Join us on Wednesday, March 27th at 7pm for artist talks with current artist in residence, Joe Ferriso, and artist Johanna Friedman. See you there! RSVP Here!
Joe Ferriso is a San Francisco based painter and sculptor exploring the role of color and time through works which expose relationships both recorded and imagined. His primary mediums have been commercial building materials such as plywood and house paint, however, since 2019, Ferriso has been working primarily in watercolor on small note cards. Painting in a serial manner enables him to exhaust subjects and modes of depiction in a steady day by day process. Ferriso is a graduate of Cooper Union (BFA 2003) and Stanford University (MFA 2018) He has exhibited and lectured in the Bay Area, and abroad for more than a decade.
Balancing the act between meticulous planning and the repetitive “mindless” work of rhythm and repetition, Johanna Friedman uses textiles based on photography, video, text and rapid imagery, in order to cease the moment in between pattern (organized) and clutter (chaotic), where we think we can make sense of something but we are not completely sure. She earned her BFA from Konstfack University of Arts, Craft and Design in Stockholm Sweden and an MFA in Studio Art from California College of the Arts in San Francisco. Her work has been shown in numerous art galleries and museums around the world, such as Hordaland Kunstsenter in Bergen, Norway, Sputnik Auction in Tokyo, Japan and The Swedish Embassy in Washington DC where she was exhibited for the first time in the US. Her work is represented in 3 national collections in Sweden, among them Malmö Museum of Art.