Patricia Ayité was born in Morocco and raised in Algeria and Southern France. She taught Art and English in French schools in Morocco, Mauritania and Senegal for ten years before moving to Colorado in 1999. Since moving to Colorado, Patricia has held various “regular” jobs, mostly in International Schools. In 2006, she started “La Petite Ecole,” a bilingual French/English Preschool which she runs from her home,. She continues to find time to paint, mostly during the summer months. Patricia is married, with four children, two step-daughters, two love birds, two cats and a fish.
While vacationing in Southern France in 1992, Patricia bought her first set of watercolors, and soon afterwards, held a solo show at the French Cultural Center in Nouakchott, the Capital City of Mauritania. While there, she was commissioned by the National Post Office to paint five traditional Mauritanian scenes to be used for stamps. She also illustrated a book of Poems: Mauritania: Mirror of Time (Poems by Jacques Bariou). The book quickly sold out of its first printing and was chosen by Air France Corporation as a gift to its first class travelers to West African countries. Patricia has continued to paint and hold shows yearly, and her paintings are part of many private collections around the world.
Patricia uses watercolors, oils, and, less traditionally, instant coffee (Nescafé), as mediums for her art. She has presented her work in over 23 individual solo painting exhibitions worldwide: French Cultural Center in Nouakchott, Mauritania; Moroccan Embassy, Nouakchott, Mauritania; Hôtel de la Poste, St. Louis, Senegal; Novotel Hotel, Dakar, Senegal; Art Gallery in Atlanta, Georgia; Private showings in Mauritania, Senegal and Colorado.
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