PATRIZIA FERREIRA

 

816 Ellynn Drive, Cary, NC 27511 – (412) 802.5520

patriziaferreira@hotmail.com - www.patriziaferreira.com

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Fiber artist concerned about the environment who incorporates discarded and repurposed materials to create sculptural, articulated textiles that express universal truths and appeal to a wide range of audiences.

Exhibitions

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2025   

Needle and Thread – TAG at Congdon Yards, High Point, NC. May – June 2025.

Unraveled – Juried Exhibition, Center for Visual Arts, Greensboro, NC. April 2025.

Handcrafted – Juried Exhibition, Maria V Howard Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC.

Artfields 2025 – Juried Exhibition, Lake City, SC. April 25 – May 3

“Making Place” – Group Exhibition, DAG, Durham, NC. August – September.

Solo Exhibition – Artspace, Raleigh, NC. October - November

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, 2nd Place Award, 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” 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

 

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 19-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

 

2020  

Textile 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.

 

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.

 

Publications/Press

 

https://charlotterussell.substack.com/p/textile-artist-to-watch-now-patrizia?sd=pf

https://canvasrebel.com/meet-patrizia-ferreira/

https://sarahrosenordgren.substack.com?utm_source=navbar&utm_medium=web

https://burnaway.org/daily/in-the-studio-with-patrizia-ferreira/

https://waltermagazine.com/art-and-culture/weaving-wonder-with-patrizia-ferreira/