Patricia Franke
Argentine Wildlife Artist
Psychiatrist

Member of the Argentine Wildlife Foundation
Adherent Member of the National Wildlife Federation of USA
Member of the Argentine Society of Plastic Artists (SAAP)

“I felt my vocation for painting since my childhood. I belong to a family in which plastic arts have been a spontaneous and necessary way of expression. I grew up watching my father and grandmother painting, and they transmitted their passion for painting to me.”
Together with this inclination she developped a great attraction for wildlife. Specially for endangered species, their habitat and complex relation with man.
She tries to express this passion for nature painting, art that she learned in a self-taught way in paralell with her work as a Psychiatrist.
“From my education I think of every painting as a scene in which the observer and the observed interact with each other and at the same time with the respective environments in a very complex and changing balance. Both, man and animal, have a same origin and a common destiny."

She has recently decided to share her art work and make it public.

2001 - 6th. Exposition and 5th. Contest of the Tango Chapter that took place at the Salta House of Buenos Aires, getting the 2nd. mention in the highest category.

2001 - Exhibit at the Community Center # 14W of Buenos Aires city (Av. Cordoba 5690).

2002 - Exhibit at the Community Center # 13 of Buenos Aires city (Av. Cabildo 3067).

2002 – Personal exhibit of 22 paintings “Keeping the Balance” at the Recoleta Cultural Center in Buenos Aires city, from June 27 to July 14.

2002 - Personal exhibit of 12 paintings at Unilever de Argentina S.A. (Fraga 1163 - Buenos Aires, Argentina) from August 12 to September 2.

2002 - Participation at the XIV "Salon de Tema Libre" at the Yukio Mishima Cultural Center (Candelaria 13 - Buenos Aires, Argentina) from October 8 to October 22, getting the public's special award for her painting "Mountain lion of Florida".

2002 - Participation at the "Outlet de las Artes" from December 10 to December 30 at Av. Alicia Moreau de Justo & Macacha Güemes, Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2003 - Participation at the Salon de Verano "Desde la Plástica", espacio de arte, (Pasaje de la Piedad 18 - Buenos Aires, Argentina) from January 14 to January 29, getting the Second Award for her painting "White Siberian Tiger".

2003 - Drawing, Painting and Digital Art exhibit at Paseo de Compras Callao 35, Capital Federal.

2003 - Exhibit at "Desde la Plástica", espacio de arte, from April 23 to May 7 at Pasaje de la Piedad 18 - Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2003 - Personal exhibit of 29 paintings at the Salón Azul del H. Senado de la Nación (Hipólito Yrigoyen 1849 1st floor - Capital Federal) from July 1 to July 10.

2003 - Personal exhibit of 13 paintings at Unilever de Argentina S.A. (Fraga 1163 - Buenos Aires, Argentina) from September 26 to October 17.

2004 - Personal exhibit of 16 paintings at the Banco de la Provincia de Buenos Aires' Historical Museum (Sarmiento 362, Buenos Aires, Argentina) from February 11 to March 5.

2004 - Participation at the Arte al Día Gallery Nights on June 25 (Galería Chateau, Libertad 1280 - Buenos Aires, Argentina).

2004 - Participation at the Arte al Día Gallery Nights on July 30(Galería Chateau, Libertad 1280 - Buenos Aires, Argentina).

2004 - Participation at the Arte al Día Gallery Nights on August 27 (Galería Chateau, Libertad 1280 - Buenos Aires, Argentina).

2004 - Participation at Bs. As. Art Week 2004 from September 19 to September 25 (Galería Chateau, Libertad 1280 - Buenos Aires, Argentina).

2004 - Participation at the Arte al Día Gallery Nights on September 24 (Galería Chateau, Libertad 1280 - Buenos Aires, Argentina).