FARM PROJECTS
Nathalie Ferrier - Mapping The Magic
Exhibit: September 1 - 14
Opening Reception: September 2, 5 - 7 pm
Farm Projects, 335 Main St.
“Holding a piece of coral is like holding a relic, and looking at it closely is like taking another step back on Planet Earth. I was drawn to the contrast between its endurance and its fragility, and to the idea of how a piece of coral connects us-through thousands of years, even a hundred thousand years-to things that existed before its reef was first formed. Something similar is revealed when looking at a plant through a microscope and seeing its structure: running through time, through places, through living things, there is commonality.”
“The new paintings I have done, with many concentric colors, are about emotions-and yes, there’s a kind of psychic mapping. When we are children, we all understand about the self, and I guess these paintings are really about exploring that idea, about following a path back to that. When I was three, I remember thinking of myself-my soul and my body-and somehow recognizing some essential core, one I thought I could project in the future. I think it’s probably that same feeling of self and of longing every living creature has, and that all art connects to.”
Extracts from an interview with writer Katherine Hazzard for the PROVINCETOWN ARTS magazine 2023/24.
Meditative Drawings:
These drawings were inspired by coral fragments found on a Miami beach.
Once tiny marine invertebrates, luminous bones, porous and monumental, landscapes with precise borders, these timeless corals harbor striking maps of the interior that make visible the simultaneity of the past and present.
Pasage Series:
These paintings are about mapping emotions about the self and retracing the psychic path we first experience as children, they aim to map our essential core.
About the artist.
Multimedia artist Nathalie Ferrier was born in France and has lived year-round in Truro, Cape Cod since 1999. Recently she started to spend time in Miami in between academic semesters. Miami’s tropical light, plants, architecture, its people and vibes have inspired her to create new works.
Ferrier studied at the Ecole de Haute Couture in Paris and worked for ten years as a fashion designer for Haute Couture. She also created a toy company (Born to be Wild) and designed a line of stuffed animals and wooden toys sold at museum stores throughout the United States.
In 2007, Ferrier received an MFA from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design.
Currently, Ferrier is the Higgins Art Gallery Director and Curator and teaches fiber arts at the Cape Cod Community College.