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DocuSign Envelope ID: D56DCOA7-C58E-4C6B-BARE-180311 DE01 FC <br /> Dougherty Biography <br /> Born in Oklahoma in 1945, Dougherty was raised in North Carolina. He earned a B.A. in English from the <br /> University of North Carolina in 1967 and an M.A. in Hospital and Health Administration from the <br /> University of Iowa in 1969. Later,he returned to the University of North Carolina to study art history and <br /> sculpture. <br /> Combining his carpentry skills with his love of nature, Patrick began to learn more about primitive <br /> techniques of building and to experiment with tree saplings as construction material. In 1982 his first <br /> work, Maple Body Wrap,was included in the North Carolina Biennial Artists' Exhibition, sponsored by <br /> the North Carolina Museum of Art. In the following year,he had his first one-person show entitled, <br /> Waitin' It Out in Maple at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art in Winston-Salem, North <br /> Carolina. <br /> His work quickly evolved from single pieces on conventional pedestals to monumental scale <br /> environmental works,which required saplings by the truckloads. Over the last thirty years,he has built <br /> over 230 of these works, and become internationally acclaimed. His sculpture has been seen worldwide-- <br /> -from Scotland to Japan to Brussels,and all over the United States. <br /> He has received numerous awards, including the 2011 Factor Prize for Southern Art, North Carolina <br /> Artist Fellowship Award, Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, Henry Moore Foundation Fellowship,Japan- <br /> US Creative Arts Fellowship,and National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. Princeton Architectural <br /> Press published a major book about Patrick and his work in 2009.This monograph, Stickwork,has <br /> received excellent reviews and is available at www.stickwork.net. <br /> • See attached pages for Dougherty Resume <br /> • See attached pages Thumbnails and Credits for Sample Work <br />