Patrick Dougher is an artist, musician, and art therapist who was born at King's County Hospital and raised in Brooklyn, New York, growing up in the Bushwick neighborhood until the age of 10.
[1] As an art therapist, Dougher worked with children living with HIV and AIDS at King's County Hospital in the early 2000s.
[5] Dougher's art career began at the age of sixteen in New York City, during the late 1970s, as a studio assistant in SoHo.
[1] As a Program Director for Groundswell, a community mural arts organization in Brooklyn, NY, beginning in 2011, Dougher directed the creation of over 300 murals across New York City, depicting community-focused issues such as gun violence, women, immigration, race, and diversity.
[10] He is well known for his God Body series of artworks, which depict sacred objects using found and recycled materials.