Nacido en Santiago de Chile, casi en navidad en el año de 1945, de origen Vasco-Irlandes (combinacion altamente explosiva) sumando a que crece en Chile, pais volcanico, donde es menester construir solido en todo aspecto, para resistir al periodico, cierto, pero imprevisible terremoto, eso da a la gente de aquel pais austral, particulares caracteristicas.
Sus primeros contactos con el arte se desarrollaron en la facultad de ciencias y artes musicales y escenicas de la universidad de Chile donde formó diferentes grupos musicales.
Espero que al observador interesado sea util esta introduccion, al darle mas materiales de juicio y apreciacion de la obra del maestro Madariaga O’Ryan, que lleva implicita toda esta corriente de diferentes pueblos unidos y mesclados sobre una tierra de clima mediterranico.
Aparte de la pintura, el artista es un viajero incansable y musico, que cultiva con marcada sensibilidad la musica india y negra de su continente, habiendo realizado diferentes conciertos en Sud America, Europa y Asia con el grupo NARAYANA, del cual fue su creador y director.
Ha estudiado las diferentes tecnicas, de oleo, acrilico, acuarela, con maestros tanto en su pais como en Europa, donde vivio entre los años 75 al 96, realisando esposiciones individuales y colectivas, de las cuales destacamos las siguientes:

Esposiciones individuales:
Banco de Chile (Santiago)...1970
Banco de Concepcion (Concepción)...1971
Alianza Colombo Francesa, Cali (Colombia)... 1973
Alianza Colombo Francesa, Bogota (Colombia)... 1974
Galeria San Francisco, Sevilla (España)... 1975
Jungen Haus, Munchen (Alemania)...1976
Castelo San Francisco Locarno (Suiza)...1977
Escuela de Megalo-Hersonisos, Creta (Grecia)...1978
Casino de Vilamoura ( Portugal)...................................1982
Club de Ejecutivos, Cali (Colombia)...1982
Casa Velha, Quinta do Lago (Portugal)...1985
Convento de Santa Clara, Loule (Portugal)...1992

ESPOSICIONES COLECTIVAS

Feria de Otoño, Santiago (Chile)...1970
Universidad de Concepción (chile). 1970
Museo de Atacama (chile). 1970
Minas de Cobre, Chuquicamata (chile). 1970
5ª. Bienal casa de la cultura, Ñuñoa Santiago (chile). 1971
Feria internacional de Osorno (chile). 1971
Feria internacional de Talca (chile). 1971
Feria internacional de Santiago FISA (chile). 1972
Feria de Primavera P. Forestal, Santiago (chile). 1972
Hotel Hilton, Bogota (Colombia). 1974
Hotel Hilton de Martinique. 1975
Colectiva del convento de Loule (Portugal). 1990
Colectiva del Convento de Loule (Portugal). 1992
Bicho da Boca, Funchal, Madeira (Portugal). 1993
Corporación de turismo Funchal, Madeira (Portugal)... 1993
desde 1994 su obra se encuentra expuesta permanentemente en diferentes galerias de Sud America y Europa

Patricio Madariaga, was born in Santiago, Chile in 1945. He is of Basque-Irish extraction; a highly explosive mixture that grows exponentially by the fact that he lives in a volcanic country such as Chile. His first passion was music, and this created in him a state of inner confusion as he also felt an overt attraction for painting ever since he was a child. He studied at the University of Chile’s Faculty of Music and also attended art classes with Roberto Opazo de la Vega, with whom he experimented with a wide variety of expressions ranging from landscape painting to abstraction. Abstract art finally seduced him and led him to experiment with multiple techniques and styles.
His need to know new worlds, his unquenchable thirst for knowledge and his hunger for new adventure took him and a group of friends on a practically non-stop journey through America, Europe and Asia. His musical talent led him to create the Narayana music group, which became an instant success.
Parallel to his musical activities, his life consisted of tours and visits to workshops, schools, museums and avant-garde manifestations that charged him with the energy that is seen in his pictures and in the multiple exhibitions he has held in the different countries through which he has travelled. So much travel and experience give his work an originality that is both overwhelming and seductive. The shapes that emerge from his pictures suggest inner worlds that trap, captivate and move us… all of which make Patricio Madariaga O’Ryan an integral, paradoxical, antagonic, surprising, unassuming and sensitive artist.