Biography
Mariano Ferrante ( 1974, currently living and working in Buenos Aires)
Ferrante presented his individual exhibition “Persistente conjunto” at ZavaletaLAB Contemporary Art Gallery in 2009. He also exhibited his work in an individual art show at Centro Cultura Recoleta and a mural intervention at Centro Cultural de España in Bs.As. during the same year. He was granted the Visual Art Subsidy corresponding to the line ‘ Creators 2009’ by the Fondo Metropolitano de la Cultura, las Artes y las Ciencias. In 2010 he performed a mural intervention at Ciudad Cultural Konex. Ferrante was also invited by Redgalería to perform two interventions at Carlos Pellegrini building in Bs As. Fundación PROA – a contemporary art gallery- also invited him to be part of the show “RAM” where he performed his first mural intervention from the series ‘ Dynamic constructions’. Later that year, the British Council asked him to participate in the project Rivers of the World in Argentina. In 2011 he worked with Redgalería in the performance of a mural intervention for the 20th Edition of ArteBa. He was also invited to be part of the exhibition ‘ SITE ESPECIFIC dibujo’ at Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires where he presented “Construcción dinámica nor. 24/11”. In the course of 2012 he has presented his individual exhibitions “Acción en Movimiento” at ZavaletaLAB Contemporary Art Gallery, Bs As and "Elementos, Construcción dinámica N 15-12" at Centro Cultural Borges, Bs As. His work has also become part of the permanent collection of Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Bs As, where he participated in the exhibition “Geometricos hoy” y Nuevas tendencias II, at Museo de Arte de Moderno de BsAs. This year he has also performed “Construccion Dinamica N46/12” at Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Bs As. In 2013 it he inaugurates "Dynamic Constructions", proves to be an individual in BOSI Contemporary New York. During 2015 participates in the exhibition " Crossing the line" ICBC Foundation Buenos Aires, performs " Cosmorama 2009/2015 ," a site specific covering the entire Estacion Belgrano , corresponding to E subway line in the city of Buenos Aires , and opens a solo exhibition in ZavaletaLAB contemporary art gallery and also opens individually in VoltriArt , Miami and PuertaRoja contemporary art , Hong Kong. 2016 begins with indivual shows " The inner resonance" in Room C , one of the most important rooms in the Recoleta Cultural Center and the city of Buenos Aires.
Vision of art
1. Choose a work that represents you, describe it in relation to its format and materiality, its relation with time and space, its style and theme; detail its production process.
I cannot choose only one, and if I did this, it would only represent for a moment and would not be fair to my work, the act of painting, a conversation, a relationship between different materials and between those materials and their means; regular or irregular but continuous lines, points and counterpoints, color planes, absolute silence and deafening noise, geometry or not, a painting that conditions in many cases the shape and size of the means, painting without submissions, painting just to talk about painting. It is in this event where I feel represented in a more concrete way today.
2. In general terms, how would you suggest to approach your work?
I think I needn’t suggest a starting point to read my work.
3. In reference to your work and your position in the national and international art fields, what tradition do you recognize yourself in? Who are your contemporary referents? What artists of previous generations are of interest to you?
I recognize myself in the tradition of artists who, through their work, build a space for discovery and learning held with perseverance and a steady practice over time.
4. Choose works or exhibitions from the last ten or fifteen years which in your opinion were very significant and explain why
Some of the most significant exhibitions, according to my opinion, were: the retrospective of Jesús Rafael Soto (Proa Foundation), Sol LeWitt (Proa Foundation) or retrospectives of Oscar Bony, Grippo, Berni, De La Vega, the exhibition Fabián Burgos (Dabbah Torrejón Gallery), Liliana Porter (Recoleta Cultural Center), the retrospective of Federico Peralta Ramos (Modern Art Museum of Buenos Aires), Eduardo Stupía (Recoleta Cultural Center), Daniel Joglar (Recoleta Cultural Center).
