Journal of AIDS & Clinical Research

Pato Hebert

Biography

 Pato Hebert is a visual artist, educator and cultural worker. He splits time between New York City, and his creative studio in Los Angeles. Born in Idaho Falls, Idaho, Hebert spent his childhood there and in Eugene, Oregon. He also lived in Panamá, where is mother is from. He joined the Art & Public Policy Department at NYU in 2012. Prior to NYU, he was a visiting assistant professor at Reed College and Scripps College. He also taught at Art Center College of Design and the University of California Irvine.

Hebert’s artwork explores the challenges and possibilities of interconnectedness. He is particularly interested in space and place, spirituality and ecology, pedagogy and progressive praxis. He works with photography, graphic design, sculpture, installation, light, text, performance and socially engaged forms. His work appears in museums and gallery settings, as well as community spaces, schools, public architecture and unexpected nodes of circulation. He often works in collaboration with fellow artists, writers, educators, young people, community members and stakeholders.

Hebert has also worked in community-based HIV prevention and advocacy since 1994. Engaging primarily with queer people and communities of color, Hebert has worked in small grass-roots efforts, large community-based organizations as well as international mobilization and advocacy. For many years he led local prevention programs, large-scale outdoor medium campaigns and a national community-based publishing house inside of AIDS Project Los Angeles. He currently works with the Global Forum on MSM & HIV to help organizations strengthen civil society and push governments to better meet the health needs and human rights of LGBT people.

 Hebert earned his M.F.A. in Studio Art from the University of California Irvine, and his B.A. in Studio Art from Stanford University.

Research Interest

 Research interest in Men who have sex with men; MSM; HIV; HIV diagnosis; Access to care; HIV care continuum; HIV treatment cascade