[1] Patrick Dougherty was born in Oklahoma in 1945 and raised in North Carolina.
He later returned to the University of North Carolina to study art history and sculpture.
[3] Dougherty's first work, “Maple Body Wrap,” was included in the North Carolina Biennial Artists’ Exhibition in 1982.
[3] Dougherty also published a book about his art, Stickwork, through Princeton Architectural Press in 2009.
[6] Directors Kenny Dalsheimer and Penelope Maunsell created a documentary about Dougherty and his sculptures, Bending Sticks: The Sculpture of Patrick Dougherty, which was released in 2013.