Patti Jacquemain

BIOGRAPHY OF PATTI JACQUEMAIN

Patti Jacquemain grew up on a ranch in Santa Barbara, attended local schools including obtaining her Bachelor degree and Masters of Fine Arts degrees from the University of California at Santa Barbara.

Jacquemain has had over 30 one-woman exhibits of her original woodblock prints across the country. Many of her woodblock prints were reproduced and published as greeting cards and calendars and have been distributed internationally.

She has written and illustrated five books relating to wildlife and the environment. In 2018 she was featured in a documentary film, “The Artist and the Great Bear,” that was shown in the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.

Over the past 10 years, she has created numerous mosaic murals for private and public commissions that can be found throughout Santa Barbara County. Her latest commission is a large mosaic to be permanently displayed at the Visitor’s Center at UCSB’s new North Campus Open Space entrance.

In addition to her artwork, in 1997 Ms. Jacquemain founded the Wildling Museum of Art and Nature, located in Solvang, CA, and in 2002 the Creekspirit Wildlife Foundation in Santa Barbara dedicated to the continued protection and preservation of California’s wildlife.

She is married to David Gledhill, a retired US Army veteran and Santa Barbara resident since 1983.