Patty Botello is an artist, sculptor, and piñata maker born in Los Angeles, California. At the age of three she learned how Piñatas were created from her next door neighbor and nanny. She studied art at San José State University where she earned her Bachelor of Arts, Concentration in Studio Practice. While being immersed in studio art classes she fell in love with the creation of three dimensional art. Before graduating, she began Fuzzy Lollipop, a small online business in 2009 where she sells her piñata sculptures.
Patty has been making piñata sculptures in her own unique style for several years. She hopes to elevate the piñata to be viewed as art. They are high quality piñatas that blur the boundary between piñata and paper sculpture.
Her recent work is made primarily with paper-mache and upcycled materials. She has also increasingly begun to incorporate plastics and found objects into her work.
Patty's artwork has been featured in various group art exhibitions in the Bay Area and at a temporary gallery at the Sweets and Snacks Expo in Chicago, Illinois.
EXHIBITIONS + SHOWS + FEATURES
2019
Discover 11.0, feature, pg. 26, Content Magazine, San José, CA
2018
"The Anatomy of Core Objects,” solo exhibition, Pho 69, San José, CA
2018
"The Anatomy of Core Objects,” solo exhibition, School of Arts and Culture at MHP, San José, CA
2017
Lunar X "Year of the Dog,” group exhibition, Tea Lyfe, San José, CA
“Discover 11.0,” feature, pg. 26, Content Magazine, San José, CA
“Discover 11.0,” feature, pg. 26, Content Magazine, San José, CA