Textile Artist
PATRIZIA FERREIRA
816 Ellynn Drive, Cary, NC 27511 – patriziaferreira@hotmail.com – (412) 802.5520
Born Montevideo, Uruguay
Education
2001 Master of Science. Textile Design and Science. Philadelphia University. Philadelphia, PA.
Concentration: textile digital design and printing.
1997 Bachelor of Arts, Textile Design. Institute of Industrial Design. Montevideo, Uruguay.
Concentration: fashion illustration, weave, and print.
Exhibitions
2024 Group Exhibition - plants, and birds, and rocks (and things), Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve, Raleigh, NC. October 26 - December 1
Group Exhibition - Fresh 2024 - Juried Exhibition, Semifinalist, Artspace, Raleigh, NC.
Solo Exhibition – Precarious Habitats, Meredith College, Raleigh, NC. September 5 – 29
Group Exhibition – Death Planted a Garden, Queen Street Magic Boat, Durham, NC
Group Exhibition – The Future of Water, Golden Belt Gallery, Durham, NC. May 1 – 29
Group Exhibition – Pullen Arts Center, Raleigh, NC. May 4 – July 27
Group Exhibition – The Home I Never Knew / Ni de Aquí, Ni de Allá, Greenville Museum of Art, Greenville, NC. June 7 – October 26
2023 Solo Exhibition – This Time Tomorrow: Crafting Resistance, 21C Durham Museum Hotel, Durham, NC. September 2023 – November 2023
Group Exhibition – Herencia, Diamante Arts and Cultural Center, Raleigh, NC, September 1 – 29
Group Exhibition – Hall Gallery, Sertoma Arts Center, Raleigh, NC. September 10 – October 29
Solo Exhibition – In Search of the Paradise Lost, Diamante Arts and Cultural Center, Raleigh, NC. May 1 – 29
2022 Group Exhibition – The Shape of the Environment, Art Lit Lab, Madison, WI.
Group Exhibition – Nature vs Nurture, The Art Center Highland Park, Chicago, IL
Group Exhibition – Herencia 2022, Diamante Cultural Arts Center, Raleigh, NC
Group Exhibition – Hide + Seek: 5th Fiber Arts Biennial,Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts, Cedarburg, WI
2021 Group Exhibition – Remnants, Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts, Cedarburg, WI
Group Exhibition - 10th International Biennial Exhibition of Mini Textile Art “Schytia” Ivano-Frankivs’k, Ukraine
Group Exhibition - Botanicals - 2nd Place Award, The Art Garage, Green Bay, WI
Group Exhibition - Women Artists Forward Fund Art Prize Exhibit, Giant Jones Brewery, Madison, WI
2019 Group Exhibition – The Mysteries of the West – 2nd Place Winner, International Show of the Arts of Thread – Edition 2019. Nantes, France.
Group Exhibition - Wisconsin Textile Biennial 2019, Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts, Cedarburg, WI
2009 Group Exhibition – Stitch Spectacular, Dimensions Gallery, Savannah, GA
2005 Group Exhibition – Celebrating Women, Frasier Museum, Louisville, KY
Residencies
2024 NC Emerging Artist in Residence, Artspace, NC. January – December. Solo exhibition - October 2025
2023 First Artist in Residence – 3 - month residency + Solo Show. January 15 – May 1, Diamante Arts & Cultural Center. Raleigh, NC
Commissions
2024 Led workshops and created a collaborative piece with the community in conjunction with “Layered Legacies”, a quilt exhibition. North Carolina Museum of Art. Raleigh, NC
42” x 42” site specific textile piece, Truist Leadership Institute, Greensboro, NC
2020Textile Panels, Arts for All, Madison, WI
Textile artwork, Valeria Ferreira, Make-up artist (gift to Victoria Beckham)
2019 Textile artwork, Valeria Ferreira, Make-up artist (gift to Rosamund Pike)
Awards
2024 Artist Support Grant Recipient, United Arts, Raleigh, NC.
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 at Philadelphia University.