Pato's show "Fixation" featured these photographs and held receptions in Chicago as well as the Bloom and Focus Gallery in Lake Forest. He is slated to show new photographs in Lake Bluff, Illinois. Pato is expanding his portfolio to include studio photography, product photography, as well as his use of film. His next projects involve workers of the food and beverage industry, Alzheimer's Disease, as well as continuing to document live music.