Lives and works in Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018  The Adler Gallery, Metaphorical Expressions, Port Washington Public Library, Port Washington, New York
2017  Alfred Van Loen Gallery, Figure Abstractions, South Huntington Public Library, South Huntington, New York

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Art League of Long Island, 67th Annual Members' Exhibition, Dix Hills, New York, February 6 - March 9, 2024.  Juror: Fernanda Bennett (Award)

2019
Society of American Graphic Artists, 2nd Annual Mini Gems Print Exhibition, New York, New York, Juried show

2018
Art League of Long Island, 59th Long Island Artists Exhibition, Dix Hills, NY, Juried Show
Art League of Long Island, The BIG Picture, Dix Hills, NY, Juried Show
Hamptons Art Hub, Pushing Boundaries: Art that Defies Expectations, online exhibition, The Hamptons, NY

2017
Art League of Long Island, Members' Exhibition, Dix Hills, New York (Award)

2016
Long Island Museum, LIMarts: Inspired By...Exhibition, Stonybrook, New York
Art League of Long Island, Members' Exhibition, Dix Hills, New York
Art League of Long Island, Figuratively Speaking, Dix Hills, New York, Juried Show (Award)
Art League of Long Island, Motion in Art & Art in Motion, Dix Hills, New York, Juried Show        

2015
Omni Gallery, Existential Navigation: Drawings and Paintings by Rachel Kohn, Dawn Lee, Patricia Russac, and Lorena Salcedo-Watson, Uniondale, New York, November 9, 2015 - February 7, 2016
The Long Island Museum, 1SF: One Square Foot, LIMarts Member's Exhibition, Stony Brook, New York, December 4, 2015 - January 31, 2016
Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Coalition, Really Affordable Art Show, Brooklyn, New York, October 1 - 31, 2015.  Juror:  Carolyn Ramo, Executive Director, Artadia

2014
Art League of Long Island, Members' Exhibition, Dix Hills, New York, November 2014.  Juror: Lisa Chalif, Curator, Heckscher Museum of Art (Award)
b.j. spoke gallery, Harvest of Artists, Huntington, New York, 2014

2012
Ferrarri Maserati of Long Island, Matters of the heART Exhibition, Invitational Show, Plainview, New York, May 2012

2011
Art League of Long Island, Members' Exhibition, Dix Hills, New York, December 2011 (Award)

2010
Art League of Long Island, Members' Exhibition, Dix Hills, New York, December 12 - January 9, 2010.  Juror: Winn Rea (Award)
Art League of Long Island, 54th Exhibition of Long Island Artists, Dix Hills, New York, June 6 - July 4, 2010. Juror: Heidi Lange, Director, DC Moore Gallery, New York, New York (Award)

2009
Art (that matters), Luke DeLaio & Patricia Russac: Long Island Pulse 2009 VIP Artists, Oyster Bay, New York, September 11 - October 16, 2009
Art League of Long Island, A Common Thread: An Exhibition of Portraits and Figures, Dix Hills, New York, September 27 - October 25, 2009. Juror: Aaron Shikler (Award)
Art League of Long Island, 53rd Exhibition of Long Island Artists, Dix Hills, New York, June 14 - July 5, 2009. Juror: Andrew Arnot, Director, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York
Art (that matters), Think Inside the Box, Art (that matters) Women's Exhibition, Oyster Bay, New York, June 26 - July 25, 2009. Juror: Nada Marjanovich, Publisher and Editor of Long Island Pulse magazine
Michael Peter Hayes Art Salon, Rhythm and Movement Solo Exhibition, Locust Valley, New York, February 26 - March 27, 2009
National Association of Women Artists, 120th Anniversary Exhibition, HUB Robeson Galleries, Penn State University, Pennsylvania, February 20 - April 26, 2009. Juror: Ann Shields, Director, HUB Robeson Galleries

2008
Art League of Long Island, Members' Exhibition, Dix Hills, New York, December 6 - January 3, 2008 (Award)
Stamford Art Association, 28th Annual Faber Birren National Color Show, Stamford, Connecticut, September 28 - November 6, 2008. Juror: Nora Rockwell Lawrence, Curatorial Assistant, Museum of Modern Art, New York Nassau Community College, Firehouse Plaza Art Gallery Open Competition 2007, Garden City, New York, January 22-February 15, 2007. Juror: Tina Kukielski, Assistant Curator, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (Award)
Art League of Long Island, 51st Exhibition of Long Island Artists, Dix Hills, New York, September 9 - October 15, 2007. Juror: Jennifer Field, Museum of Modern Art, Department of Painting and Sculpture (Award)
Michael Peter Hayes Art Salon, Organic Forms: Works on Paper Solo Exhibition, March - April, 2007, East Norwich, New York L.I. Pulse Magazine, Top 100 Annual Long Island Artist VIPs, August, 2009
Oyster Bay Enterprise Pilot, Art (that matters) Presents Luke DeLalio and Patricia Russac, September 3, 2009
Oyster Bay Guardian, Women's Art Show Draws Large Crowd at Art (that matters), July 3, 2009
Oyster Bay Guardian, MPH Art Salon Opens Russac Exhibit, February 27, 2009

EDUCATION
Long Island University at C.W. Post, Brookville, New York
The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
State University of New York at Geneseo, Geneseo, New York