The Frankie G. Weems Gallery at Meredith College features the artist Patrizia Ferreira in the exhibition Precarious Habitats. Ferreira received a bachelor’s degree in textile design from the Institute of Industrial Design in Montevideo, Uruguay, and a Master of Science degree in textile design for prints from Thomas Jefferson University. Ferreira’s work incorporates thread, yarn, found, and heirloom fabrics, as well as a variety of repurposed materials, such as plastics, to create sculptural embroidered paintings.

Inspired by her native country of Uruguay, her immigrant experience, and her being a woman, Ferreira discusses remembrance and identity in her fiber works. Precarious Habitats feature depictions of bucolic, tropical, and exuberant abundance. Ferriera’s lavish scenes, combined with her stubborn use of thread, stitch, and fragmented pieces, explore feelings of displacement and otherness. Made of many broken, fragmented pieces—yet firmly rooted, undeniably human—Ferreira’s work is an analogy for how she feels.

Precarious Habitats will be on display from September 5th–29th, 2024, in the Frankie G. Weems Gallery at the Gaddy-Hamrick Art Center on the Meredith College campus. The gallery is open weekdays from 9 am–5 pm and weekends from 2 pm–5 pm. The opening reception will be held on September 12th from 5–7 pm in the Weems Gallery. The gallery talk will take place in Room 137 at the Gaddy-Hamrick Art Center from 5:30–6:30 pm. The gallery is located at 3800 Hillsborough St, Raleigh, NC 27607.

For more information, please contact Meredith Art Gallery Director, Todd Jones.