Statement

My work is about the joy and challenge of exploration, experimentation, and embracing the accidental. Looking back, it stands on the accomplishments of other artists, but looking forward, it seeks to create and present to the viewer things that have not yet been seen or understood.

Bio

Ferri is a multi-media artist who works in painting, drawing, photography, and film. His work is characterized by an interest in the tools and techniques used in contemporary art combined with digital technology and filmmaking.

Ferri studied at the pioneering Center for Creative Imaging in Camden, Maine which brought together artists and experts like information design visionary Edward Tufte and graphic designer Milton Glaser, and at George Mason University and Georgetown University.

Ferri has exhibited at the D.C. Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA DC), the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the influential Henri Gallery, and other venues in the metropolitan Washington area and internationally. His work is held by the Smithsonian Archives of American Art in Washington and is in private collections.

His work is strongly influenced by contemporary artists Pat Steir, Khatarina Grosse, and Anselm Kiefer and postmodern artists Cy Twombly, Sol LeWitt, and Ellsworth Kelly.

Ferri lives and works in Washington.

Email: ferriartwork@gmail.com
IG: ferriartwork

Group Shows

2025 Light & Dark: Contrast, Falls Church Arts Gallery, Falls Church, Virginia

2024 Just Show Up, Stuart Semple, London, Online

2024 Color:BLACK, KAC Gallery of Fellow Artists, New York, Online

Free For All, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA DC), Washington, DC

Abstract Art, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA DC), Washington, DC

Corcoran Gallery of Art, Rotunda Gallery, Washington, DC

Henri Gallery, Washington, DC

9:30 Club, Washington, DC

George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia

Collaborations

2023 PINKtober, Culture Hustle, London

2023 MyTimeMachine, Hayward Gallery, London

Reviews

2024 Ferri: Just Show Up, Read @ Joe’s

Education

The Center for Creative Imaging, George Mason University and Georgetown University

Advanced Studies

2024 The Art School, Masters II

2024 Studio Hark: Art of Randomness

2024 Derivative: Touch Designer

Recognition

2021, 2020 New York Festivals TV & Film Awards Silver Medal

2020, Murrow Awards Winner

2020, Webby Awards Finalist

2020, New York Festivals TV & Film Awards Finalist

2020, AIB International Media Excellence Awards (U.K.) Finalist

2020, Luleå International Film Festival (Sweden) Winner

2020, Anatolia International Film Festival (Turkey) Winner

2020, Venice TV Awards (Italy) Finalist

2020, Short Shot Fest (Russia) Finalist

Archives

Smithsonian Archives of American Art

Employment and Teaching in the Arts

Gallery Attendant, Osuna Art Galleries

The Art Barn Gallery / National Children's Museum Summer Program

Get in touch

ferriartwork@gmail.com