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PATRICK D. MASTERSON
Master Printmaker with over 20 year's experience teaching in higher education. As a professional printmaker Patrick has worked with some of the most well-known artists of today. His expertise spans a broad range of printmaking techniques including relief, intaglio, mezzotint, lithography, monoprints, silk screen, Risograph, and traditional Japanese woodblocks. In addition to teaching courses, Patrick has grown academic printmaking departments and maintained their equipment and supplies. He has also been a managing partner of a cooperative print studio in Houston Texas established in 2011.
Education
2000
Master of Fine Arts | Painting/Printmaking | Rhode Island School of Design | Providence, RI
2000
Collegiate Teaching Certificate | Brown University | Providence, RI
1994
Bachelor of Fine Arts | Summa Cum Laude | Printmaking | Texas State University | San Marcos, TX
1989
Certificate, Graphics & Illustration | US Army | Lowry Air Force Base | Denver, CO
Teaching Experience
2008 – Present
Lecturer and Coordinator of Printmaking | University of Houston | Houston, TX
2017 – Present
Lecturer | Printmaking | Rice University | Houston, TX
2006 – 2014
Instructor | Printmaking | Glassell School of Art | Museum of Fine Arts Houston | Houston, TX
2007
Monoprints Workshop | Houston Women's Caucus for Art | Houston Foundry | Houston, TX
2002 – 2003
Instructor | Printmaking and 2-D Design | Texas State University | San Marcos, TX
2001
Instructor | Lithography and Intaglio | Flatbed Press | Austin, TX
2001
Instructor | Lithography | Rhode Island School of Design | Providence, RI
1999-2001
Print Seminar Assistant | Rhode Island School of Design | Providence, RI
Grants, Awards and Residencies
2025
Karuizawa Mokuhanga School Residency | Nagano Ken, Kitasaku-gun, Karuiuzawa-higashi | Japan
1998
21st Annual Alumni Invitational Honorable Mention | Texas State University | San Marcos, TX
Selected Lectures and Visits
2019
James Surls and Pat Masterson | Glassell School of Art | Houston, TX
Round Table Discussion | Tom Huck's Electric Baloneyland | Rice University | Houston, TX
2018
Round Table Discussion | Collective Work of a Master Printer | Rice University | Houston, TX
2017
Collective Pulse | Galveston Art Center | Galveston, TX
2013
Multiplicity: Terrell James, Karin Broker, Pat Masterson | Williams Tower | Houston, TX
2012
Houston Ink | Rice University Media Center | Houston, TX
2011
Printmatters | Hooks Epstein | Houston, TX
2003
Corpus | Cedar Valley College | Lancaster, TX
Professional Experience
2011 – Present
Owner and Master Printer | Burning Bones Press | Houston
2011 – Present
Master Printer | The University of Houston | Fine Art Press | Houston, TX
2024 – Present
Technical Consultant | Lady Lazarus Press | Print Shop | Houston, TX
1996 – 2010
Master Printer | Flatbed Press | Austin, TX
1994 – 1996
Master Printer | Daryl Howard | Austin, TX
2002
Printer | Solo Impressions Press | New York, NY
2002
Printer | Print Institute of North Texas | Denton, TX
2001
Assistant Printer | Graphicstudio | University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
2000 – 2001
Assistant Printer | Rhode Island School of Design | Providence, RI
2002 – 2003
Art Department Technician | University of Texas at Austin | Austin, TX
1997 – 1998
Art Director Assistant | Texas State University | San Marcos, TX
1991 – 1994
Printmaking Technician | Texas State University | San Marcos, TX
1988 – 1992
E-4 Specialist 301st MI – Illustrator | U.S. Army Reserve | Pasadena, TX
Notable Master Printer Collaborations
Mathew Richie
Albert Paley
Trenton Doyle Hancock
Joseph Havel
Francesca Fuchs
Michael Bise
Tom Huck
Nikola Parente
Debra Barrera
Penny Cerling
Patrick Palmer
John Hancock
Lucinda Cobley
Natasha Bowdoin
Karin Broker
Catherine Polk
Darden Smith
Om Sooya
Melinda Laszcynski
Kelli Vance
Luiz Jimenez
James Surls
John Alexander
Dan Rizzie
Julie Speed
Francesca Fuchs
Andrea Rosenberg
Darden Smith
Melissa Miller
Trenton Doyle Hancock
Terry Allen
Francis Tolbert II
Patrick Palmer
Ann Connor
Kelly Fearing
