Carlo Ferraris

"Left-handed people are good people too."



Born 1960, Romagnano Sesia, Italy. Lives and works in New York.

Education

1985-89 Accademia delle Belle Arti of Brera, Milan

One-Person Exhibitions

2014 – “Different Speech / Unfamilar Action / Unfamiliar Action / Unused Action”, curated by Spring Series, United Projects at slackgazezine
– “Video Anthology”, LYNCH THAM in collaboration with Co Worker Projects, Entwine, New York
2011 – C & H Artspace, Amsterdam
– “Tutte le fotografie che avrei potuto fare se mio Padre fosse stato Eugenio Saglietti”, Chiesa San Michele, Associazione Culturale Modica, Sicily, Italy
2010 – “Stable Condition”, Photo Miami, Miami, Florida
– “Art Viceroy”, Curated by Ethan Cohen, Miami, Florida
2009 – “52° 22’ 12. 12’’ N 4° 52’ 49. 12’’ E,” Witzenhausen Gallery, Amsterdam.
2008 – “All the artwork I would have done if Horen Higgins was my father,” and “I brought this *&%$!@# house here because of this table!” Florence Lynch Gallery, New York
– AlbertoAperto, Milan, in collaboration with Charta
– “Antologia,” Retrospective Video Presentation, Curated by Piero Cavellini, Fondazione Cominelli, Comune San Felice Del Benaco, BS
2007 – “From one to all,” Florence Lynch Gallery, New York
2006 – “Trailer: Eastern Standard Time,” Senko Forum, Viborg, Denmark
2005 – Florence Lynch Gallery, New York
2004 – Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide, Australia
– Corinne Caminade, Paris
2003 – Florence Lynch Gallery, New York
2001 – Esso Gallery, New York
1999 – C.A. OTKRbITKA Gallery, Moscow
1998 – Galleria Valeria Belvedere, Milan
– Esso Gallery, New York
1997 – Galleria Disegno, Montua
1996 – ViaMaestra Arte Contemporanea, Alba
1995/96 – Galleria Valeria Belvedere, Milan
1995 – Galleria Via Degli Artisti, Turin
1992 – Salvatore Ala Gallery, New York
– Galleria Valeria Belvedere, Milan
1991 – Flaxman Gallery, London
1990 – Galleria Valeria Belvedere, Milan
– Circolo di Palazzo Jovine, Alba
1989 – Studio Gianni Caruso, Turin
1988 – Galleria Guido Carbone, Turin
(with Corrado Levi)
1987 – Palazzo Madonna del Buon Gesu, Fabriano
(With Nazzareno Guglielmi)

