Joshua Ferry South Portland, Maine 04106

b. 1971, Cambridge, Massachusetts

Education

MFA  Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts, New Brunswick, New Jersey

BFA  Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine  

Artist Residencies

Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, Florida 

Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont 

Shows

Joshua Ferry - Cross Paintings, Parsonage Gallery, Searsport, Maine 2023

Winter Group Show - Parsonage Gallery, Searsport, Maine 2022

Joshua Ferry - Stripes + Crosses, Ocean House Gallery, South Portland, Maine 2022

Joshua Ferry - Stripe Paintings, Perimeter Gallery, Belfast, Maine 2022

Celebrating 50 Years of Fine Art and Craft in Maine, Thos. Moser Freeport Showroom, Freeport, Maine 2022

Joshua Ferry - New Cross Paintings, Ocean House Gallery, Cape Elizabeth, Maine, 2020

Spring Line - Group Show, Ocean House Gallery, Cape Elizabeth, Maine 2019

Visions of Place: 30 Contemporary Maine Artists, Thos. Moser Freeport Showroom, Freeport, Maine 2018

Joshua Ferry - MidCoast, Ocean House Gallery, Cape Elizabeth, Maine 2017

Twice as Much - Group Show, Freeman Gallery, Cape Neddick, Maine 2017

Joshua Ferry - Sky Blue and Black, Perimeter Gallery, Belfast, Maine 2017

Group Show, KPK Gallery, Switzerland 2015

Joshua Ferry - 7 Paintings + 1 Drawing, ArtHouse Framing, Portland, Maine 2014

Joshua Ferry - Goin' Back, Perimeter Gallery, Belfast, Maine 2014

MECA Alumni Exhibition, Thos. Moser Freeport Showroom, Freeport, Maine 2013

I-95 Triennial Exhibition, University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor, Maine 2013

Joshua Ferry + Sean Foley, Aucosisco Gallery, Portland, Maine 2012

Joshua Ferry, Stew Henderson + Kayla Mohammadi, Aucosisco Gallery, Portland, Maine 2011

Summer Group Show, Aucosisco Gallery, Portland, Maine 2010

Grid Works - Group Show, Aarhus Gallery, Belfast, Maine, 2010

Chunky Monkey - Group Show, Coleman Burke Gallery, New York, NY 2009

First Traces, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine 2008

Biennial Juried Exhibition, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine 2008

Portals - Group Show, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine 2008

Joshua Ferry - Recent Paintings, Perimeter Gallery, Belfast, Maine 2007

Biennial Juried Exhibition, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine 2006

Biennial Juried Exhibition, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine 2005

Joshua Ferry + Chris McEvoy, Mercer Gallery, Monroe Community College, Rochester, New York 2004

Port of Entry - Group Show, LoRiver Arts Gallery, Beacon, New York 2003

Juried Alumni Exhibition, Institute of Contemporary Art, Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine 2003

Biennial Juried Exhibition, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, Pennsylvania 2002

Joshua Ferry - Surroundings, Mason Gross School of the Arts Galleries, New Brunswick, New Jersey 1999

Bibliography

Maine Magazine, “New Morning, New Day, 25 Maine Artists,” September 2021.

Portland Phoenix, “Art Seen: The Consolations of Browsing,” January 13, 2021. Edgar Allen Beem.

Old Port Magazine, "Profile; Joshua Ferry." July/August, 2015. Jamie Thompson. Photography by Sarah Beard Buckley.

Portland Phoenix, "Whoever Said Painting Was Dead?" October 16, 2014. Britta Konau.

Yankee Magazine, "University of Maine Museum of Art's I-95 Triennial," May 2013. Edgar Allen Beem. Blog, New England Art.

Yankee Magazine, "Minimal Ferry Meets Maximal Foley," August 29, 2012. Edgar Allen Beem. Blog, New England Art.

Portland Phoenix, "Abstract Artists Look at Craft," September 28, 2011. Britta Konau.

Maine Sunday Telegram, "Abstract Paintings That Pop," September 18, 2011. Daniel Kany.

Maine Home + Design, "60 of Maine's Most Collectible Artists," April, 2010. Susan Grisanti Kelley.

Maine Home + Design, "The Language of Abstraction, Joshua Ferry, Mark Wethli and Grace DeGennaro," June, 2009, Suzette McAvoy.

New American Paintings, Open Studios Press, April/May 2009. Volume 81, Boston.

Yankee Magazine, "Apocalypse Maine, CMCA's 2008 Biennial," Edgar Allen Beem. Blog, New England Art.

Maine Sunday Telegram, "Pushing the Boundaries," August 24, 2008. Bob Keyes, Portland, Maine.

Center for Maine Contemporary Art 2008 Biennial Catalog.

Maine Sunday Telegram, "It's All in There," April 23, 2006. Bob Keyes, Portland, Maine.

Republican Journal, "Biennial Offers Mixed Bag," April 21, 2006. David Grima, Belfast, Maine.

Portland Museum of Art 2005 Biennial Catalog.

Port City Life, “Risk and Reward:  Jurying the 2005 Portland Museum of Art Biennial," “March/April 2005.  Chris Thompson. 

New American Paintings, Open Studios Press, April/May 2003. Volume 45, Boston.

Daily Targum, Rutgers University, February 25, 1999. Kelly Keegan, New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Related

Studio Assistant for Donald Sultan, New York, NY 1998/99