Brian Patterson (born 1958) was administrator and co-ordinator of projects for Bbeyond until his sabbatical in 2021, Patterson has been one of the motivational forces behind setting up Bbeyond in 2001.  Patterson previously, worked with Flax art Studios (1998 -2003) organising their International Residency Programme, and Catalyst Arts, (1996-1998), an artist-run organisation, to promote innovative and experimental working practices.

He graduated 1992 from Ulster University and has taken part in numerous group exhibitions, mainly with installation work. In 2001, he contributed to Routes, a project set up to promote the work of the transport union in keeping sectarianism out of the work place in Northern Ireland. “Our position within the cultural map of time is the result of humanity’s constant search for identity and meaning."  Patterson’s working practice is concerned with the poetics of being in relation to place (the present/environment) and intellectually how we have arrived here (through our past/histories), and the potentially to navigate our future/s.

My specific interest in art has evolved into the metaphysical aspects of being and the dualism that arises, between our transient ephemeral conscious realms with their different natures, in relation to being constant incorporeal unconsciousness embodiments. The relationship between being and the world we experience around us, informs the world/s we live in, from the private to the community.

Art through its creative process is an integrated and alchemical transformation of the self and consciousness. It has a vital role for the well being of the individual in todays’ society. As Gandhi said, “Be the change you want to see in the world”.