Textile Artist
PATRIZIA FERREIRA
Born Montevideo, Uruguay
Education
2001 Masters of Science. Textile Design and Science. Philadelphia University. Philadelphia, PA.
Concentration: textile digital design and printing.
1997 Bachelors of Arts, Textile Design. Institute of Industrial Design. Montevideo, Uruguay.
Concentration: fashion illustration, weave, and print.
Awards, Grants and Exhibitions
2024 Precarious Habitats – Solo Show
Meredith College. Raleigh, NC – September 5 – September 29
Death Planted a Garden - Curated exhibit
Queen Street Magic Boat. Durham, NC - September 7 - October 20
NC Emerging Artist in Residence
A year of free studio space providing artists with time and space to explore their work.
Artspace. Raleigh, NC. January 2024 – December 2025
Solo show - October 2025
The Future of Water – Selected as part of a cohort of 3 artists.
The Future of Water is a speculative art project commissioned by The School for Living Futures in partnership with the Durham Art Guild that will feature commissioned works by three Triangle – based artists offering their visions and creative answers to the environmental water crisis.
Golden Belt Gallery. Durham, NC – May 2024
Selected as one of 3 fiber artists to exhibit alongside” Layered Legacies” exhibit.
Artists will lead workshops and create a collaborative art piece.
North Carolina Museum of Art. Raleigh, NC - March – July 2024
Group Show. Pullen Arts Center, Raleigh, NC – May 4 – July 27
The Home I Never Knew – Ni de Aquí, Ni de Allá - Group Show
Greenville Museum of Art. Greenville, NC – June 7 – October 26
2024 Artist Support Grant Recipient. United Arts. Raleigh, NC.
Commissioned to create a 42” x 42” site specific textile piece.
Truist Leadership Institute. Greensboro, NC
2023 This Time Tomorrow: Crafting Resistance. Solo Show. Vault Gallery, 21C Durham.
September 2023 – November 2023
Herencia 2023 – Exhbiting artist. Diamante Arts and Cultural Center. September 1 – September 29
Exhibiting artist – Hall Gallery. Sertoma Arts Center, Raleigh, NC.
September 10 – October 29
First “artist in residence” at Diamante Arts & Cultural Center – January 15 – May 19
3 months of residency, finalizing with a 1 month long solo show. Raleigh, NC
Selected to exhibit for curated virtual gallery, Hidden Gallery. Created by Violet du Feng, as part of her award-winning film, Hidden Letters.
2022 Selected to exhibit as part of the Eco Squared art show at Hatch Art House.
Madison, WI. February – April 2022
Selected to become a resident artist at Hatch Art House. Madison, WI. April 2022
Selected to exhibit with 15 other artists. Curated show.
The Shape of the Environment.Art Lit Lab. Madison, WI. August 23 – October 29
Selected to exhibit for curated show Nature vs Nurture. The Art Center Highland Park
Chicago, IL, June 17 – July 30
Milwaukee Artist Resource Network mentorship Program Mentee
2022 – 2023 Finalist
Herencia 2022. Diamante Cultural Arts Center.
Raleigh, NC. November 4 – January 2, 2023
Student Instructor and Patron exhibit. Sertoma Arts Center
Raleigh, NC. November – December 27
Hide + Seek. 5th Fiber Arts Biennial. Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts
Cedarburg, WI. November 17 – January 22, 2023
2021 Selected artist to exhibit work as part of “Remnants” show. Wisconsin Quilt Museum.
Cedarburg, Wisconsin. February 4 – April 25. https://www.wiquiltmuseum.com/
Selected artist to exhibit as part of the 35 years of Arts for All Wisconsin celebration
Exhibit “Teaching an artist”. https://www.artsforallwi.org/
Selected artist to exhibit at the “10th International Biennial Exhibition of Mini Textile Art “Schytia” in Ivano-Frankivs’k, Ukraine
Selected artist to participate in “Botanicals”.
An exhibition that celebrates the ephemeral beauty and diversity of plant life.
The Art Garage. Green Bay, Wisconsin. July 29 – September 26
2nd Place Award.
Selected to exhibit Women Artists Forward Fund Art Prize.
Giant Jones Brewery. Madison, WI. September 7 – October 9
2019 International Show of the Arts of Thread (Pour l’amour du fils) – Edition 2019.
Nantes, France.
Contest: “The Mysteries of the West”- 2nd Place Winner
Selected artist to exhibit work as part of the Wisconsin Textile Biennial 2019.
Wisconsin Quilt Museum. Cedarburg, Wisconsin. November 21, 2019 - February 2, 2020.
2010 SparkCon Finalist for Fashion Spark
SparkCon is a showcase of creativity, talent and ideas of the creative hub of the south, the Triangle. Collaboration with fashion designer Jessica Palmer for JessPati – a mini collection of 5 cocktail dresses that celebrate the beauty of developing structures and the value of the surface.
2009 Stitch Spectacular, a juried collection of contemporary hand embroidered artwork - Finalist. Dimensions Gallery, Savannah, Georgia. January 9, - February 3, 2009.
2005 Finalist at the annual exhibition “Celebrating Women” sponsored by the Norton Women’s Pavilion, Frasier Museum in Louisville, Kentucky.
2000 ITMA Design Award Competition for Home Furnishings.
3rd place in the Print Category.
1999 Recipient of the O.A.S. (Organization of American States) full scholarship for completion of the Master of Science from Philadelphia University.
Special Projects
2019 Commissioned by Arts for All to create a group of textile panels in collaboration with artist, Christy Grace, for a theater company.
2019 Commissioned by make-up artist, Valeria Ferreira to create a textile piece for Victoria Beckham.
2020 Commissioned by make-up artist, Valeria Ferreira to create a textile piece for actress Rosamund Pike.