Provincetown: The oldest continuous
art colony in America; a vibrant, diverse
and exciting art community that today
is home to over 50 galleries --
we're proud to be one of them.
Gallery Ehva represents exciting roster
of Provincetown and Outer Cape contemporary artists and offers
year-round workshops for beginners
and edvanced students of all ages.
We also work with local art collectors and show Early Provincetown Art and
Modern Art on consignment basis.
Our shows change every two weeks
with openings on every other Friday
evening 6 to 8pm.
Stephen Aiken
Tracey Anderson
James Bakker
Rachel Brown
Daniel Cleary
Barbara Cohen
Didier Corallo
Daniel Dejean
Donna Dodson
Mona Dukess
Rob DuToit
David Ellis
Nathalie Ferrier
Jenny Fragosa
Wendelin Glatzel
Irén Handschuh
Myrna Harrison
Alicia Henry
Jenny Humphreys
Leslie Gillette Jackson
Zehra Khan
René Lamadrid
Jonggeon Lee
Bill Liebeskind
Kevin McDermott
Andy Moerlein
Ewa Nogiec
Janice Redman
Jackie Reeves
Meg Shields
Richard E. Smith
Lisa Ventre
Michael Walden
Rob Westerberg
Tim Winn
Cyndi Wish
Ewa Nogiec, Director
art@galleryehva.com
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Gallery Ehva
74 Shank Painter Road
Provincetown, MA 02657
508 487-0011
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Nathalie Ferrier
An Informal Response to Land, Nature and Anatomy: Arteries and veins permeate and bond our whole body resembling vines, roots and life sustaining trees. Organs nest among branches and roots like secret pockets.
-- Nathalie Ferrier
"Suspended"
Suspended: Installation by Gallery Ehva artist Nathalie Ferrier at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, curated by Frank Vasello, October 28, 2011-January 15, 2012.
Ferrier works with leaves, cells, and the language of scientific illustration- stitching together her pieces with traditional domestic handicraft. Her work explores the interplay between organism and culture, and and the biomorphic form within her installation utilize non-traditional materials. Gallery Conversation with artist Nathalie Ferrier, Saturday, January 14, 1pm
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Nathalie Ferrier, Ex-voto series, Old Dream Landscape (Brain), ink, cotton thread, canvas, 10 x 10, 2011
Nathalie Ferrier, Ex-voto series, Dream Fruit-half (Heart and Lungs), ink, cotton thread, canvas, 10 x 10, 2011
Nathalie Ferrier, Heart and Lungs, graphite, fabric, masking tape, cotton thread, wood, dog ball, 30 h x 27 w x 3 d, 2010
Nathalie Ferrier, Fire #1 (detail), graphite,electric tape, cotton thread, yarm, fibers, 32.5 h x 19 w x 3 d, 2010
Nathalie Ferrier, Stomach (detail), graphite, fabric, masking tape, cotton thread, dog ball, 30 h x 27 w x 3 d, 2010
Nathalie Ferrier, untitled: an informal response to land, nature, and anatomy, 54" x 14' (detail)
Nathalie Ferrier, untitled: an informal response to land, nature, and anatomy, 54" x 14' (detail)
Nathalie Ferrier, untitled: an informal response to land, nature, and anatomy, 54" x 14' (detail)
Nathalie Ferrier, untitled: an informal response to land, nature, and anatomy, 54" x 14' (detail)
Nathalie Ferrier, untitled: an informal response to land, nature, and anatomy, 54" x 14'
2011 Exhibition Artist Statement
The works presented in this show are a tribute, an offering to the body and nature.
Many layers of tissues line the inside of our bodies and are evocative of light dresses and delicate sweaters worn one on top of the other. Arteries and veins permeate and bond our whole body resembling vines, roots and life sustaining trees. Organs nest among branches and roots like secret pockets.
Calling upon my prior career as a couture clothing designer, I am interpreting sections of the body, organs, articulations, bones, muscles, and tissues by applying processes that employ various techniques of sewing, crocheting, embroidering, knitting. The presence of wool, fibers, threads and fabrics intertwining with elements from nature like dry leaves, tree roots and foliage, exhibit a sustained but fragile intimate world.
I salvage materials and objects found around the house - plastics, containers or wrappers, duct and electric tapes, wood, trash, paint etc. The choice of using daily objects gives the work an ironic critical stance and offers a more informal approach to the complexities of the body's anatomy. For instance, in Untitled: Digesting, part of an old dog ball recycled into the piece, is crocheted and turned into a spleen).
-- Nathalie Ferrier
Nathalie Ferrier Biography
Nathalie Ferrier lives and works on Cape Cod, MA. She received a MFA from MASSART. She is a faculty member at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum. Ferrier who is French was at first a fashion designer/ modeliste based in Paris making clothes for Haute Couture and for luxury Ready to Wear. She also ran her own clothing line, which was sold at Bergdorf Goodman in New York City.
Her artwork has been shown in galleries and art fairs in New York, Miami Art Basel, and Massachusetts and on the Cape. Her work over the years has been included in several exhibitions at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum. She will be an artist in residence at Cape Cod Community College in September 2011 and will have a solo exhibition following her residency there. At the end of October 2011, Ferrier's work will be displayed in a large installation at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum starting in October 2011 through January 2012.