Artist Spotlight
Cherie Bosela
C
herie Bosela has been creating
art since she could pick up a
pencil and draw. Growing up
here in Central Florida, she
learned photography from
her dad. She took her first
photography class in high
school and continued with the
medium all through college. She
graduated from the University of
Central Florida with a degree in Art.
During college, she was always
searching for her medium. She studied
every medium available to her. She
thought Photography might be it
since she had been experimenting
with it for so long, but it was missing
the hands on building and creating.
The very first mosaic she made in
2000 was from a kit, and it ended up
in the garbage. Not happy with her
results, she bought a few books about
mosaics and started playing around
with different types of tesserae.
Then she started playing with her
photography under the glass. She
finally felt like she found her mediums!
In addition to being shown at the
Winter Garden Art Association,
Cherie’s mosaic work has been
included in exhibits at The Museum of
Glass in Tacoma, WA, 1st Thursdays
at the Orlando Museum of Art,
Mayor’s Gallery in Orlando’s City
Hall, CityArts Factory, Lexington
Center Museum & Gallery, and
Williams Tower Gallery, Houston,
TX to name a few. Recently
several pieces of her artwork were
published in “Bonnie Fitzgerald’s
Guide to Mosaic Technique”.
Cherie has won several awards for
her mosaic work, and in 2014, she
joined the Society of American
Mosaic Artists Board of Trustees.
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WINTER GARDEN MAGAZINE
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MAY 2018