Artist Information:
Scott Ferry
La Mirada, CA
United States
Member Since: Jan 2002
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Artist Statement:
Scott Ferry
www.scottferry.com
I am a Los Angeles-based
artist, who works between both
Los Angeles and Montreal. My
work is inspired by spiritism,
dark eroticism, subtle
disturbances, and nightmarish
reflections. My current series
(Charnel Grounds and Sickly
Playthings) is a personal
journey teeming with
metaphors, beautiful and
painfully violent experiences,
the sadistic, the masochistic,
and funny innuendos. I have
exhibited in solo and group
shows in California, Arizona,
Washington, and Quebec,
Canada.
I am inspired a lot by
surrealism, dadism, and other
various automatic and material
altering art philosophies. As
well Darger, Austin Osman
Spare, and Rosaleen Norton.
Though I can’t quite say if my
work really engenders those
ideas in a physical way, but
more possibly on an internal
level. I have begun to
include particular animals and
spirits (in various forms)
into my work as a way of
highlighting my inner
character on various levels
and how I perceive and react.
My drawings, as I call them,
are a mix of pigment ink, gel
inks, and markers on Arches
paper. I have been slowly
incorporating water colors as
well into this mix. The
framing I have begun to
include in the process by
searching ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
1971 Born in California.
Lived and worked in Montréal
Canada from 1994 to 2002.
California from 2002 to 2004.
Now lives in Montreal, Canada
since 2005.
Solo Exhibitions:
2004 Norwalk Regional Library,
Norwalk, California, U.S.A.
2004 "Witch World," Roberts
Art Gallery, Santa Monica, CA,
U.S.A.
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Artist Galleries:
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Artist Reviews:
2004 “Bela Lugosi’s Dead, it’s
magic time! ”, Orange County
Weekly, California, 18 juin,
2004.
2003 “Scott Ferry, une artiste
en technique numérique mixte”,
Le Magazine Île des Soeurs,
Montréal, 2 octobre 2003.
2000 “Femme Démoniaque”, M.
Cyril, Passeport de Nuit,
Montréal, 6 avril 2000.
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Scott Ferry's Free Artist Portfolio
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www.scottferry.com
I am a Los Angeles-based artist, who works between both Los Angeles and Montreal. My work is inspired by spiritism, dark eroticism, subtle disturbances, and nightmarish reflections. My current series (Charnel Grounds and Sickly Playthings) is a personal journey teeming with metaphors, beautiful and painfully violent experiences, the sadistic, the masochistic, and funny innuendos. I have exhibited in solo and group shows in California, Arizona, Washington, and Quebec, Canada.
I am inspired a lot by surrealism, dadism, and other various automatic and material altering art philosophies. As well Darger, Austin Osman Spare, and Rosaleen ... |
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