Antonia Ferrer
Sevilla, Spain, 1965
About
Lives and works in Valencia, Spain
“My philosophy is the pursuit of simplicity. I do not allow myself to get so focused on details on their own, I simplify to the maximum. I like to call it ‘my sieve’ which passes only the essential, the significant.
In my paintings I explore primitive materials which, applied in a gestural way, blur the line between sculpture and painting. Almost like a bas-relief.
The process is deeply minimalist in appearance: First, I use the previously worked surface instead of the white canvas. Thus, I create a tactile base of texture and, secondly, I cover it with a bath of color. Then I like to see how the color reacts to the existing marks. Creating light and shadow. Working in this way I produce results that I could not previously plan or imagine. Everything evolves in a natural way, like life itself.
I manipulate the matter by creating traces inspired by the footprints left by the sea after a storm. When everything is calm. The sea inspires me.
In fact, through the levity in colour and composition, I try to reflect a state of calm, serenity and aesthetic simplicity that leads to the sensual perception of my work.”
Antonia Ferrer
CV
SELECTED GROUP AND SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Cicatrices, Ruby Atelier, Copenhaguen, Denmark (2024)
Después del agua, Alzueta Gallery, Barcelona, Spain (2024)
Acotar la superficie, Galerie Half, Los Angeles, USA (2023)
Solo Show, Alzueta Gallery, Barcelona, Spain (2022)
Álbum de familia, Alzueta Gallery, Madrid, Spain (2022)
Solo Show, Alzueta Gallery, Barcelona, Spain (2021)
Choses de la vie, Le sentiment des choses, Paris, France (2021)
Génesis, Terracotas, Almussafes, Valencia, Spain (2014)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
New portraits, Alzueta Gallery, Barcelona, Spain (2024)
Álbum de familia, Alzueta Gallery, Madrid, Spain (2022)
Opening Season, Alzueta Gallery, Barcelona, Spain (2020)
Vivir con arte, AD SPAIN, Madrid, Spain (2021)
Paisatges Somniats, Rótova Cityhall, Valencia, Spain (2010)
Forma y Figura, Almussafes, Valencia, Spain (2009)
Obras varias, Centro Cultural Enric Valor, Benifaió, Valencia, Spain (2008)
Paisatges Somniats, Almussafes, Valencia, Spain (2007)
ART FAIRS
FOUNDATIONS, Artsy Curated (2024)
ESTAMPA, Alzueta Gallery, Madrid, Spain (2023)
DECORATIVE FAIR, Gallery BR, London, UK (2023)
ESTAMPA, Alzueta Gallery, Madrid, Spain (2022)
MODERNE ART FAIR, Alzueta Gallery, Paris, France (2021)
VOLTA BASEL, Alzueta Gallery, Basel, Switzerland (2021)
ART MADRID, Alzueta Gallery, Madrid, Spain (2021)
Selected twice (2009 and 2010) to be among the official artists in the Fine Art Catalogue of Valencia’s Cityhall (SARC)
