Pious Patric Rozario, known as "Patric Rozario" (born 11 July 1964, Selangor, Malaysia), is an artist and designer based in Doha, Qatar. Rozario's trades as "Own a Rozario". He designs and creates artistic metal panels made of aluminium coated with epoxy resin. The panels are decorated with embedded pearls, Swarovski crystals, gems and semi-precious stones. He also works with brass, copper, silver, zinc and gold. Rosario gained notability as an artist in 2002. He was invited to present his work at a group exhibition entitled Five Expressions. Rozario creates pictures on poster board using coloured thread. He uses glue and acrylic paint to hold the threads in place. Rosario presented his work at the gallery "The Art Publisher", Bangsar and at a gallery in Petaling Jaya. In February 2008, Rozario painted a portrait of Plácido Domingo and presented it to him during a performance at the Pearl hotel in Kuala Lumpur. In March 2011, Rozario presented his work at the Al Hosh art gallery in Souq Waqif, Doha and then at Café Ceramique in Doha. The collection was called "Cloud Dance". It consisted of works in acrylic paint of Doha's architectural landmarks including Museum of Islamic Art, the Sheraton Doha Hotel, and the Katara Cultural Village. In August 2011, Rozario presented his collection, Swarovski Towers to Moza bint Nasser the first lady of Qatar at the Al Wajbah palace. In 2012, Rosario started works called Pearlappetite. The works consisted of pearls, semi-precious stones, and crystals set on colourful ceramic and glass plates. In October 2012, H.E. Dato' Ahmad Jazri Mohamed Johar, the ambassador of Malaysia to Qatar commissioned Rozario to create a Pearlappetite gift to present to Datin Paduka Seri Hajjah Rosmah Mansor, the first lady of Malaysia. In 2012, Rozario assisted sixty-two children in Doha to create gifts of art to present to the families of people who died in the Villagio Mall fire of May that year. In the same year, Rozario became a founding member of the Visual Arts Forum India (VAFI) which aims to provide a platform to elevate Indian visual artists in Qatar.
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