Patrick McGee Exhibition

"Patrick McGee was born and raised in Toledo, Ohio. A life long artist and musician, Patrick started working in oil color in the early 2000s. HIs painting styles range from realism and floral to abstract-surrealism and avant-garde. Patrick has shown paintings in Toledo, Bowling Green, Ohio, Columbus,, and Cincinnati. Since moving to the Mid-South in 2018. Patrick has shown at the Beale Street Art Crawl, Pinch District Artist's Market, WKNO Gallery 1091, St. George's Episcopal Church, and is a member of Artists' Link, Memphis. You can see Patrick's work on Instagram @patrickinoil.

Patrick began playing music at age ten and took an immediate interest in composing music. He's performed in high school garage bands, a college rock group, the performance art band Logic Alley, with the 'old school' group It's Essential, and currently can be found performing original songs with Patrick McGee and the Midnight Choir. In 2020 and 2021 Patrick recorded two EP collections of original songs; ""Serenade the Muse"" and ""Midnight Choirs and Cabarets."" Produced by Joe Matthews these works are available on streaming services.

In 2021 Patrick was invited to join the board of the Byhalia Area Arts Council(BAAC). Since joining, Patrick has co-organized artists for Byhalia Arts & Eats, an artist show at The Women's Exchange of Memphis, completed a town mural, and hosts a monthly song share, as well as a 100 Thousand Poets for Change and other events.

Patrick currently lives in beautiful Byhalia, MS, with his poet wife, their black cat,and a dog that bites. He is quietly mastering the fine art of BBQ tacos.”