Patrick J. Reed

Patrick J. Reed is an artist and arts writer. His work explores a range of topics that orbit around issues pertaining to the intersection of philosophy, disaster studies, and the ecological dimensions of creative practice. In 2014, he began ongoing research into the heritage of environmental concepts in contemporary art with the consecutive support of a Fulbright Award and a DAAD award to the Rachel Carson Center for Environment & Society in Munich, Germany. Now based in Los Angeles, he is the Assistant Curator at Fulcrum Arts, a non-profit organization working at the intersection of art and science to impact positive social change on a civic scale. His writing is featured in various publications, including art-agenda, ArtReview, ArtReview Asia, The Brooklyn Rail, Canvas: Art and Culture from the Middle East and Arab World, CURA, and Spike Art Magazine. He is a former contributing art editor at the fashion magazine, Sorbet, and twice his work has been shortlisted for the International Awards for Art Criticism.