Pat Graney

[3] Born in Chicago, IL, she moved to St. Augustine, FL with her mother and three siblings to be closer to extended family after the passing of her father in an accident.

[2] In 1992, Graney began a non-religious arts-based educational residency program Keeping the Faith – The Prison Project, intended to enrich the lives of incarcerated women and girls.

As of 2013, the program works mainly with the Mission Creek Corrections Center for Women in Belfair, Washington, but has made artistic interventions in places as diverse as Japan, Ireland, and Germany.

[5] The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation describes her work as "featur[ing] a diverse set of movement vocabularies that range from ballet to gymnastics to martial arts; explorations of female identity and power; and rich visuals.

"[2] Seattle's On the Boards writes that "she often explores female identity and power, taking movement inspiration from ballet to gymnastics to martial arts to slapstick.