Patrick Morales-Lee (b.1976)

Patrick Morales-Lee (b.1976)

Tesselation

Signed verso

Pencil, acrylic paint and charcoal powder on paper

40cm x 40cm (50cm x 50cm framed)

Patrick Morales-Lee was taught by the painter John Virtue and graduated alongside friend and peer Antony Micallef. During the last few years, he has appeared on Sky Portrait Artist of the Year, exhibited in a number of shows, selling work to a handful of well known collectors and exhibited alongside artists such as Antony Gormley, Antony Lister, Stanley Donwood, Vhils, Pure Evil and FAILE. He also recently just won the 2021 Galerie Heimat & NG Art Creative Residency Art Prize, judged by Laura Gascoigne and Kate Bryan.

The work deals with the idea of identity and belonging. Fostered at the age of three, Patrick was constantly and acutely aware of his surroundings and the need to fit in growing up. Looking back, he recognises those feelings as universal and the work looks to explore the 'human condition', specifically what makes people do what they do to have a sense of belonging - from the everyday to the extreme.