ABOUT THE PATTERNBASE

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PATTERNBASE is an experimental surface print & textile design studio based in Chicago. Founded by Kristi O’Meara in 2011, PATTERNBASE specializes in designing unique, trend-driven prints for a variety of clients, ranging from emerging designers to large retail brands. Our work blends traditional art making processes with futuristic design trends to create innovative, original artworks that celebrate craft while embracing advancements in technology and digital design. Our work is inspired by fashion, art history, nature, and internet culture.

About Kristi O’Meara

Kristi O'Meara is an illustrator & multidisciplinary designer based in Chicago. She received her bachelor of fine arts in 2009 from the Kansas City Art Institute, where she studied painting, design & fiber arts. Kristi released her first publication, The Pattern Base: Over 550 Contemporary Textile and Surface Designs through Thames & Hudson Publishing in 2015. Her work has been featured in Chicago Magazine, IdN, Cool Hunting, CS | Modern Luxury, and Dutch Elle, among others.

Our exclusive prints are digitized to repeat seamlessly, and include layered design files for effortless editing.

If you are interested in commissioning a custom design or collection, please contact us.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & PUBLIC ART

•  60 Alpha VIP Drop NFT.NYC 2024, Times Square Billboards, New York, NY (2024)
•  MARN Winter Market, Milwaukee Artist Resource Network, Milwaukee, WI (2023)
•  Keep It Crypto, imnotArt, Chicago, IL (2023)
•  HXOUSE WORLD TOUR, Chicago, IL (2022)
•  Printsource, New York, NY (2022)
•  < chi_cAgo> RΞNAISSANCΞ - Chicago’s first PHYGITAL Fashion Exhibition, imnotArt, Chicago (2022)
•  Genesis Party @ NFT.NYC, SZNS x Upshot x Divine Dao x Genie.xyz, New York, NY (2021)
•  CADAF Crypto & Digital Art Fair, CADAF Online, (2021)
•  imnotArt Community Gallery Event #17, Chicago, IL (2021)
•  Marwen Art Fair, Chicago, IL (2021)
•  imnotArt Community Gallery Event #7, Featured Gallery, Cryptovoxels (2021)
•  Chromatic Flow: Yellow, Perla Gallery, Decentraland (2021)
•  F*ck Wall Street Cryptoart Exhibition, Stellabelle’s Museum, Cryptovoxels (2021)
•  Utility Box Wrapping Initiative, Elgin Cultural Arts Commission, Elgin, IL (2020)
•  Activate the Alley, Water Street Studios, Batavia, IL (2020)
•  Lighthouses on The Mag Mile, The Chicago Lighthouse, Chicago, IL (2018)
•  Great Ideas of Humanity: Out of the Container, Chicago Design Museum, Chicago, IL (2018)
•  PAZ: Piñatas & Zines, Elastic Arts, Chicago, IL (2017)
•  Over & Over, Glass Curtain Gallery, Chicago, IL (2017)
•  Great Ideas of Humanity: One of a Series, Chicago Design Museum, Chicago, IL (2017)
•  Great Ideas of Humanity: One of a Series, Business of Design Week, Hong Kong (2017)
•  Regeneration: The Nature of Transformation, Brushwood Center at Ryerson Woods, Riverwoods, IL (2015)
•  Underground Unseen, FLATS Studio, Chicago, IL (2015)
•  ACTIVATE Chicago, Chicago Design Museum, Chicago, IL (2015)

ARTIST TALKS & APPEARANCES

•  Enter the Metaverse — ‘Fashion Forward’ Panel: Applying Technology to Fashion, MARN, Milwaukee, WI (2023)
•  TextileX Conversation Series: Gwyn Conaway and Kristi O’Meara, Portland Textile Month, Portland, OR (2021)
• 2017/2018 Surface & Textile Design Trends, Driehaus Business of Fashion Symposium, Chicago, IL (2017)
•  Design Trends in Digital Textile Printing, WTIN North American Digital Textile Conference, New York, NY (2016)
•  What It Means to Be A Textile Designer in 2015, UIC/Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL (2015)
•  Textile & Graphic Design With The Patternbase, UIC/Chicago Design Museum, Chicago, IL (2015)
•  Discussing Textile Design With The Patternbase, Lincoln Park Apple Store, Chicago, IL (2015)
•  Visiting Artist, Pattern Design Workshop, Marwen, Chicago, IL (2014)
•  Pattern Design for Printed Textiles and Products (ongoing e-course), Skillshare.com (2013)