Patricia Alison "Pat" Bishop TC (6 May 1940 – 20 August 2011) was a Trinidadian educator, music director, artist and cultural icon.

[4] In 1958, she won the Trinidad & Tobago National Government Scholarship and left for England to pursue a bachelor's degree in fine arts from King's College, Durham University.

Bishop's early works were primarily realistic depictions of faces and scenery, but in her university studies with her tutor, Richard Hamilton, she was introduced to pop art.

[10] Among those she collaborated with in music arrangement for pan drums were Ray Holman, Ken Philmore, Jit Samaroo, and Boogsie Sharpe,[11] as well as for the bands Birdsong, Desperadoes Steel Orchestra, Pandemonium and Phase II.

[10] Bishop brought her classical music training into the arrangements she wrote, merging them with the Caribbean sounds of steel drums.

She advocated for panning to be taught in schools, so that students could carry on the traditions by learning its history, techniques and the theory behind the performance.

[13] She had a long history of consultancy with art and cultural groups, and became known as "The First Lady of Pan" for her depth of knowledge and skill in bringing steelbands to prominence.

[11] In 1987, the group played at Carnegie Hall with Liza Minnelli and The New York Pops Orchestra, at Harlem′s Apollo Theater, at Rockefeller Center and at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

To preserve the traditions of Trinidad and Tobago, digital and printed format arrangements of music collections were gathered and donated to tertiary institutions for conservation.

[11] In 2013, she was posthumously designated a National Icon of Trinidad and Tobago at an award ceremony held to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the country's independence.

Utilizing blues, whites and golds, the pieces focused on the ocean, sun, sand and things that one might find on the beach.