Rosy Ricks Petri

Rosy Ricks (Petri) is a self-taught mixed media artist and storyteller from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She is currently represented by Calabar Gallery in Harlem, New York. Petri served as the inaugural Artist in Residence at The Bell Hooks Center at Berea College (2021), a Mary L Nohl Emerging Artist Fellow and a Mildred L. Harpole Artist of the Year (2020), the 11th Pfister Artist in Residence (2019), and a Milwaukee Artist Resource Network mentee under artist Della Wells (2018). Petri’s work can be viewed in several prestigious collections, including the James Museum, The Bell Hooks Center at Berea College, the Pfister Hotel, Hunger Task Force, Northwestern Mutual’s Giving Gallery, African American Chamber of Commerce of Wisconsin and the Milwaukee County Courthouse. She is currently a member of the Women of Color Quilters Network, WI Craft, and the Kujichagulia Producer’s Cooperative.