Anita Ragusa is an artist living and working in Roxbury, NY and NYC. She received her B.F.A. from The Cooper Union School of Art, NY, specializing in Painting and Photography. Her work focuses on exotic patterns, figures and decadent images full of fantasy interiors and textiles. She had a solo exhibition at A.I.R. Gallery, NY.

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Group exhibitions include:

• Queens International 2006
• The Queens Museum of Art, NY (2006)
• Pretty Young Thing: PYT, NY (2010)

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Anita has participated in the first ever Project Diversity Queens 2007, held at Art About Us, NY, Visual AIDS: Postcards From The Edge Benefit, at James Cohan Gallery, NY and is one of six recipients of the A.I.R. Gallery Fellowships. Professionally she works in the art field and has held positions at major galleries including Gagosian, David Zwirner and Pace. Anita's work is held in multiple private collections and can currently be seen at the Saint Kate Arts Hotel, WI, as part of their permanent exhibition.