Artist: Rosy Petri
Rosy Petri is a mother, self-taught artist, and storyteller. While her primary medium is fabric portraiture, a background in printmaking, photography and journalism facilitate multimedia storytelling that invites participants more deeply into conversations about collective liberation.
In 2020, Petri has been named a recipient of the Mildred Harpole Artist of the Year award. As the 11th Pfister Artist in Residence in 2019, she created a space to showcase her fabric portraits, record podcast interviews and celebrate traditions of the African diaspora. Petri was also a 2019 finalist in the emerging artist category of the Mary L. Nohl Fellowship awards and a Milwaukee Artist Resource Network mentee under Della Wells in 2018.
Petri’s work has recently been featured in shows at the Racine Art Museum, Walker’s Point Center for the Arts, Zhou B. Gallery, and The Trout Museum of Art. Her gestural portrait series “Together” is featured in Northwestern Mutual’s Giving Gallery, and the “MKE WI” series is currently being installed in the Milwaukee County Courthouse outside of the County Executive’s office. Her art and fine craft can be found at thisisparadisehome.com.
