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b. 1983
Patricia Brace’s practice is located in rural Maine. Overall her work is concerned with the body as it relates to place and care, examining how we cohabitate with nature during a rapidly unfolding climate situation. Brace has attended residencies including The Arctic Circle (2025 and returning in 2027), The Studios at MASS MoCA, the Alumni Residency at Maine College of Art & Design, and the Vermont Studio Center. She has exhibited nationally at venues such as PS122 Gallery (New York, NY), Gary Snyder Project Space (New York, NY), SOHO 20 (New York, NY), Ortega y Gasset Projects (Brooklyn, NY), Smack Mellon (Brooklyn, NY), and Trestle Gallery (Brooklyn, NY), as well as regionally at 82 Parris (Portland, ME), the Center for Maine Contemporary Art (Rockland, ME), and the Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art & Design (Portland, ME). Brace’s awards include the Kindling Fund Grant, Hildreth Professional Development Grants from MECA&D, and the Women Invigorating the Curriculum and Cultivating Diversity Committee Grant at the University of Maine, Augusta. She is co-founder of the Performance Art Initiative, Sine Gallery, and GROUNDWORK retreat, and her work is held in the permanent collections of the Portland Museum of Art and Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital in New York City. Brace currently teaches at Maine College of Art & Design as a Visiting Assistant Professor in Painting, Sculpture, Foundation, and MFA in Studio Art. She previously taught at Rutgers University.