Petra Cortright is an Internet artist who makes videos, gif animations and still-images. Her homepage looks like a dated html page with a bunch of smileys on it and a list of her work: authentic, experimental and nostalgic work with a lot of glitter, sparks, collages and characters making images. Throughout the website there are fun mouse animations, for example sparks that follow your pointer when you move over the screen. Another cool thing is a frame that’s attached to your pointer so you can place the frame on a portrait.

Cortright studied at Parsons School of Design in New York and at California College of the Arts in San Francisco. Nowadays she lives and works in California. She has exhibited internationally in galleries such as Gloria Maria Gallery (Milan) and Spencer Brownston (New York) amongst numerous others. Recently Cortright exhibited with her series SO WET at Preteen Gallery in Mexico City.
View a selection of her work below.