ARTIST STATEMENT

When we behold a single object, we temporarily neglect to notice that it is inextricably connected to everything else in existence. Whether something is perceived as an isolated form, or a fragment of a larger system, is a result of a mental process.

 

BIOGRAPHY

b. 1975, Mexico

Lui Ferreyra earned his BFA at the University of Colorado in Boulder, where he studied under notable artists Stan Brakhage and Chuck Forsman. Before graduating, his work was selected to be shown internationally at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in Mexico City, and at the National Museum of Fine Arts in Santiago, Chile.

For the past ten years he has been exhibiting his work in some of Denver’s most prominent art spaces. During this time he has arrived at a signature style he calls ‘fragmentism’. The works of Chuck Close, Egon Schiele, Van Gogh, and Richard Diebenkorn have played a significant role in the development of his aesthetic. Digital means of imaging such as satellite photography, medical CAT scans, and vector graphics have had a pronounced impact as well. The central source of inspiration for his work, however, lies in the organic patterns of nature itself-- poignantly observed in the Chinese ideogram Li as “the markings in jade, the fiber in muscle, the grain in wood...”

In recent years, Ferreyra’s work has been included in some of the region’s most prestigious invitationals and competitions such as, “Colorado Masters”, and “The Best of Colorado”. Recent commissions include a portrait for the Institute for Children's Mental Disorders, two portraits for the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, and two landscapes for The Foothills Art Center. He has garnered both regional and national attention with publications such as, New American Paintings, Art Papers, The Rocky Mountain News, and The Westword.

 

RESUME

SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS, 1998 - 2010

Commission, Portrait, Institute for Children's Mental Disorders, Denver, CO, 2010
Commission, Two Landscapes, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO, 2008
Commission, Two Portraits, Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Denver, CO, 2006

Solo Show, Grounded, Sandy Carson Gallery, Denver, CO, Curator: William Biety, 2008
Solo Show, Lui Ferreyra: Paintings, Sandy Carson Gallery, Denver, CO, Curator: William Biety, 2006
Solo Show, Cadence 2, Space Gallery, Denver, CO, Curator: Michael Burnett, 2006
Solo Show, Cadence, Space Gallery, Denver, CO, Curator: Michael Burnett, 2004

Group Show, Colorado Masters, Sandy Carson Gallery, Denver, CO, Curator: William Biety, 2007
Group Show, Best of Colorado, Denver International Airport (Jeppeson Terminal), Denver, CO, 2006
Group Show, Reflecciones Del Alma, Galeria de Arte Jose Clemente Orozco, Mexico City, 1999
Group Show, Paraiso, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile, 1998

Award, Catalog of Winners' Work, Western Competition, New American Paintings, Boston, MA, 2006
Award, Juror’s Choice, "ZipCo", Emmanuel Gallery, Denver, CO, Curator: Ivar Zeile, 2004

Grant, UROP Grant, University of Colorado, "Paraiso", Exhibition and Reception, Santiago, Chile, 1998
Grant, UROP Grant, University of Colorado, "Dia de los Muertos", Mural Project, Boulder, CO, 1998

PRESS (read excerpts)

Rocky Mountain News, Review: Grounded, Mary V. Chandler, Feb 1, 2008
Westword, Review: Grounded, Michael Paglia, Jan 17, 2008
New American Paintings #66, Vol 11, Issue 5, ISBN 1066-2235, 2006
Westword, Review: Lui Ferreyra: Paintings, Michael Paglia, June 8, 2006
Westword, Review: Cadence 2, Michael Paglia, March 30, 2006
Westword, Review: Go Figure, Michael Paglia, May 2005
Art Papers, Review: Cadence, David Hall, July/ August 2004 issue
Westword, Review: Cadence, Michael Paglia, June 2004

EDUCATION

BFA, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1998

INSTRUCTION

Art Students League of Denver, 2009