Pat Moriarity recruited his aunt Sandi, a professional quilt maker to combine some of his t-shirt designs into two beautiful quilts, a career-spanning piece that showcases everything from commercial freelance design to independent experimental art pieces.
Pat will also display color silkscreen art prints and on opening night he will show a few animated shorts he’s created for Rhino records, Stand Up! Records and a multiple award winning horror short THE REALM BEYOND REASON (including best animation at the West Sound film festival). T-shirts and prints will be available for purchase. A short set of acoustic country music will be provided by Bremerton icon Patrick Haggerty of LAVENDER COUNTRY.
About Pat
Pat Moriarity began his career as a punk rock artist in the mid-1980s Minneapolis music scene, working for Twin/Tone Records. His journey into sequential art began in 1987 when Fantagraphics published his first comic, Popcorn Pimps, in Graphic Story Monthly.
In 1991, Pat moved to Seattle and became an art director for Fantagraphics, later joining The Comics Journal. His big break came in 1996 when Rolling Stone magazine named him a “hot cartoonist.” This recognition launched his freelance career, working for high-profile clients such as Nickelodeon, Crustacean Records, Sub Pop, and The Stranger, among others.
After leaving his day job at Fantagraphics, Pat embraced full-time illustration. His work appeared in National Geographic Kids, Estrus Records, Columbia Records, and Chrysler Magazine. He also contributed to the Seattle music paper The Rocket, creating the weekly comic strip Loop-De-Loop until the paper’s closure. Pat was featured in the documentary Hooked on Comix.
In 2002, Pat won the prestigious GAP Fellowship Award from the Washington State Arts Commission and Artist Trust. In 2004, he became a finalist for the Society of Illustrators Illustration Award in New York City and later served as a juror. Pat’s animation work was featured in the 2006 award-winning documentary Derailroaded, aired on Robert Redford’s Sundance Channel.
In 2008, Pat received the Golden Toonie as Cartoonist of the Year from Cartoonists Northwest. Two years later, fifteen of his posters appeared on the set of Showtime’s Weeds in a Seattle-based scene. Pat has since been a guest, speaker, and exhibitor at international festivals including Italy’s Crack Fumetti Festival, Serbia’s Novo Doba, and North Carolina’s Zine Machine. He was also featured at Salon Stripa in Belgrade in 2015.
Pat now resides in Port Orchard, Washington, where he works from home. He contributes to Mineshaft Magazine and other cartoon projects, including ay ozy.com. An adjunct professor, Pat occasionally teaches character design, storyboarding, and comics at the Art Institute of Seattle.