Mario Petrirena
mario petrirena

of faith and doubt, 2021
Unglazed clay
9.25 x 13.5 x 13.5 in.

of our common history, 2021
Glazed clay
2.5 x 18.25 in.

the harvest of all years, 2021
Clay and found photos
8.5 x 12 x 12.5 in.

at the root, 2021
Clay
10 x 17 in.

Installation shot from this, that, and the other

HTNMR4, 2020
Collage on panel
10 x 8 x 0.75 in.

HTNMR9, 2021
Collage on panel
10 x 8 in.

HTNMR6, 2021
Collage on panel
10 x 8 in.

of dreaming and believing, 2014
Collage on board
14 x 14 in.

worth the telling (diptych), 2019
Collage on panel
13.5 x 22 in.

september when it comes, 2021
Collage on mat board
14.5 x 24.5 in.

nexus hands, 2019
Collage, handmade book
0.5 x 5.25 in.

distorted by wishfulness and omission, 2020
Collage on wood and found object
20.75 x 14.25

manos y manos, 2018
Collage, found book
1 x 11.5 in.

through the labyrinth of silence, 2021
Bronze
2.25 x 8.5 in.

the echo of those repeated silences, 2020
Clay and found object
40 x 12 x 12.5 in.

Collage Sculpture, 2020
Collage on board
13 x 12 x 11 in.

Untitled (MPA-11), 2016
Collage on board
11.25 x 9 in.

Untitled, 2015
Ceramic
4 x 7.50 in.

Untitled, 2015
Ceramic
2.50 x 6.50 in.

Untitled, 2015
Ceramic
2.25 x 6.50 in.

Domes
Ceramic
Sizes vary

Domes
Ceramic
Sizes vary
My work is informed by my dual heritage. It is personal, autobiographical, often a mystery to me. Through my work I explore the complexities, the duality, the contradictions, the humor, the beauty and the fragments that are an ever-present part of my life. They are attempts to understand myself and how I fit into this world.