Patricia Wuillemin-Nafe was born near Philadelphia in the United States. She attended Drexel University in
Philadelphia where she completed a liberal arts program, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree. Following
her graduation from Drexel University, she studied painting for four years at the Philadelphia College of Art
where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1974.

Upon graduating from art college she continued to reside and paint in Philadelphia . She exhibited her oil
paintings in various Philadelphia and New York galleries. In 1989 she exhibited in the Annual Small Works
Exhibition at New York University where she won an award for a miniature oil painting. She was included in
this exhibition in 1990 as well.

After moving to Switzerland in 1992, the Swiss PTT selected one of her drawings to use as a telegram cover.
She had various exhibitions in the Bern area and then in 1999 she participated in a two person exhibition at
Leonardo Galerie d’art in Lausanne.

Her oil paintings have been exhibited in Geneva, Switzerland on different occasions: in 2002 at the Palais des
Nations of the United Nations, in 2004 at the Villa le Chêne in the Botanical Garden and in 2005 in a group
show at the Villa Dutoit.

From 2004 until 2007, she exhibited at the Galerie Bärtschi in Bern, Switzerland in group exhibitions and in
solo exhibitions.

Her paintings are represented in private collections in the Philadelphia area as well as in France and Switzerland,
where she currently resides, paints and exhibits.