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Mario Petrirena is a Cuban-born American artist living and working in Atlanta.  He has been a visual artist for over 30 years, and works in a variety of mediums including collage and clay.

Petrirena is the recipient of several awards including an NEA individual artist grant and The Pollock-Krasner Grant. He has exhibited widely; locally, nationally and internationally.

His work is included in museum collections including the collections of The High Museum of Art, Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans, Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia. He is represented by Sandler Hudson Gallery.