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Pat Perry

American, born 1991

Photo: Jeff Mace

Pat Perry (American, born 1991) is a multi-disciplinary artist whose practice includes painting, drawing, photography, and large-scale outdoor murals he has painted around the world. He is often described as an “adventurer” and has been likened in the past to Jack Kerouac due to his itinerant lifestyle. He has crisscrossed the country, documenting his travels through art. He has jumped freight trains, hitchhiked, traveled by pickup and motorcycle, and has landed in countless small towns, countless times. Perry currently lives and works in Detroit, where he is attempting to regrow a forest on the twelve vacant lots that surround his house. Referring to his artistic practice, he has said, “I only want to make work that reflects what I care about.”