Born in San Francisco, California, Patrick Dintino grew up in the south bay area. Once covered with cherry and apricot orchards,the region was transformed by business parks during the advent of the ‘Silcon Valley’ tech boom. As technology blossomed withthe first personal computers he was drawn to the immediacy of traditional materials like paintbrush and canvas. He first went tocollege at San Diego State University earning a BA degree in Industrial Arts while studying Environmental Design with architectEugene Rey. Shortly after graduation he co-founded Artists in Motion art collective, and created funk-art fashion, sculpture andfurniture out of reclaimed materials. He moved back to the Bay Area and earned a Masters of Fine Art degree at the CaliforniaCollege of Arts and Crafts (CCAC, now California College of the Arts) in San Francisco and Oakland in 2001. Dintino was invitedas a guest artist to work with Sol LeWitt to create “Sol LeWitt: A Retrospective” at SFMOMA. Since this time he’s been a finalistfor SFMOMA’s SECA emerging artist award, a Pollock/Krasner Foundation Grant recipient, and participated in a group showcalled ‘The Future of Abstraction’ at the Chelsea Art Museum in New York. He currently teaches painting at California College ofthe Arts in San Francisco, California. AWARDSPollock/Krasner Foundation GrantSFMOMA InSite (Seca) Award finalistNational Endowment for the ArtsKenneth Price ScholarshipCCAC ScholarshipSELECTED COLLECTIONSThe Cosmopolitan Las Vegas Hotel and CasinoRitz Carlton Atlantaebay Inc.Aspen Holdings Collection BermudaLas Vegas Convention CenterJuniper CollectionNeiman Marcus Inc.Nordstrom Inc.Bank of America Corporate HeadquartersMorita Hospital JapanEl Camino Hospital Silicon ValleySanta Clara Valley Medical Center SELECTED EXHIBITIONSTuscon Museum of Contemporary Art, Tuscon, AZSan Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CASF General Hospital Foundation, San Francisco, CAThe Crocker Museum, Sacramento, CAChelsea Art Museum, New York, NY