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Thomas Ferrella
madison, wi
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Thomas Ferrella is showing at:
The B.O.B. The B.O.B.
20 Monroe Ave Nw
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
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Thomas Ferrella
Artist bio: Educated in medicine with 25 years experience as an Emergency Medicine physician, I am a self trained artist with a strong family background in the same.

2008 work:
•film score, OFF THE GRID, wisconsin film festival, 2008
•european cd debut, RI MI FA DO, sound & emotions/98.8 fm, belgium, 2008
•photograph, PRIMAL SELF, 4th annual national self-portrait exhibition, 33 collective gallery, Chicago, 2008
•accepted to portal wisconsin.org, online gallery, multi-media, 2008
•photograph, MY ZACH, 2008 northern national art competition, 2008
•debut indie film fest USA, annaheim, california, DIVINE UNREST, nominated best soundtrack, 2008
•artmail milwaukee, photography, 2008
•photo midwest 2008, 16 BOXES-5 PLACES, sculpture/photography
•TOPOS, landart photography, wisconsin academy's steenbock gallery,2009
•discover wisconsin’s great lakes 2009 photography contest, 2nd place, STRANDED
•wisconsin biennial 2009, photography, DEATHMASK, rahr-west museum
Artist statement: I have had one undiluted passion in the past 30+ years and that has been photography. My inspiration is from my assessment of the fundamentals of the natural world. By capturing and isolating the ordinary through the inherent nature of the photographic process something provocative evolves. When I add obvious organic elements in a not so obvious arrangement or manipulate the original image, I believe the construct amplifies this allegory. A wonderful sensual and natural world quality evolves that provokes a venerated mystery.

Over the years i have learned to eliminate boundaries and therefore explore other mediums when so intrigued, hence my work with books & boxes, land sculpting, stringing found objects from trees, multi-media installations, film making and music.

Most recently, I have just wrapped up a solo show called TOPOS based on land sculpting photography at the Steenbock Gallery and i am currently in the Wisconsin Biennial show at the Rahr-West Museum.
About the work:
Title: meiosis

Art form: 2-D

Medium: digital manipulated photography

Year created: 2007

Description of work: 4 photgraphic images based on ice framed in black metal frames, each measuring 26"x36", the intent is to hang them linearly with about a foot space in between and 2 feet on both sides

Work statement: these photgraphs are from a series titled MANDALAS TOTEMS AND LINEARS, which is an exhibition using digitally manipulated photographs to explore beauty and nature and its relationship to the self. i have attempted to capture details from nature and emphasize their abstractions.
Natural elements are mirrored and manipulated to create an illusion of the microscopic, hence MEIOSIS. In the Jungian sense these mesmerizing forms become mandalas, a meditative tool for reunifying the self. The use of organic forms unites the viewer with the natural world on a subconscious level.
As in traditional totems [or in this case, linears], the visual elements idolize and transform the beauty of the common into the extraordinary. Following in the medieval Celtic imagery, natural forms weave and interlock to create a pattern more significant than the single object.

Technical details:
Work width: 104 inches
Work height: 36 inches
Work depth: 1 inches
Required venue ceiling: 18 inches
Required venue door height: n/a
Required venue door width: n/a
Required wall linear footage: 15 ft.
Required venue square footage: n/a
Additional considerations:
Audio/video needed: No
Electrical needed: No
Lighting needed: Yes
Internet access needed: No
Ground floor access needed: No
Indoor space needed: Yes
Outdoor space needed: No

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