BA of the Week: Neon Artist Meryl Pataky
Every week we feature a different person from the community shedding a little light on their life of brokeitude. Who knows, maybe you’ll learn something about the human spirit — probably not.
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I’m pretty sure I met Meryl because we have a trillion facebook friends in common. I saw that she does work with neon, and I fucking LOVE neon, so I hit her up and she invited me to her studio. To be fair she works with many different materials as you can see here on her site, but her work with neon is what drew me to her stuff. She actually has a big show coming up at the White Walls Gallery on July 6th that will be “awesome neon work with live mixed media elements like a living wall etc.” I will be there for sure. And to give you a little taste of what Meryl does, here’s a pic I took of her in her studio. She’s rocking a neon, neon sign!:
Name: Meryl Pataky
Age: 30
Occupation: Artist and educator
What neighborhood do you live in?: Lower Pac Heights (in a shitty backyard studio)
Best money saving tip: I’m definitely not the best person to ask.
What do you refuse to spend money on?: Currently trying not to buy cigarettes – my friends hate me 😉
Most expensive thing you’ve ever bought: Most of the materials for my artwork. Most recently, $500 for roses
How’d that feel?: Dirty
Favorite cheap eat: 20 cent wing night at Dr. Teeth
Favorite dive bar: Shout-out to Fishbowl on Divis. A throwback of mine is The Riptide but it’s too far away now.
Best deal you’ve ever gotten: Nothing really comes to mind – it could always be cheaper.
Favorite free thing to do: Ride my bike
If you woke up a millionaire, what’s the first thing you’d buy?: A bunch of plane tickets to travel and probably a house in Berlin.
Despite not having money, do you still love your life?: Of course!
Do you own my book?: :/
Best hangover cure: A greasy spoon and more beer
Are you a hipster?: Pretty much but I’m not one of those that gets defensive. I mean, what’s wrong with it? We just wear what we want and have poor eyesight.
