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Tyler Patterson (b.1989) lives and works in Los Angeles, CA where he’s the Founder and CEO of Residency (residencyapparel.com), a social enterprise that makes custom, sustainable merchandise to support women transitioning into permanent housing. In 2023, Tyler helped launch the Residency Therapy Program, which provides free trauma therapy for women transitioning out of homelessness and is currently up to 11 members providing over 120 sessions to date. By creating a network of therapists, housing partners, and participants, the Residency Therapy Program funds priority-access therapy for people in need.
Alongside his work with Residency, Tyler is a multi-disciplinary artist working in visual art, music/sound, design, photography, and mindset. Tyler is most interested in what he calls Earth Magic, or the natural magic of creation, life, and the unknown. At times using mirrors, his figures are both the causes and the subjects of their own distortion. He likes to follow the ideas that feel most important and exciting to him personally.
Lately he’s been having the most fun taking photos and documenting installations where it feels like he’s living the art/film, as seen in his Heaven’s Gate project.
You can keep up with his current work on:
Instagram: @ty.positivethinking and @residencyapparel
Tik Tok: @typositivethinking
Workhouse Rising
Youtube (maitreya): @ty.positivethinking
Soundcloud (maitreya): maitreya
Soundcloud (tyjam): tyjam
Pinterest Ai: residencyai
Or reach out via email at tyler@residencyapparel.com
Exhibitions and Installations:
2024 (Upcoming) “Star Meme: UFO to the Center of Your Mind” Critical Meme Reader III: Breaking the Meme Art Contributor (Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam)
2023 Self-Curated: “Heaven’s Gate” Public Installation and Documentation on the Fall Equinox with Niall McCarthy (Palm Springs, CA)
2022 “Mirror Universe” St. Joaquin Workhouse Installation with Niall McCarthy and Melissa Winter (Fresno, CA)
2019 “Velvet Ropes LA” presented by GIFC Worldwide at 0.0 Gallery (Los Angeles, CA)
2018 “Zion” A 60-minute conceptual audio album and installation for the shuttles of Zion National Park (Utah, USA)
2017 Self-Curated: “BOBOK” A 40-minute audio album exploring the effects of sound, music, and narrative in complete darkness (Los Angeles, CA)
Residencies:
2017 Zion National Park Artist-in-Residence (Audio Composition)
Editing/Curation:
2023 Workhouse Rising #1: Dead by Dawn Digital Magazine and Album (Curator) featuring: Tyler Patterson, Niall McCarthy, Sara Couch, Ryan Hogue, Corey Cooper, Teenage Priest, Jesse Thompson, Lou Breininger, Danny Brown, Germán Rojas, Jane McKenzie, Christine Longoria, Nick Paff, Crisco Becerra, Leroy Patterson, Devon Couch, Joshua Patterson, and Zeno Mora.
2021 (Ongoing) - Residency Mindset Journal (Founder + Editor, @residencyapparel)
2021 (Ongoing) - Residency Design Journal (Founder + Editor, @residencyapparel)
Featured in Online Exhibits and Publications:
2021 The Racket Journal: Issue Thirty-Nine / Here For You To Have
2019 Paon Magazine Monthly Journal - Artist Feature and Interview
Non-Profit/Cause-Based:
2023 (Ongoing) - Created the Residency Therapy Network with a team of licensed therapists, housing partners, and therapy participants to provide free trauma therapy for women transitioning out of homelessness.
2013 (Ongoing) - Homelessness outreach and supportive employment through official 501c3 non-profit status, now under the name and organization, Residency