Contemporary mosaic art

ARTIST STATEMENT​

 

I am a contemporary mosaic artist, and I create to challenge myself and my artform.

 

The underlying intent of my work is to expound on a concept, to convey a message, or to create a narrative around the emotions and sensitivities we experience as human beings.

 

Equally important in my practice is upcycling - taking what we consider worthless or useless and transforming it into something useful. By combining scavenged and corroded construction materials, considered worthless and ugly, with materials deemed precious and beautiful, I am able to offer “worthless” materials a new purpose.

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​​​BIO

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Art has always been a part of Patrizia's life, having inherited her love for art, and a  bit of talent, from her family that includes ceramists, architects, painters, commercial designers, sculptors and photographers.

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Patrizia's own art education began when she  was 15 with art classes in Rosèmere, Quebec. Her  teacher, Maryanne Anderson, was a wonderfully eccentric artist in her 70’s who introduced  Patrizia to different media, including oils, acrylics, pastels, pen & ink, and copper relief. Patrizia went on to study painting, drawing, art history, and art education  for a minor in Fine Arts from Concordia University in  Montreal. 

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In 1984 Patrizia moved to Toronto, Ontario, where she worked in library research and electronic publishing. Corporate restructuring gave Patrizia the opportunity to leave the corporate world behind and after taking a mosaic class she never looked back. Within a few weeks she bought some tools and materials, and started creating her own original designs in her home studio.

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Patrizia is proud to be one of the five mosaic artists, led by Tanya MacFarlane, who created the mosaic mural titled  The Welcome Wall located in the Victoria Park subway station. It took 18 weeks to create this 303 sq. ft. mural with over 275,000 pieces of glass!

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Patrizia’s mosaics have been exhibited and are in private collections in Canada, the US, and Europe. Two of her mosaics, Frayed Nerves and It Takes Two, have been award winners in juried exhibitions. Her work has been featured in Women United Art Magazine's "In the Spotlight", Summer 2024. 

Her mosaic Dire Consequences was ranked 14th out of 100 for the Arts to Hearth Project - Artists of the Year 2025 Book which celebrates diverse contemporary art.

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Patrizia is a co-founder and organizer of Ontario Mosaic Artists contemporary mosaic art exhibitions.  OMA was established in 2020 by 6 like-minded friends to build and strengthen the community of mosaic artists in Ontario and to promote the artform through  regular exhibitions.

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 PROFESSONAL MEMBERSHIPS

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Contemporary Mosaic Arists

Mosaic Artists of Canada

Society of American Mosaic Artists

Society of Canadian Artists, elected 2025

Artists' Network, Board Member 2022 - 2025