Leah Rose Patgorski

Leah Patgorski was born in 1978 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. She received her Bachelor of Science in Architecture from the University of Virginia in 2000. In the years that followed, she worked for a landscape architect and then for a drapery manufacturer until moving to Chicago in 2004 to attend the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She earned a Master of Fine Arts there in 2006. Patgorski’s work over the past 10 years consists primarily of textile sculptures and associated drawings. She has been commissioned to make various large-scale pieces, including wall panels, a tent, and a fabric rowboat. Patgorski’s individual work has been exhibited in Chicago, Pittsburgh, and Vienna. She moved to Pittsburgh in 2011.