Selected Group Exhibitions

2015 – “The Image of the Artists in their Absence: The Self Portrait”, The National Academy Museum, New York
2014 – PULSE Miami Beach, Miami Beach, Florida
– “Combo”, Spazio Borgogno, Milan, Italy
– UNITED PROJECTS + SPRING SERIES, Nola, New York
– “The Season in Review”, LYNCH THAM, New York
– “CON/TEXT, LYNCH THAM”, New York
2013 – “Post-it Friends”, Organized by Piero Cavellini, Brescia, Italy
2012 – “Day for Night: Between Reality and Illusion”, curated by Horace Brokington, BMCC (Manhattan Art Center), New York
2011 – C & H Artspace, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2010 – Witzenhausen Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2009 – “Variation & Revision: Low/New Tech in Contemporary Videos” Hewitt Gallery, Marymount Manhattan College, New York
– “Emerging New Media in the Performing and Visual Arts and its Influence on Contemporary Practice,” DCCC, Delaware County Community College
2007 – “Sum of Three: Multiplicity in Painting, Photography and Video,” The Mirador 1200, Miami, FL
2006 – “Crossroads” Toyota community Spirit Gallery, Toyota Corporate Headquarters, Melbourne, Australia
– Galleria Piero Cavellini, Brecia
– “Under Construction,” curated by Barbara MacAdam, The Shore Institute for Contemporary Arts, (SICA), Long Branch, NJ
– “Video Forum,” Galleria Disegno, Montua
2005 – “Form Follows Dysfunction, Art and/or Furniture,” (Michael Steinberg Fine Art) The Mosaic Building, Miami
2005 – “Entr’acte2,” Arte Contemporanea in Casa Gallizzio, Alba
– Corinne Caminade, Paris
– MiArt, Galleria Borgogno, Milan
2004 – Center for Contemporary Art, Lyon, France
– “Allegro rendering,” Galleria Disegno, Montova, Italy
– “Convergence,” CCNOA Center for Contemporary Non Objective Art, Brussels
2004 – The Armory Show, Florence Lynch Gallery, New York
2003 – Art Rotterdam, Cruise Termina,l Rotterdam
– “Films and Videos on Flying,” curated by Luca Buvoli for Cabinet at White Box, New York
– CP Biennial, Jakarta, Indonesia
– “Tasty Buds,” The Workspace, New York
– The Armory Show, Florence Lynch Gallery, New York
2002 – “Video Lounge,” Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami, FL
– “Artsthma 2002,” curated by Koan-Jeff Baysa, Bronx Center for the Arts, Bronx, NY
– “Entr’acte,” Palazzo Albiroli, Bologna, Italy
– “Something happened on the roof,” VideoFest, Detroit
– Art Forum Berlin, (Florence Lynch Gallery, New York) Berlin
– “Stop Making Sense”, Curated by Craig Fisher, Galerie Corinne Caminade, Paris
– The Armory Show, Florence Lynch Gallery, New York
2001/2002 – “Les Jeux Sont Fait,” Esso Gallery, New York
2001 – “E/Motion Studies,” curated by Hitomi Iwasaki, Queens Museum, New York
– “Die Wahrnehmung des Anderen” (Perception of/ the other), Galerie von Fellner, Krefeld, Germany
– Gallery Artists, Esso Gallery, New York
– “Marginalia,” curated by Marco Breuer, Millennium Film Workshop Inc., New York
2000 – “Quixotic Landscape,” kjubh Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany
– “Yard Sale,” curated by Barbara Pollack, Downtown Arts Festival, New York
– “L’Elemento Verbale nell’arte Contemporanea,” Galleria, Martano, Torino; Galleria Milano, Milano
1999 – “Photography,” UnoAErre, 65 Thompson, New York
– “La Citta del Sole”Soverato, Calabria
– “Face Value,” M.Y. Art Prospects: Miyako Yoshinaga, New York
– Kunstmarkt, Residenzschloss Dresden, Dresden
– “Outside Edge; A Survey,” Salle D’Exposition Centre St. Charles, University de Paris I, La Sorbonne, Paris
– “Recent Videos,” curated by Fabian Cejiedo, London
1998 – Video Marathon, Art in General, New York
– The Planet Art, Cape Town, South Africa
– “Pour Suite,” Galerie Le Faisant, Strasbourg
1998 – “Loudon Collection,” London Brewery, London
– “Esso Gallery Presents...” Pastec, New York
– “Gothic Distress,” Trans Hudson Gallery, New York
– “Inaugural,” Florence Lynch Gallery, New York
1997 – “La Fabbrica Del Vento,” Ex Stabilimento Calissano, Alba
– “Home Is Where the Heart Is — Our Family Values,” White Columns, New York
– “The Art Exchange Show,” 67 Broad Street, New York
1996 – “Libera Interpertazione,” En Plein Air Arte Contemporanea, Pinerolo (Torino)
– “Il formaggioq e i vermi,” curated by Marco Scotini and Laura Vecere, Palazzo Casali, Cortona
– “Laboratorio di fine secolo,” Macerata
– “The sculptor and photographer among us,” E.S. Vandam Gallery, New York
– Plexus Art & Communication, http://www.plexus.org (New York)
1995 – Castello di Rivara, Turin
1994 – Galleria 102, Düsseldorf
– “Stanze,” Villa Mazzotti, Comune di Chiari
– Galleria Via Degli Artisti, Turin
– “Forme itallienne-individualite,” Galerie Alessandro Vivas, Paris
1993 – “Flumina,” curated by Bruno Cora, Pettineo (Me)
– “Forma Italiana-Individualita,” curated by Francesco Poli, Galleria Confini, Cuneo
1992 – “Recent Italian Art,” Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
– “Convivio,” Asta a cura di Finarte, Milan
– “Disegni,” Galleria Valeria Belvedere, Milan
1991 – “Le regole del gioco (The Rules of the Game),” Salvatore Ala Gallery, New York
1990 – Flaxman Gallery, London
– “Ipotesi arte giovane,” Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan
– Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia
– “Intercity due,” Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venezia, Circolo di Palazzo Jovine, Alba (CN)
1989 – “Metessi,” Galleria Lidia Carrieri, Rome
– “Arca/Mostra d’Arte,” Castello di Volpaia, Siena
– Kunstzone-Deposito d’Arte, Turin
– “Fabbrica, Nuova Arte Contemporanea,” Massimo Minini, Brescia
– Galleria Sala 1, Rome
– Casa degli Artisti, Milan
– “Premio Saatchi & Saatchi per giovane artisti,” Palazzo delle Stelline, Milan (First Prize Winner)
1988 – “Da zero all’infinito,” Castello di Volpaia, Siena
– “Ucronia, 13 Kunstler aus Italien,” Kunstverein Ludwigshaven am Rhein
– Galleria Guido Carbone, Torino

