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Patrick D. Wilson, Ground Nest, 2023
Corten steel, bronze and concrete
63" x 136" x 154"
2023
Patrick D. Wilson, Ground Nest, 2023
Corten steel, bronze and concrete
63" x 136" x 154"
2023
Beast of Futures Past, 2022
Steel
72" x 179" x 72"
2022
$18000
Structures in the Rock
Douglas fir and pine
43" x 46" x 37"
2022
Structures in the Rock
Douglas fir and pine
43" x 46" x 37"
2022
House Nightmare, 2016
bronze
13 x 15 x 11
2016
$2000
Patrick D. Wilson, Black Tent Transit, 2020, image:Christopher Radford
Douglas fir, steel, yak wool, hardware
9' x 20' x 45'
2020
Patrick D. Wilson, Black Tent Transit, 2020, image:Christopher Radford
Douglas fir, steel, yak wool, hardware
9' x 20' x 45'
2020
Patrick D. Wilson, Black Tent Transit, 2020, image:Christopher Radford
Douglas fir, steel, yak wool, hardware
9' x 20' x 45'
2020
Patrick D. Wilson, Black Tent Transit, 2020 image:Christopher Radford
Douglas fir, steel, yak wool, hardware
9' x 20' x 45'
2020
Patrick D. Wilson, Black Tent Transit, 2020, image:Christopher Radford
Douglas fir, steel, yak wool, hardware
9' x 20' x 45'
2020
Sculpture by Patrick D. WIlson commissioned for the 20th Sharjah Islamic Arts Festival.
plywood, steel and fabric
2017
Sculpture using Tibetan yak wool, cherry and steel.
yak wool, steel and wood
104" x 72" x 58"
2017
Sculpture using Tibetan yak wool, cherry and steel.
yak wool, steel and wood
64" x 66" x 74"
2017
Sculpture by Patrick D. Wilson using wood, bronze and hardware.
bronze, wood and concrete
58" x 134" x 108"
2018
Sculpture by Patrick D. Wilson using wood, bronze and hardware.
bronze, wood and concrete
58" x 134" x 108"
2018
Photographic sculpture by Patrick D. Wilson recounting one-day journey along Century Avenue in Shanghai.
laminated inkjet prints, steel and glass
variable
2018
photo sculpture Shanghai
laminated inkjet prints
2015
photo sculptures Shanghai
laminated inkjet prints
2015
Worker Barracks from Century Avenue Walk
laminated inkjet prints
2015
Photographic sculpture by Patrick D. Wilson recounting one-day journey along Century Avenue in Shanghai.
laminated inkjet prints, steel and glass
variable
2018
Kashgar Column
laminated inkjet prints and reclaimed wood
32" x 32" x 17"
2014
Photographic sculpture composited from a number of images taken of Chongqing construction sites.
laminated inkjet prints
21" x 53" x 21"
2015
Photo-collage sculpture using worksite textures from Chongqing, China.
laminated C-prints
2013
architectural sculpture by Patrick D. Wilson, images from construction site on the Forbidden City grounds
wood and laminated photographs
27" x 25" x 20"
2010
projection scultpture - shanghai street scenes
dress shirts, slacks, sandbags and digital projection
variable, 98" tall
2015
architectural sculpture
wood and laminated photographs
33" x 33" x 28"
2010
mail sculpture by Patrick D Wilson
painted steel, pallet, field game camera
52" x 40" x 42"
2012
furniture-like sculpture by Patrick D. Wilson
wood
26" x 28" x 26"
2009
architectural sculpture by Patrick D. Wilson, clouds
laminated photographs
28" x 26" x 14"
2010
architectural sculpture by Patrick D. Wilson, clouds
laminate photographs
28" x 26" x 14"
2010
crate sculpture by Patrick D Wilson
wood and inkjet prints
10" x 15' x 10"
2009
crate sculpture by Patrick D. Wilson
wood
48" x 40" x 42"
2007
cardboard sculpture by Patrick D Wilson
cardboard
variable
2008
Lander (detail: Infestation Field)
cardboard
7" x 8" x 10"
2008
Benchly
plywood
2006
architectural sculpture by Patrick D. Wilson
plywood
82" x 15" x 51"
2006
Solar Storm
aluminum, acrylic, computer controlled LEDs
300" x 84" x 84"
2005
Do Something: 9/11 Memorial to THomas Edward Burnett Jr.
aluminum and bronze
168" x 96" x 96"
2002
(612) 874-0378
cast iron
2001
Westfield Centre Skylight
laminated photographs
12" x 20" x 12"
2009
Copper Spud
copper and steel
36" x 18" x 14"
2000
Solar Storm
[Vimeo]
aluminum, acrylic, computer controlled LEDs
84" x 84" x 300"
2005

My work uses digitally composed architectural forms as the framework for visually habitable space. The resultant sculptures are fractured planes of wood, steel and photographic media that invite the viewer to explore as though wandering from room to room in a partially built or demolished building. I use the strategy of an architectural model to pull the viewer into a speculative experience. However, the work deviates from this mode in that, rather than mapping out functional space, it demarcates a set of details that characterized a previous experience. This distillation of memory engages the viewer in an active oscillation between the consideration of discrete elements and the attempt to sense the object as a whole.

All of my work begins as a 3D computer model. Using a digital model allows me to create and edit complex forms that I would not be able to accurately represent working by hand. This process came out of digital pattern making for steel and wood fabrication, but evolved as I began to use the photographs in place of the patterns. The photographs work in dialogue with the 3D model as their placement forces a revision of the original composition. The eventual combination of composed geometry alongside recognizable images forms a bridge between seeing the work as a volume or experiencing it as an environment, and offers an entry point into sculptures that seem to inhabit multiple types of space and scale simultaneously.

My choice of materials is dependent on the intended scale of the recreated space. Wood is a very effective material for translating architectural features such as beams, capitals and doors, or to reference furniture-like components that indicate a specific use. The photographic media on the other hand, create a paradoxical depth in the surface that opens up more space than it consumes, and undermines a fixed sense of scale. It is important that the photographs are considered as architecture rather than collage, as the images are not relational but more like sampled textures or reclaimed materials that recreate the place from which they were taken. Working as such extends my practice to include events and environments that will become imprinted on the outer surfaces of sculpture as the transformed reflection of their surroundings.