Patrick has been Director of Open Eye since 2004. Before that he was Curator of Exhibitions at the National Media Museum (Bradford) and for six years prior to that he was a freelance photographer, based in Manchester. He studied History of Art (BA) and Cultural History (MA) at the University of Manchester and has written numerous catalogue essays and contributed to publications such as The Art Newspaper, Portfolio and Archive. He has been a member of the Liverpool Biennial’s curatorial team since 2004 and is a board member of Mercy (Creative Agency, Liverpool/London) and LOOK2011 (International photography festival, Liverpool).