest endeavors include Sunshine Shop Tucson, ART RANCH + Historic Ball-Paylore House.
Selected Experience
Founder + Director - Sunshine Shop, Tucson AZ
Founding Board of Directors / Vice President - Triangle L ART RANCH Inc, Oracle AZ
Co-Host Team + House Manager, Ball-Paylore House - Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation, Tucson AZ
Graphic Designer, Web+ Social Media, Documentarian & Writer - Triangle L Ranch + ART RANCH, Oracle AZ
Proprietress - Yikes Toys! Tucson AZ
Tucson Modernism Week - Sponsor Relations, Tucson AZ
Unit Production Manager - Flor de Muertos, Tucson and Nogales AZ and Nogales, Mexico
Instructor - Wet Plate Collodion Workshops
Assistant Instructor - Wet Plate Collodion Workshops with Joni Sternbach, NYC NY / Pittsburgh PA / Salem MA
Organizer - GLOW! - Triangle L Ranch, Oracle AZ
Co-Founder & Director - Center for Alternative and Historic Processes (now Penumbra Foundation), NYC NY
Co-Owner and Managing Partner - Sixty Eight Degrees B&W Lab, NYC NY
Education
BFA Fine Art Photography, Rochester Institute of Technology (R.I.T.), Rochester NY
Junior-Year-Abroad / Art History, Salzburg College, Salzburg Austria
Daguerreotype Workshop / Mike Robinson, The Daguerreian Society, Pittsburgh PA
Center for Alternative and Historic Processes Workshops, NYC NY
Wet Plate Collodion Workshop / John Coffer, Dundee NY
Glass Casting Workshop / Urban Glass, Brooklyn NY
Awards
2011 Creative Capitol / Internet For Artists Workshop - Grant Recipient
Selected Lectures / Panels
2015
Art as Life, Lecture, Honors College, University of Arizona
2014
Co-Juror | Curious Camera Competition, ArtsEye Gallery, Tucson AZ
2013
Robots!!! Atomic to the Space Age / Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation’s Tucson Modernism Week
Catalyst Cafe / Small Businesses and Social Media panel discussion, Pima County Public Library, Tucson AZ
2007
Back to Basics: The Renaissance in Historic and Alternative Photographic Processes / F295 Symposium on Lensless, Alternative and Adaptive Photographic Processes, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA
Selected Exhibitions
2017
10 x 10 small works invitational | group show, Tohono Chul, Tucson AZ
Valerie Galloway, Patricia Katchur, Mykl Wells | 3 Person Show, Michael David Salon, Tucson AZ
Bloom Night | group exhibition, Tohono Chul, Tucson AZ
Ranchy | Adobe Barn Gallery / Triangle L Ranch, Oracle AZ
Love Letters | group show, Yikes Toys!, Tucson AZ
2016
10 x 10 small works invitational | group show, Tohono Chul, Tucson AZ
Summer of Love | Mykl Wells, Valerie Galloway , Patricia Katchur @ Michael David Salon, Tucson AZ
Cactus & Clouds | group exhibition, The Galeria at YWCA, Tucson AZ
In Full Bloom | group exhibition, Tohono Chul, Tucson AZ
2015
Patricia Katchur, Elizabeth Frank, Valerie Galloway | group exhibition, Petroglyphs, Tucson AZ
Memory Game Release Party | Valerie Galloway (Salon), Kitty Brophy (Revelations), Patricia Katchur (Saguaro), MOCAshop, Tucson AZ
Beautiful Dark | artworks & poems, Patricia Katchur and Joni Wallace, Hotel Congress Lobby, Tucson AZ
Small Works Invitational | group show, Tohono Chul Botanical Gardens, Tucson AZ
Femmes & Flora | Valerie Galloway and Patricia Katchur, Michael David Salon, Tucson AZ
The Sky Above | group exhibition, Tohono Chul, Tucson AZ
Land of Ozma | solo exhibition, Wee Gallery, Tucson AZ
2014
Sacred Love | group exhibition, Art House Centro, Tucson AZ
New Works | Patricia Katchur and Valerie Galloway, YWCA, Tucson AZ
Oracle Studio Tour | Patricia Katchur and Sharon Holnback, Adobe Gallery, Oracle AZ
2013
The Exotic Sublime | group show, Atlas Fine Art Services, Tucson AZ
Small Works Invitational | group show, Tohono Chul, Tucson AZ
Featured Artist | solo exhibition, Tohono Chul Park, Tucson AZ
2012
Desierto | solo exhibition, Tucson Botanical Garden’s Porter Hall Gallery, Tucson AZ
RED: A Juried Invitational, Temple Gallery via Etherton Gallery, Tucson AZ
BeMine: Collaborations betweens Writers & Artists, University of Arizona’s Poetry Center, Tucson AZ
Arizona Valentine, Phoenix Airport Museum, Phoenix AZ
Selected Works, University of Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson AZ
2011
Phone-ography, Featured Artist, ArtsEye Gallery, Tucson AZ
Upon Awakening, solo exhibition, Tucson Airport’s Upper Link Gallery, Tucson AZ
2010
Art Rooms, Historic Hotel Congress, Tucson AZ
Selected Works, University of Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson AZ
2008
ReForm, Studio 455, Tucson AZ
Tucson / New York City & Back, Adobe Gallery, Oracle AZ
Photograph ©Valerie Galloway, circa 1989