Pam Patterson

Pam Patterson has been active in the art and women’s communities for 25 years. Her research, performance and teaching focus on embodiment in art practice, the body in art, disability studies, women and gender studies, and feminist art education. She has been published in Studies in Art Education, Resources for Feminist Research, Matriart: A Canadian Feminist Art Journal, FUSE, Fibrearts and Parachute. She has taught at various institutions, including Sheridan College, George Brown College, Ryerson Polytechnical University and the University of Toronto. She is currently Research Associate and Director for the interdisciplinary arts program, Women in Action for the Centre for Women’s Studies in Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto. She also teaches at York University, Wilfrid Laurier University and the Art Gallery of Ontario. As a performance and visual artist she was a founding member of FADO Performance and ARTIFACTS, and has exhibited and performed internationally.