Patrick Lichty

Patrick Lichty is a conceptual artist, curator, and theorist exploring how media shape our perception of reality as well as the borders between the digital and the material. Born in Akron Ohio in 1962, he was raised on art, technology and science fiction.
He is a creator of digital tapestries, especially Jacquard weaving, and is noted alongside Chuck Close as a seminal contemporary artist in this genre. He is best known for his work with the virtual reality performance art group "Second Front" and the animator of the activist group "The Yes Men". He is a CalArts/Herb Alpert Fellow and Whitney Biennial exhibitor as part of the collective RTMark.
He is a Lecturer of Digital Studio Practice at the Peck School of the Arts in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

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