Patrick Mahon is an artist, a writer/curator, and a Professor of Visual Arts at Western University, in London, ON, Canada. Currently, he is Director of the School for Advanced Studies in the Arts & Humanities at Western. Mahon’s artwork has been exhibited widely and has been published in numerous print biennales since the early 1990’s. Patrick’s collaborative project, Immersion Emergencies and Possible Worlds, resulted in a ten-artist group exhibition, The Source: Rethinking Water through Contemporary Art in 2014, with a second iteration, The Living River Project, at the Art Gallery of Windsor in 2019. He also curates projects and exhibitions.  Professor Mahon was honoured for his impactful work when he was elected as a member of the Royal Society of Canada in 2017.