Florida Artists Group

Patricia's Bio:
Zalisko has wonderful early childhood memories of painting intricate Ukrainian eggs—one of her first experiences in the creative world. Many years later, her powerful and evocative abstract work often echoes the bright coloration and cipher of pysanky.
Born and raised in New York City, she was encouraged by her parents to pursue a practical career. She practiced law until moving to Florida in 2004, retiring from a successful legal career. She nonetheless remained immersed in NYC’s rich visual arts environment and continued to study art and art history while living there. In her new Florida environ, Zalisko fully embraced her desire to paint. She broadened her innate knowledge by studying with coaches such as Harold Garde and Steven Aimone, both of whom recognized her talent and commitment to creating art. She studies regularly in residency programs at major art centers and a local university.

Over the past several years, Zalisko’s work regularly appears in exhibitions and private and public collections in New York City, other major cities in the United States and abroad.

Artist Statement:

Graffitied walls in a bustling city, spacious plains, luminous waterways, sights spied while speeding down a highway, smells of the sea or the ghetto -- these are the fleeting moments that my work captures. Sensed rather than seen, they are flashes from peripheral vision, distant and faded recollections. The paintings document a kind of everyday history, arrested images and feelings stirred and rekindled from the ashes of extinguished moments.

Select Exhibitions:

2016                  Ormond Memorial Museum - Ormond Beach, FL - Outside the Lines, an exhibition of the                            work of four invited artists
2015                  The Ukrainian Museum of NYC - Ukrainian Diaspora: Women Artists, 1908-2015 - group                            exhibition curated by Dr. Adrienne Kochman, The Institute of Art Chicago
2015                  Soul Speak: The Conversation Continues - Muse & Co. Fine Art
2014-15            Sylvia Wald and Kim Po Gallery, NYC - group exhibitions
2014                  Silent Babblings, Roan & Black, MI, small group show
2014                 Silent Babblings, Roan & Black, MI, small group show - 2014
2014                 Soul Speak, Muse & Co. Fine Art, Roswell, GA – two-artist exhibition - 2014 2013                 Stories We Tell, group exhibition, Phoenix Gallery, NYC - 2013
2013                 Material Witness, University of South Carolina, Lancaster, Fall 2013, solo exhibition
2012 - 2013      Petroleum Paradox, Denise Bibro Fine Art, NYC & Narrows Center for the Arts,
                          Fall River, MA, group exhibition juried by Eleanor Heartney,
                          contributing editor of Art in America and Artpress, 2012 - 2013
2012                 Longevity, St. Louis University Museum of Art, Contemporary Artists XVI,
                          Summer - group exhibition juried by Beverly Buchanan;
                          catalog published under the same title.
2011, 2012      Florida Museum of Women Artists, Deland, FL, Annual Juried Exhibitions
2010 - 2011      Art of Hope, one of 36 artists selected internationally, Crealde School of Art, Winter Park, FL
2010                Across the Universe, Featured Artist, Harris Gallery, Art League of Daytona Beach
2009 - 2012     Lake Eustis Museum of Art, Solo Show, January - March, 2012; International
                         Paper Works 4 Me Exhibition, 2009, 2010, Juried invitational show;
                         Permanent collection, 2011
2009               Orlando Museum of Art, Solo exhibition of works, Museum Shop Gallery, April
2009               National Museum for Women in the Arts, juried group exhibition, Deltona, FL
                         Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL, selected by Curator and Director as one of
                         five promising emerging artists for mentoring and exhibition over a two-year period
2009               The Artisan Inn Gallery, National Museum of Women in the Arts, De Land, FL,
                         Solo Exhibition, March
2008               The Bascom Art Center, Highlands, NC, Fall 2008, One of 60 artists selected
                         nationwide for exhibition judged and juried by gallery director and owner, Fay Gold
2008                BECA Gallery, New Orleans, LA, FOUR (Curate This!), Summer - Fall, 2008,
                        catalog published under the same title
2008               Museum of Florida Art, Biennial IV, 2008, one of 61 artists selected; Spring 2012 –                        
                       juried group exhibition of strappo art
2008               Deltona Art & Historical Museum, Women’s Art Month, February – March
2008               Edgewater Museum, Solo exhibition, November
2008               Kotler Galleries,Tampa, FL, Hot Art, Winter
2007 - 2012   The Gallery at Avalon Island, Orlando, FL, Featured Artist, January 2011
                       Annual Exhibition, United Arts of Central Florida, 2007 - gallery closure in 2012
2008 - 2012   Fifth Avenue Art Gallery, Melbourne, FL, 100% Pure Florida Show,
                       juried exhibitions featuring the best of Florida’s artists
2007 - 2014    Maitland Art Center, Maitland, FL, themed and annual exhibitions
2006               The Brewist Abbey Gallery, Solo exhibition, Lower East Side, NYC, May

Permanent Collections:

Warner Brothers Entertainment, Inc.; Lee County (FL), Orange County (FL) Administration Building; Weill-Cornell Medical College, New York, NY; University of South Carolina; Lake Eustis Museum of Art; Plast Headquarters, Kiev, Ukraine.

Other Select Awards, Publications and Distinctions:

2015                Catalog - Ukrainian Diaspora: Women Artists 1908-2015 (The Ukrainian Museum of NYC)
2015                Our Life Magazine
2014               Art Guide to The Carolinas
2014               The Laurel, Asheville, NC area – monthly publication featuring the art of artists
                        exhibiting in the area
2013               Artists Respond to Genocide - Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art, Chicago
                        Museum catalog commemorating group exhibition of invited artists
2013               Equilibrium – Catalog published in connection with juried group exhibition by same title
                        at Women Made Gallery, Chicago
2013               Women’s Rights: An Artists Perspective – Catalog published in connection with group
                        exhibition, Pam Foss Fine Art, MD
2013               Stories We Tell – Catalog published in conjunction with group exhibition
2013               Petroleum Paradox – Catalog published in connection with exhibition by same title,
                        Denise Bibro Gallery, NYC, 2012, and Narrows Art Center, Fall River, MA, 2013
2011               Art Galleries and Artists of the South – Vol. 8, No. 2 – Released November
2010              Best of American Artists, Volume I, Mixed Media
2009              New York Times, publication of Sidestepper, June 2, 2009
2009              The Artist’s Magazine, Winter 2009 edition, Second Place, Abstract Art category

Best of Show, 2012, Center for the Arts, Bonita Springs, FL; 2012, 2008 Annual Members’ Showcases, Art League of Daytona Beach; 2011, 2007 Annual Members’ Show, The Artists’ Workshop, Inc., New Smyrna Beach, FL; 2005 Art Show and Benefit for The Ukrainian Museum, New York City

Ru Israels Award (FLAG) 2015; First Place, Acrylic Painting category, 125th Annual Exhibition - National Association of Women Artists, NYC; Best of Show, 2012, Center for the Arts, Bonita Springs, FL; 2012, 2008 Best of Show - Annual Members’ Showcases, Art League of Daytona Beach; 2011, 2007 Best of Show - Annual Members’ Show, The Artists’ Workshop, Inc., New Smyrna Beach, FL; 2005 First Place - Art Show and Benefit for The Ukrainian Museum, New York City; Third Place, Annual Show, Maitland Art Center