Patdurka@gmail.com
Born in Cleveland, Ohio. Patrick Durka's work explores the intersection of deep time and human history.
He received a BA in Art education from Cleveland State University, and received his MFA in Visual Studies from
Pacific College of Art. He currently lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, and teaches art in the Tooele Valley.
Education
2020
Master of Fine Arts
Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon
Bachelor of Arts
Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio
Solo Exhibitions
2026 Insofar, Blend, Quigley Art Gallery, Gunnison, Colorado, 2026
Worlding, Fourteen30 Contemporary, Portland, Oregon, 2020
Saline Resistance, The Openroom, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2019
Ambiguity of Land, Third Room, Portland, Oregon, 2019
Group Exhibitions and Collaborations
Something From Everything, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2025
Disparate Realities, Erosion SLC, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2024
BDAC Annual Statewide Competition, Bountiful Davis Art Center, Bountiful, Utah, 2022
GLAM, Annual Gala, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2022
Statewide Annual Exhibition, Finch Lane Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2021
Antimatter [media art] Fest, Deluge Contemporary Art, Victoria, British Columbia, 2021
MILK VOL 002: A Survey of Contemporary Photography, University of Arkansas Photography Society, Fayetteville, Arkansas, 2019
Brick by Brick, PNCA Group Shows, Place Gallery, Portland, Oregon, 2019
Sci-fi For Real, Artist publication, Issue 15, Stockholm, Sweden, 2019
Winter X Winter, Bend Art Center, Bend, Oregon, 2019
Errors, Fakes, and Oddities – an International Mail Art Exhibition, Manchester, New Hampshire, 2019
PNCA End of Summer Exhibition, Portland, Oregon, 2018
Cleveland State University 42nd Student Show and Merit Scholar Exhibition, The Galleries at CSU, Cleveland, Ohio, 2013
Video and live sound installation, Casa Nueva, Athens, Ohio, 2008
48-Hour Shootout, Baker Auditorium, Athens, Ohio, 2008
SCHOOL, ARTS, AND UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIPS
Partnership with University of Utah Art Education Department. 2021-2023
Juror for the Interior Design Educators Council Student Design Competition. 2020-2021
INVITED TALKS
Community Arts, Research, and Exploring the Deep Time of Ecological Systems, National Art Education Association (NAEA) Conference, New York City, New York. 2022
Saline Resistance, Artist Lecture, The Openroom, Salt Lake City, Utah. 2019
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
Timeless Earth, Stansbury Island, Utah. A curatorial collaboration with Kalaija Mallory that showcased national and international artists located in the Great Salt Lake Desert. 2021
PRESS
The Openroom: An Intimate Setting for Exhibition and Discussion, Scotti Hill, 15 Bytes Digital Magazine. 2020
Published Images and Analyses of Durka’s Work. 2024
Graham, J. (2024). “Artists at the Museum,” Journal of Museum Education 50th Anniversary Edition titled Relational, Issue 48 vol. 2, Print. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10598650.2023.2283392