Petrona Morrison
Jamaican sculptor and artist
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Petrona Morrison (born 1954) is a Jamaican sculptor and media artist. Her work is largely inspired by African art;[1] she uses found objects in assemblages that have both personal and broader social themes.[2]
A native of Manchester, Jamaica, Morrison was sketching from the time she was a child.[3] She began training as an artist at McMaster University in Canada, graduating in 1976. In the mid-1980s she studied for her MFA at Howard University in Washington, DC, during which time she spent a year in Kenya. She divided her time between the United States and Jamaica before returning home for good in 1995; she continues to travel for residencies.[4] She has taught at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts since 1988.[5]
She was artist-in-residence at the Studio Museum in Harlem.[1] Her work may be seen in the collection of the National Gallery of Jamaica.[4] She was awarded the Gold Musgrave Medal in 2014.[6] In 2017 Morrison exhibited work in the Jamaica biennial.[7]
Selected exhibitions
- Petrona Morrison and Veronica Ryan: Sculptural Works. Bronx Museum of the Arts, United States, 1996–1997.[8]
- Annual Exhibition, National Gallery of Jamaica, Jamaica, 1999. Work: "Absence"
- Jamaica Biennial, National Gallery of Jamaica, Jamaica, 2017. Work: "Selfie."
