Patrick Okrasinski was born in New York City in 1996. Even as a young boy, he was consumed by drawing. The time he spent with his grandparents in the idyllic Polish countryside helped fuel his love of the natural world.
Beginning in 2016, he was able to study at the highest levels of figurative painting under the tutelage of Jordan Sokol, Amaya Gurpide, Stephen Bauman, Cornelia Hernes, and Edmond Rochat. As a student he won numerous prizes.
After graduating in 2019, he spent three months as Artist in Residence with the Claude Monet Foundation in Giverny, painting in Monet’s garden and the surrounding French countryside.
In 2020 he was awarded the prestigious Donald Jurney Traveling Fellowship Grant for the purpose of traveling and painting the great historic and cultural centers of Europe.
In 2021 as well as 2022, he was awarded the Hudson River Fellowship at Wethersfield, a collaborative fellowship that brings together classically trained artists to study and paint nature for three weeks.
In 2023, he was honored to be a part of the Institute of Classical Art and Architecture’s Exhibition Enduring Beauty: Works from Emerging Practitioners of the Classical Tradition, a select display of leading young professionals in classical art and architecture today.
He is currently based in New Jersey and enjoys traveling frequently. With his plein air practice he pursues a variety of subject matter, from sandy shores to venetian canals.
To see his most recent work, view his Instagram here.
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Curriculum Vitae
b. 1996
Education
2016-2020 Florence Academy of Art US
Awards
2023 Honorable Mention Sedona Plein Air
2022 Best Nocturne Sedona Plein Air
2022 Hudson River Fellowship at Wethersfield
2021 Southwest 21 under 31
2021 Salmagundi Annual Members Exhibit Alden Bryan Memorial Prize for a Traditional Landscape
2021 Hudson River Fellowship at Wethersfield
2021 Seascape Honorable Mention OPA 30th National Annual Exhibition
2021 Dr. John Bowe Memorial Award, Ridgewood Art Institute 41st Juried Show
2020 Salmagundi Annual Thumb Box Show Honorable Mention
2020 Newcomb Memorial Prize Rockport Art Association and Museum
2020 Donald Jurney Travelling Fellowship
2020 Bill Fornaci Memorial Award for Oil Painting Ridgewood Art Institute 40th Juried Show
2019 Giverny: The Versaille Foundation Munn Artists Program
2019 20th Art Renewal Center Scholarship, Second Place
2019 Best Figure Painting Florence Academy of Art
2019 Best Still Life Florence Academy of Art
2017 Best Figure Drawing Florence Academy of Art US
Selected Exhibitions
2023 ICAA’s Enduring Beauty: Works from Emerging Practitioners of the Classical Tradition
2023 Hudson River Fellowship Exhibition
2022 Collins Galleries Small Works Show
2022 Hudson River Fellowship Exhibition
2021 Salmagundi Annual Members Juried Exhibit
2021 Collins Galleries Spring Invitational “Bringing in the May”
2021 OPA National Exhibit
2021 Williams Fine Art WANDERLUST Exhibit
2021 RAI National Juried Exhibit
2020 Florence Academy of Art Recent Graduates 2018 & 2019
2020 Williams Fine Art Holiday Show
2020 Salmagundi Club 112th Thumb-Box Exhibition
2020 Rockport Art Association & Museum National
2020 Collins Galleries - 9th Annual Small Works Holiday Show
2020 Williams Fine Art Dealers- Grand ReOpening Show
2020 Ann Long Fine Art- Support the Future of Fine Art
2020 Best in Tonalism 2020 Online Showcase
2020 Ridgewood Art Institute 3rd Annual Plein Air Show
2020 Ridgewood Art Institute 40th Annual Open Juried Show
2019 FAA Full Palette Fundraising Exhibition Salmagundi Club