Born 1940, Spokane, WA

1964 M.F.A. University of Washington, WA
1962 B.F.A. University of Washington , WA
2002 Twining Humber Award, Artist Trust, Seattle
1986 & 1975 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship

Selected Exhibitions: 2000-02 SOFA/NY. Loveed Fine Arts, NY, NY / 2001 Mile Post Queens, Howard House, Seattle, WA / World Contemporary Ceramic Exposition 2002, Ichon, Korea / USA Clay, National Museum of American Art, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. / Selection from the Allan Chasasnoff Collection, Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC / 2000 Color of Fire: Defining Moments in Studio Ceramics, 1950-2000, LACMA, Los Angeles, CA / 1998 Women in the Weisman Collection, F. R. Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, MN / 1996 Intimate Immensity: Recent and Classic Works by Patti Warashina, Texas Tech. University, Lubbock, TX / 1994 Beyond the Personal, University Art Galery, NM State University, Las Cruces, NM / 1992 Helen Drutt Gallery/New York, NY, NY / 1991 Patti Warashina: Ceramic Sculpture 1962-1991, Bellevue Art Museum, WA / 1990 Views and Visions in the Pacific Northwest, Seattle Art Museum, WA

Selected Collections: American Craft Museum, NY, NY / Canton Art Institute, OH / Charles A. Wustum Museum, Racine, WI / Detroit Art Institute, MI / Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY / Henry Art gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA / Frederick Weisman Museum, Minneapolis, MN / John M. Koehler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI / Johnson Wax Collection, Racine, WI / Los Angeles County Museum, CA / Memphis Brooks Museum TN / Nelson-Atkins Art Museum, Kansas City, KS / Mint Museum, Charlotte , NC / Seattle Art Museum, WA / Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA / Tucson Art Museum, AZ / Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia / Ichon World Ceramic Center, Korea / Microsoft Corporation, WA

Selected Publications: Ceramics in the Pacific Northwest, A History, LaMar Harrington, UW Press, 1979 / American Ceramics, “Patti Warashina Secrets,” Matthew Kangas, vol 13, #3, Spring 2000 / Intimate Immensity: Recent Works by Patti Warashina, Glen Brown, Texas Tech. University, 1996 / Patti Warashina: Ceramic Sculpture 1962-1991, Bellevue Art Museum, Vicki Halpern, 1991