Mimm Patterson is a multidisciplinary artist exploring photography, encaustic collage and fiber.
Based in Virginia since 2022, her work has been exhibited in group shows at Second Street Gallery and McGuffey Art Center in Charlottesville, d’Art Center in Norfolk and Artspace in Richmond.
She’s enjoyed solo exhibits at McGuffey, New City Arts and Live Arts in Charlottesville.
When not at work in her studio, Mimm is a trauma informed yoga instructor and a Guided Autobiography workshop facilitator.
Field of Small Mercies, fiber assemblage, 24×24” 2026
Statement:
My work accepts vulnerability, aging, loss and change as inherent conditions. It acknowledges shared history and connection, recognizes impermanence and decay as inevitable, and examines how the past informs our engagement with the present.
I build nest-like vessels, intuitive weavings that break the rules of warp and weft, and assemblage structures from repurposed materials. Plaster, wax, fiber, distressed fabric, and rust are my materials of choice. Printed and handwritten text, photographs, and collected ephemera as anchors.
The frayed edges, loose threads and rusted pins in my work are intentional challenges to the idea that art must be stable and durable. Disorder and distortion are more interesting to me. They reflect the passage of time and the flawed nature of memory.
I’m interested in the invisible traces left by touch, story, and lived experience and why we assign meaning to what we keep. What compels us to save old ticket stubs from movies we’ve forgotten, broken keys to long lost diaries, or toys from our childhood?
What makes an object precious?
Recent Solo and Group Exhibits:
2022
Artist Alliance/Artsy Online Group Show, Juror: Jennifer Perlmutter
Art Fluent Online Group Show, ‘Seeing Red’, Juror: Amy Matteson Neill
2023
Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, Virginia, ‘Teeny Tiny Trifecta VI’
McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville, Virginia, ‘New Member Group Show’
Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, ‘Small Works Show’, Juror: Astrid House de l’Aulnoit
2024
Woman Made Gallery, ‘25th International Exhibit’, Juror: Priscilla Otani
Second Street Gallery, ‘Teeny Tiny Trifecta VII’
2025
Second Street Gallery, ‘Teeny Tiny Trifecta VIII’
Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, New York, ‘Lasting Impressions’, Juror: Lyn Belisle
d’Art Center, Norfolk, Virginia, ‘Tiny But Mighty’ Juror: Janice Gay Maker
McGuffey Art Center 50th Anniversary Exhibit
2026
Artspace, Richmond, Virginia, ‘Radius’ Juror: Kristen Chiacchia
d’Art Center, Norfolk, Virginia, ‘Got Wax?’ Juror: Eloise Shelton Mayo
Solo Exhibits
2024
New City Arts Welcome Gallery, Charlottesville, Virginia, ‘Small Stories About a Woman Named Barbara’
2025:
LiveArts Theatre, Charlottesville, Virginia, ‘Crossroads’
2026:
McGuffey Art Center, ‘Holding What Time Leaves Behind’
Awards
2023:
McGuffey Art Center 12-month Incubator Residency
2024:
First Place Streetlight Magazine Art Competition Juror: Deborah McLeod
2025:
Juried into McGuffey Art Center as a resident artist