Petrona Morrison

Petrona Morrison (born 1954) is a Jamaican sculptor and media artist. Her work is largely inspired by African art; she uses found objects in assemblages that have both personal and broader social themes.

A native of Manchester, Jamaica, Morrison was sketching from the time she was a child. 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. She has taught at the Edna Manley College of the Visual and Performing Arts since 1988.

She was artist-in-residence at the Studio Museum in Harlem. In 2017 Morrison exhibited work in the Jamaica biennial.

Selected exhibitions Petrona Morrison and Veronica Ryan: Sculptural Works. Bronx Museum of the Arts, United States, 1996–1997. Annual Exhibition, National Gallery of Jamaica, Jamaica, 1999. Work: "Absence" Jamaica Biennial, National Gallery of Jamaica, Jamaica, 2017. Work: "Selfie."