George Ferrandi
306 Grand Street GFL
Brooklyn, NY 11211
(718) 486-7758
georgeferrandi@hotmail.com
www.whereverthereiswater.blogspot.com
www.georgeferrandi.com

SOLO EXHIBITIONS AND PERFORMANCES

2010 solo exhibition The Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
2009 “everything, you believe…” Crisp-Ellert Art Museum, St. Augustine, FL
2007 “Forty Aught Eighty” Carrera Gallery, St. Augustine, FL
2005 “In Lieu of Flowers” Cinders Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2004 “a tracing in lighter colors” performed at Columbia University, New York, NY
2002 “a tracing in lighter colors” performed at:
-Chashama Theater, New York, NY. curated by Sxip Shirey
- Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2001 “True Life Agnes” Museo Italo-Americano, San Francisco, CA
“a tracing in lighter colors" performed at Seen & Heard: the Atlanta Women's
Arts Festival, Atlanta, GA. curated by Martha Donovan and Deidra Currie

SELECTED TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2009 “Imaginings” with Christy DeHoog Johnson at Kendall Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
2008 “Unsung” with John Orth at Cinders Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2006 “Songs for Other Swans” with John Orth at Covivant Gallery, Tampa, FL
2003 “Snowbirds and Streetfights” with John Orth the Bower Gallery, San Antonio, TX.
“Ghost verses Dust” site-specific installations with John Orth at 51 Third, Troy, NY.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS, COLLABORATIONS AND PERFORMANCES


2009 “…and the rest we didn’t know.” collaborative project with the students of Flagler
College at Crisp-Ellert Art Museum
2008 “Spaced Out” Space 1026, Philadelphia, PA
“Weight of the World” Reed Gallery, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
2007 “These Bagels Are Gnarly” Cinders Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
“Cine Capellini” Video Festival, New York, NY
2006 “Small Wonders” Chesapeake Gallery, Bel Air, MD
“Team” Lump Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC
“Birds Flew” Tribes Gallery, New York, NY
2005 “Mark the Line: National Drawing Invitational” featured artist and lecturer.
Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA
“The Porch Show” Cinders Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2004 “Rent-to-Own” Virginia Commonwealth University Gallery, Richmond, VA
“little might big” Cinders Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
“Terrible Danger Ahead” Pelham Arts Center, Pelham, NY.
“Summer Drawings…and Some Are Not”, Mixture Contemporary, Houston, TX
“Home” group exhibition at the DUMBO Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY.
2002 “Fabricate More” live musical with Cloud Seeding Circus performed at:
The Kitchen, New York, NY
Chashama Theater, New York, NY
2000 – 2001 “Go West, Young Monkey” National Tour with Cloud Seeding: Circus of the
Performative Object. Performed at the following venues among many others:
- Jay Etkins Gallery, Memphis, TN
- Plan B Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM
- University of California at San Diego, CA
- Blue Theater, Austin, TX
- The Mckinney Contemporary Arts Center, Dallas, TX
- Art Farm, Atlanta, GA
- Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
- Good/ Bad Artists' Collective, Brooklyn, NY
- Pyramid Arts Center / University of Rochester, Rochester, NY
- Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH
- Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
- Rhode Island Film Festival, RISD, Providence, RI
- Ohio University, Athens, OH
“How Bears Understand Boundaries: Thursdays and Basic Engineering” live
performance with Cloud Seeding Circus at the Harn Museum in conjunction with
University of Florida Faculty Exhibition, Gainesville, FL
"Construction of Central Alliance" performance and video installation with Cloud
Seeding Circus in conjunction with Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY

SELECT AWARDS AND HONORS

2009 Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Grant to develop a project in residency at the Samuel S.
Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
Residency - Maritime Arts and Inspiration Center, Andros Island, the Bahamas
2004 Commision: Shands Hospital, Gainesville, FL
2001 Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art Grant Recipient
2000 Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art Grant Recipient
(Cloud Seeding: Circus of the Performative Object)
1999 Modesto Lanzone Mostra 99 Winner (Best in Show) Museo Italo-Americano, San
Francisco, CA
1998 Scholarship Enhancement Grant, University of Florida
1996 International Sculpture Center Student Award, Sculpture Magazine
Edith Fergus Gilmore Award, Ohio State University
1995 Summer Fellowship, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
Edith Fergus Gilmore Award, Ohio State University

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Max Halperen, “Team Cinders” Art Papers, November/December 2006 p.66
Lennie Bennet, “Artist Turns Heartache into Moving Exhibit” St. Petersburg Times,
March 2, 2006
Holland Cotter, “Visions From Nigeria and India…,” The New York Times December 25, 2005
Holland Cotter, “Art in Review,” The New York Times September 30, 2005 p. E36
Janon Fisher, “After Saints Preserve Us, She Returns the Favor,” The New York Times
August 1, 2005 pB3
Ainsley O’Connell, “A Savior to the Saints,” Newsday August 8, 2005 p. A12
Holland Cotter, “Add the Fireflies and It’s a Summer Idyll,” The New York Times
July 13, 2005 p. E1
Dee Hill, Freaks and Fire, SoftSkull Press, 2005
Ben La Roco, “Artseen,” The Brooklyn Rail, April,2004, p.12
Lee Herring, "Running Away with the Circus," University of Florida Alumni Magazine
"Two Boys and a Girl Run Away with the Circus," Journal of Undergraduate Research,
Univ. of FL
Tim Lockette, "Unusual Circus Begins Tour in Gainesville," Gainesville Sun July 30 2000 A1
Lyn Oxyer "Council Planting the Seeds for Arts Revival at Square Fair," Lima News
August 6 2000 p. 14
"Traveling Performance Art Circus to Set up in OU parking Lot," Athens News
August 7 2000 p. 14
"Talk of the Town," Creative Loafing August 26, 2000

EDUCATION

1996 MFA, Sculpture, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
1995 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
1993 BFA (Suma Cum Laude), Sculpture, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA