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
ferriartwork@gmail.com