Awards

New York Foundation for the Arts 2004 Fellowship for Photography

Saatchi & Saatchi, Premio Saatchi & Saatchi per giovane artisti. First Prize Winner, 1989

Selected Bibliography

Catalogues

2007 Carlo Ferraris, Text by Sabine Russ and Horace Brockington, 72 pages, Ed. CHARTA.
2004 Entr’acte, Palazzo Albiroli, Circolo di Palazzo Giovine, Bologna, Italy.
1999 Outside Edge: A Survey, Paris. Text by Florence Lynch.
1997 Home is Where the Heart is &mdash Our Family Values. White Columns, New York.
1996 Il formaggio e i vermi, Cortona. Text by Marco Scotini and Laura Vecere.
1994 Catalogue: Valeria Belvedere, Milan. Text by Raphael Rubinstein.
Stanze, Comune di Chiari. Text by Mauro Ragazzi, Ulderico Carestia.
1992 Forma Italiana-Individualita, Cuneo. Text by Francesco Poli.
1991 Catalogue: Valeria Belvedere, Milan. Text by Francesco Poli.
1990 Intercity due, Bevilacqua La Masa, Venezia. Text by Virginia Baradel, Martina Corgnati and Francesco Poli.
1989 Fabbrica, Brescia. Edizioni L’Obliquo. Text by Mauro Panzera.
Arca, Castello della Volpaia.
1989 Carlo Ferraris, Studio Gianni Caruso, Turin. Ed. L’Uovo di Struzzo. Text by Francesco Poli.
1988 Ucronia, 13 Kunstler Aus Italien. Kunstverein Ludwigshafen am Rhein. Text by Francesco Poli.
Premio Saatchi & Saatchi, Palazzo delle Stelline, Milan. Text by Phoebe Tate.
Arte Incontri. Palazzo Sacrati Reggio Emilia. Curated by Tommaso Trini.
Da Zero All’Infinito, Castello della Volpaia. Text By Giancinto Di Pietrantonio.

