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Artist’s Statement and Biography
Patricia Kambitsch The paintings, drawings, and collages of Patricia Kambitsch are inspired by iconic imagery in Catholic churches, the popular culture as seen in comic books and advertising, and the work of twentieth century abstract artists. Portraits, fractured faces, cityscapes, and human figures dominate her work. In other paintings, organic figures such as trees and cornstalks blend with human forms. Kambitsch often paints in bold forms with saturated color and heavy outlining. Kambitsch also uses cardboard, laminated wood, paper collage, and found objects in her highly stylized assemblages. As a visual artist, Patricia Kambitsch is self-taught. Also a writer of creative non fiction, Kambitsch toys with the interplay of painting with other art forms, especially the written word. Kambitsch, the visual artist, and Kambitsch, the writer, together explore what has become, for her, a blurred boundary between visual art and the written word. A lifelong teacher, Kambitsch’s formal education includes bachelors and masters degrees in education. As a teacher in urban public schools, her experience includes teaching virtually all subjects and all levels, preschool through grade twelve. Lessons created for the National Teacher Training Institute are available online. Kambitsch leads creativity workshops, she calls “Playdays” which encourage playful interdisciplinary experimentation with the arts. Her self-published work includes a farcical “’zine” called Fallen Away, a Newsletter for Fallen Away Roman Catholics, and a book visual word puzzles for students of American citizenship. She lives with her husband Peter and cat Axel just outside of Dayton, Ohio.
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