Printmaker, multi-media artist, and teacher Pat "Paga" Kabore was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1940. She didn't pursue an art education until later in life when a serious accident changed her path in life. She first learned as a screenprinting apprentice before studying under master printers in Michigan and in Windsor, Canada. Returning to the U.S., she continued to study at workshops in Washington state and in Kentucky, and in the early 2000s she began exhibiting in the juried Wasington D.C. Printmaker's Fine Art Calendar show. 

Around this time Kabore spent some time living in West Africa, where she learned the Mossi language of Burkina Fasso. There she adopted the word "paga," which means woman, as her artist's name with which she signs much of her work.

In the late 1990s Kabore learned the Japanese indigo fabric dying proces, "shibori," which she used as both its own medium and as part of large, three dimensional constructions. She also taught workshops on the technique throughout South Carolina, including as an artist-in-residence at the Paducah Arts Alliance, who awarded her three separate Arts Partnerships grants. She was featured in the book "Artists Among Us," highlighting artists of Spartanburg, SC.

In addition to her fine art output, Kabore has worked as a children's mentor, teacher, and workshop instructor. She was a Michigan Mentor Teaching Artist, as designated by the Michigan Black Caucus, helping children with learning disabilities navigate various artistic mediums. After relocating to South Carolina  and hosting children's printmaking classes. After relocating to Spartanburg, South Carolina, she continued working with children through printmaking workshops and through art therapy classes for children experiencing grief or loss. She continues to work and exhibit in Spartanburg.

Pat Kabore's work can be found in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Library of Congress, the National Women's Museum, the National Fine Art Museum, and elsewhere.