Vikkie Patterson is a painter and doctoral researcher at Ulster University Belfast School of Art. Her practice-based research centres around the concept of decoloniality and disembodiment in present-day painting and literature in Northern Ireland. She has a previous French and Germanic Studies degree from Trinity College Dublin and lived previously in the French Caribbean islands of Guadeloupe.
Vikkie has been a painter for over 20 years and has been a recipient of Arts Council Northern Ireland grants and artist residency bursaries which have enabled her to make work at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre at Annaghmakerrig on multiple occasions since 2018. Her work has been exhibited internationally and is held in collections at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Annaghmakerrig, the African and Caribbean Support Organisation Northern Ireland (ACSONI) headquarters in Belfast and at the Kanu Nayak Art Foundation in Mumbai, India. A touring exhibition with the International Drawing Box Collective forms part of the National Irish Visual Art Library (NIVAL) in Dublin. Her work also forms part of private collections in Ireland, the United Kingdom, France, North America and Australia.
Solo exhibitions
01/2025 - 02/2025 Hell or high water III, Atypical Gallery, Belfast, curated by Zara Lyness
07/2023 - 09/2023 Hell or high water II, The Market Place Theatre Gallery, Armagh, curated by Christine Donnelly
Group exhibitions
11/2024 - 12/2024 Inside Out, Leitrim Sculpture Centre, Manorhamilton curated by Diane Henshaw
08/2024 Shape of a Pocket at Catalyst Arts curated by Dougal McKenzie and Chris Hanlon
05/2024 Practice-based PhD exhibition at Ulster University PhD Festival, Belfast, curated by Deborah White
10/2023 Royale Arcade Academy, Arcade Studios, Belfast, curated by Sophia Campbell
05/2023 Practice-based exhibition at Ulster University PhD Festival, Belfast, curated by Deborah White
08/2022 Between Matter and Words, PSsquared, Belfast curated by Adriana Valderrama
06/2022 Exhibition at Harkin Summit, ICC Conference centre, Belfast
08/2021 One drawing a day exhibition, Galerie Abstract Project, Paris, France
01/2021 Galway Arts Centre, Republic of Ireland; The Drawing Box A5 group exhibition
12/2020 The Drawing Box A5 group exhibition, Modeenagh Studio, Tempo, Fermanagh
12/2020 Strule Arts Centre, Omagh, N. Ireland; 1 Ft Sq. exhibition
07/2020 Hambly & Hambly Gallery, Enniskillen, N. Ireland; Arts Unlocked exhibition
02/2020 QSS Gallery, Belfast, N. Ireland; Emergence III exhibition
08/2019 Stendhal Festival of Art, Limavady
11/2019 Journey Multimedia Exhibition, Andrews Gallery, Titanic Centre, Belfast
11/2019 St. Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast, N. Ireland; Links Legacy 400 exhibition
09/2019 Emerging Artists Exhibition, ArtisAnn Gallery, Belfast
06/2019 Hell or high water I, Degree Show, Belfast School of Art
02/2019 1 Ft Sq. exhibition at Hambly & Hambly Gallery, Enniskillen
12/2018 1 Ft Sq. exhibition at Strule Arts Centre, Omagh
12/2018 Roe Valley Arts Centre, Limavady, N. Ireland; Close to Home
04/2017 Closure Engine Room Gallery, Belfast
12/2016 Collective Memories, Engine Room Gallery, Belfast
06/2012 Cusp, Engine Room Gallery, Linenhall Street, Belfast
Vikkie Patterson in her studio on an artist residency at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre at Annaghmakerrig with thanks to Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council.