Since the 1970s, Patty Carroll has become well-known for her use of vivid, rich color pictures. Her most recent endeavor, "Anonymous Women," is a three-part studio installation work designed just for the camera that explores women and their complex connections with domesticity. Carroll creates a sinister and amusing game of hide-and-seek between her viewers and the Anonymous Woman by hiding the figure in drapery and/or household items. The images are included in two monographs: Anonymous Women: Domestic Demise (Ain't Bad Books, January 2020) and Anonymous Women (Daylight Books, January 2017). Other publications include "Spirited Visions," published in 1991; "Living the Life; the World of Elvis Tribute Artists," published in 2005; and "Man Bites Dog," published in 2012.

The Anonymous Woman series has been exhibited all around the world and has garnered numerous honors, with Carroll being named one of Photolucida's "Top 50" in both 2014 and 2017. Some awards/grants include the "Herstory" Grand Prize winner 2019 from SeeMe and the Artist Fellowship from the Illinois Arts Council from 2003 and 2020. Prestigious websites and publications around the world, including the Huffington Post, The Cut, Ain't Bad Magazine, and BJP in Britain, have published her work. Carroll's work has been displayed internationally, in China and Europe, as well as frequently in the USA. (Among others, the White Box Museum in Beijing, the Art Institute of Chicago, and Bath's Royal Photographic Society.)

She has participated in more than 100 group exhibitions both domestically and abroad, and both public and private collections own examples of her work. In 2014, Carroll happily returned to the studio full-time after many years of teaching photography to surprise audiences with her lighthearted critique of luxury and the home. While continuing to work in her Chicago studio, she was Artist in Residence at Studios Inc. in Kansas City, Missouri, from 2016 to 2021. She currently resides and works in Chicago. Her work is represented by Catherine Couturier Gallery in Houston, Texas, Sherry Leedy Gallery in Kansas City, Missouri, PDNB Gallery in Dallas, Texas, Galerie X11 in Santa Monica, CA and Paris, France (and others.)