Periodical Reviews

2009 Barbara A. MacAdam. “Carlo Ferraris at Florence Lynch, Artnews, January.
2008 Gaia Torzini. “Il reale come mai visto prima,” Oggi 7 Magazine, November 9.
*** ArtCal.net, PICK–Chelsea, October 12.
*** Look into my owl.com/carlo-ferraris-i-brought-this-fucking-house-because-of-this-table.html , Oct/Nov.
*** Carlo Ferraris at Florence Lynch, New York Art Beat, Oct/Nov.
2007 Horace Brockington. “Double Mediations: Carlo Ferraris” New York Arts Sept.
2007 Karin Thun-Hohenstein. “Exhibition Review,” Vernissage Magazine, May.
2006 *** Picture Postcard, Artnet, April/May.
Sergei Sviatchenko. Catalogue Essay, exhibition, Denmark.
2005 *** Exhibition review & image publication, The ArtNewspaper, Oct.
*** “Publication: Requiem,” Io Donna, February.
2004 Wendy Walker. “Carlo Ferraris: Negative Space. Adelaide: Greenaway Art Gallery,” Contemporary, Issue 68 (Dec.)
*** “Artiste en convergence,” Timeout, June/July, Brussels.
“Indepth Arts News,” AbsoluteArt.com, June/July
2003 Christopher Chambers. “Carlo Ferraris at Florence Lynch,” Flash Art International
Bethany Pappalando. “Carlo Ferraris at Florence Lynch,” Tema Celeste, Summer.
Joyce Korotkin. “Carlo Ferraris at Florence Lynch,” M Publication, Summer.
Christopher Chambers. “May Picks,” Berliner Kunst / NY Arts, May.
*** Carlo Ferraris at Florence Lynch, Downtown Express, May 6-12.
Pablo Puentes. “May Previews,” Art Review, London, May.
Rizki A. Zaelani. "Interpellation: CP Biennale," catalogue essay.
2002 Roberta Smith. “The Armory Show, Grown Up and in Love With Color,” The New York Times, Feb. 22.
2001 Roberta Smith. Exhibition Review, The New York Times, June 1.
2001 J.K. “Welt und Wirklichkeit-Sechs Kunstler zu, ‘Quixotic Landscape’,” Koln Daily Paper, November 12.
2000 *** La Razon, February 11.
*** The European Magazine, February.
*** NY Arts, February.
1999 *** Vogue, Russian Edition, September.
*** NRG, September 17.
*** Independence, September.
1998 *** “Appuntamenti…Mostre Contemporanea,” Elle Decor, November.
Karin F. Giusti. “Gothic Distress,” Exhibition Essay, April-May.
1998 Luigi Billi. “Appuntimento a New York,” OPENING, Spring/Summer.
1997 Maria Grazie Torri. “Carlo Ferraris,” Flash Art, November.
Silvia Sperandio. “Ferraris,” La Notte, September 26.
*** “A Mantova personale di Ferraris,” Corriere Valsesiano, October 3.
Riccardo Braglia. “Carlo Ferraris,” Mia, September/October.
*** “Carlo Ferraris,” La Voce, September 19.
1996 P.F. “Le fotografie di Carlo Ferraris in mostra fino al 22 maggio, La leggera dissacrazione del quotidiano, Tanaro Sette, April 19.
1996 *** “Carlo Ferraris at Valeria Belvedere,” Sei Milano, February 8.
Patrizia Zambrano. “Sidecar,” Radio Popolare, January 13.
Alessandra Pioselli. “Carlo Ferraris at Valeria Belvedere,” Flash Art, May.
1995 Liviano Papa. “Personale del novarese Carlo Ferraris,” Il Nord, December 21.
Josefina Ayerza. “Rena Grant” Lacanian Ink, Fall.
Mariuccia Casadio. “Sedie d’ artisti,” Casa Vogue, April.
1994 Paul Ardenne. “Forme italienne-individualite,” Art Press, No. 190.
1993 Raphael Rubinstein. “Report From Northern Italy,” Art in America, June.
1993 Barbara A. MacAdam. “Carlo Ferraris at Salvatore Ala,” ArtNews, January.
Adachiara Zevi. “Carlo Ferraris,” L’Architettura
1992/93 Giulio Ciavoliello. “Carlo Ferraris at Valeria Belvedere,” Flash Art, December/January.
A. Curto. “Carlo Ferraris at Valeria Belvedere,” Juliet, December/January.
1992 Josefina Ayerza. “The Rules of the Game,” Lacanian Ink, Winter.
F. Tedeschi. “Stadio Ferraris,” Il Giornale, August 11.
Maddalena Gregori. “Carta o non Carta,” Flash Art, October/November.
Liviano Papa. “La carta come opera dello scultore novarese Carlo Ferraris,” Il Nord, October 20.
*** “Carlo Ferraris at Valeria Belvedere,” Segno.
Liviano Papa. “Mostre dove — Carlo Ferraris at Valeria Belvedere,” Il Novarese, October 20.
Emma Zanella Manara. Titolo, No. 3, Winter.
Anthony Iannacci. Artforum, No. 6, February.
1991 *** Juliet, No. 52, April/May.
Luigi Berliocchi. “Il ritorno dei mattoni,” Il Manifesto, May 16.
Donald Miller. “Eye Opening Exhibit at the PCA,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 10.
Roberto Pinto. “Carlo Ferraris at Valeria Belvedere,” Flash Art, February/March.
A. Iannacci/R. Rubinstein. "Le regole del gioco,” Flash Art News, October/November.
1991 Lucilla Sacca. “Carlo Ferraris,” Juliet, March.
1990/91 Paolo Girardelli. Opening, December/January
**** “Carlo Ferraris,” Titolo, Winter.
1990 Maria Teresa Roberto. Flash Art, February/March, No. 154.
Francesco Poli. Apeiron, No. 0, March.
Paola Cerutti. Apeiron, No. 0, March.
Mauro Panzera. Tema Celeste, July/October.
1989/90 **** “Carlo Ferraris at Studio Gianni Caruso,” Opening, December/January.
1989 Marco Pastonesi. “IL gran premio dell’ arte scova mille giovani artisti,” Repubblica, January 13.
Carlo Grassi. “Esordi Premiati,” Il Mattino, January 24.
**** Il Giornale dell’Arte, No. 70, September.
**** Mercurio (La Repubblica), No. 22, September 9.
Bernardo Mercuri. “Due generazioni di artisti insieme nell'Arca di Volpaia,” Il Mattino, Sept. 2nd.
Mauro Panzera. Juliet, October/November.
**** “L’ipotetico orologio del novarese Ferraris,” Stampa Sera, November 29.
Francesca Pasini. “Coppes, Ferraris, Protti-Casa degli Artisti,” Flash Art, April.
Angelo Dragone. “Finestre sul tempo — L’Installazione di Ferraris,” La Stampa, December 27.