Bettie Ward
Lamar Peterson
Linda Ridgeway
Katie Van Scherpenberg
Arthur Huang
Dan Rizzie
Ed Ruscha
William Wegman
Jim Isermann
Margo Humphrey
Guillermo Kuitca
Udomsak Krisanamis
Lauren Moya Ford
Select Print Collections
- Whitney Museum of Art | New York, NY
- The Museum of Modern Art | New York, NY
- RISD Museum of Art | Providence, RI
- Cleveland Museum of Art | Cleveland, OH
- Austin Museum of Art | Austin, TX
- Museum of Fine Arts | Houston, TX
- The Library of Congress | Washington, DC
Selected Exhibitions of Personal Work
2025
Lustr International Festival | Prague | Czech Republic
2024
Wallpaper for Many | Palazzo Mora | Venice, ITLY
2022
Artwork from the Houston Printmaking Studio | San Jacinto Art Gallery | Houston TX
2019
Burning Bones Press | A Selection of Prints | Moody Gallery, TX
2017
Burning Bones Press | Texas Lutheran University, TX
Collective Pulse | Galveston Art Center | Galveston, TX
2015
Monotype/Monothon | Rice University | Houston TX
2014
Day of the Dead Rock Stars | Cactus Records | Houston, TX
2013
It Came From the Bayou | Saint Arnold | Houston, TX
2012
Modern and Contemporary Master Prints | Alliance Gallery | Houston, TX
2011
Day of the Dead Rock Stars | Cactus Records | Houston, TX
2010
Impressions 2014 | Gallery at the J | Austin, TX
2009
Multiplicity | Williams Tower | Houston, TX
Day of the Dead Rock Stars | Cactus Records | Houston, TX
Glassell School of Art Faculty Exhibition | Glassell School of Art | Houston, TX
Houston Ink | Rice University Media Center | Houston, TX
35 Years of Printmaking at the Glassell School of Art | Houston, TX
Printmatters | Hooks Epstein | Houston, TX
The Seven | Canal Street Gallery | Houston, TX
Local Color | Glassell School of Art | Houston, TX
Sydell Print Show | Sydell, TX
2005
13th Annual Art Crawl | Houston Foundry | Houston, TX
2004
12th Annual Art Crawl | Houston Foundry | Houston, TX
2003
Corpus | Cedar Valley College | Lancaster, TX
Three Aces | Traveling print show between University of Texas | Austin, TX | University of Wisconsin | Madison, WI and Louisiana State University | New Orleans, LA
Cyclops Robot Beat Box | Gaillardia Gallery | Texas State University | San Marcos, TX
New Work | Flatbed press Gallery | Austin, TX
New Work | Winter Street Gallery | Houston, TX
2002
Body Language | Benson Hall Gallery | Providence, RI
2001
MFA Show | RISD Museum of Art | Providence, RI
Consuming Self | Sol Koffler Gallery | Providence, RI
Border Crossings | Invitational Print Exhibit and Catalog | University of Texas | Austin, TX
Media/Matrix | Johnson Center and Fine Arts Galleries | Fairfax, VA
Driving Prints | Olive Tjaden Gallery | Cornell University | Ithaca, NY
2000
Works on Paper | Providence Public Library | Providence, RI
Monothon 2000 | Print Exhibit and Auction | Graphic Arts Center | Norwalk, CT
Under Pressure | Market House Gallery RISD | Providence, RI
The Small Painting Show | Market House Gallery RISD | Providence, RI
1999
22nd Annual Alumni Invitational | Texas State University | San Marcos, TX
Print Biennial 1999 | Woods Gerry Gallery RISD | Providence, RI
Bon à tirer | Print Exhibition | Shefman Gallery | Boston University | Boston, MA
Sol Koffler Gallery | Juror Deborah Cornell | Providence, RI
1994
Senior Show | Texas State University | San Marcos, TX
1993
Terra Incognita: New Outdoor Sculpture | Laguna Gloria Art Museum | Juror Peter Mears | Austin, TX
Publications
2022
Impractical Spaces: Houston | Impractical Spaces
2020
Stop the Presses: Local artists show work inaugural Print Crawl | Houstonchronicle.com
2016
Flatbed Press at 25 | University of Texas Press
2012
Print Residency at Burning Bones Press/Albert Paley | Paley Studios, 2012
Keys to the Door: Carlos Hernandez & Patrick Masterson | Dallas Art Dealers Assoc.
Making An Impression: Burning Bones Press | 29-95.com
Burning Bones Press Aims to Revive the Craft of Printmaking | Houstonpress.com
Personal Work in Public Collections
RISD Museum of Art and Printmaking Department | Providence, RI
Solo Impressions Press | New York, NY
University of Texas | Austin, TX
Texas State University | San Marcos, TX