Tom Ferrara

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Tom Ferrara


In nature, nothing is static. All things are in a state of perpetual transformation. My paintings are intended to render this phenomenon through intuitive gesture.

The intuition is like an ocean filled with memory of transformations past, and painting is the best way I have to explore it.


Solo Exhibits
2008, 2005, 2004, 1997 Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, New York, NY
1993 Benton Gallery, Southampton, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2003, 2001, 1999, 1993, 1987 Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery, New York, NY
2008 National Academy of Fine Art, Faculty Show, New York, NY
2007, 2006 Ober Gallery, Kent, Connectcut
2006 Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire.
1999 Delaplane Visual Arts Center - Maryland, Regional Juried Exhibition
1st Prize-Painting Jack Rasmussen:Juror
1996 Montgomery College 50th Anniversary Alumni Exhibit, MD
1995 Albright-Knox Members Gallery, Buffalo, NY
1994 Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, PA
Clark & Co., Washington D.C.
1993 Albright-Knox Members Gallery, Buffalo, NY
1988 Columbus Museum of Fine Art, Columbus, OH
Los Angeles Art Expo, Los Angeles, CA
1987 C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, MD
1986 East Hampton Center for Contemporary Art, NY
Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY
1985, 1984 Bologna and Landi Gallery, East Hampton, NY
1982 Spring Artists, Ashwagh Hall, East Hampton, NY
Elaine Benson Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
1981 Loonan Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
1980 Willow Gallery, Potomac, MD
1977 Gramley Collection, Potomac, MD
Montgomery County Juried Art Show, MD - 3rd Prize Walter Hopps: Juror
1975 Montgomery College, Rockville, MD
1974 Gallery Voya, Washington DC
Selected Collections
Teterboro Airport, New Jersey
Time-Warner Inc. New York, NY
Republic National Bank, New York, NY
Pepsico, Purchase, NY
Tanagraphics Inc. New York, NY
Gary Wragg, London, England
Lyle Gramley, Potomac, MD
Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton, New York, NY
Ed & Mary Ramsburg, Frederick, MD
Terry & Mary Downs, Annandale, VA
The Four Seasons Hotel, NYC
Bibliography
Haggerty, Gerard, Review, ARTnews, October 2008
Haggerty, Gerard, Review, ARTnews, April 1998
Hazelwood, Carl, Review
Review Magazine, October 15, 1997
Hamburger, Susan, "Moving Passages: Tom Ferrara Redefines Lyric Abstraction,"
Cover Magazine vol 11, No 5, 1997
Harrison, Helen
New York Times, January 1987
Dorsey, John, "DeKooning Assistants Seem Two Parts of a Whole,"
The Baltimore Sun, January 12, 1987
Slivka, Rose C. S., "From the Studio"
The East Hampton Star, August 12, 1986
Catalogue, "Eleven Painters"
Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton, NY 1986
Teaching / Lectures
2010, 2009, 2008National Academy of Fine Art, New York, NY
2005-2007Studio Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH.
2003Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
2001SUNY Binghamton, Binghamton, NY
2000Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
1997Washington Studio School, Washington, D.C.
1996Delaplane Visual Arts Center, Frederick, MD
Education and Training
1979-1987Assistant to Willem deKooning, East Hampton, NY
1973-1975Montgomery College, Rockville, MD
1971-1972University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Tom's artwork is available through the Katharina Rich Perlow Gallery
41 East 57th St., New York, NY 10022
(212) 644-7171
PerlowGallery@aol.com