Scott Ferry was born and raised in Los Angeles, growing up in the punk, death rock, neon florescent, and chaos orientated 80’s. He currently exhibits actively in the southwest as well as the northeast. Scott works in the mediums of drawing, painting, and mixed media. His artwork is inspired by spirits and ghosts, dark eroticism, subtle disturbances, and nightmarish reflections. His current series “Charnel Grounds and Sickly Playthings” is a personal journey teeming with metaphors, polar opposites, the sadistic, the masochistic, cute and funny innuendos.

These works may not immediately appeal to the light hearted, but beyond the unsettling union of the sometimes cute and somewhat grotesque, one may also find the eye getting lost in the rich hypnotic and devastatingly colorful imagery. This makes for a nice balance and almost psychedelic touch. There is an almost liberating child-like quality of unrestricted content.

Scott’s work uses a variety of mediums. Pigment inks, gel inks, watercolor, Copic markers, and acrylic paint. The frames are also hunted down and reworked with little sculpted character heads, shapes and symbols within the artwork itself.

Solo and Duo (selected) :

2005 L'astuce, (duo show), Montreal, Québec, Canada.
2004 Norwalk Regional Library, Norwalk, California, U.S.A.
2004 "Witch World," Roberts Art Gallery, Santa Monica, California, U.S.A.
2004 "Dark Pathway," Perihelion Arts Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A.
2004 "Red Crush," Pece-Arieas Gallery, Santa Ana, California, U.S.A.
2003 "Between Spaces,"Centre Culturel de Verdun, Montréal, Québec, Canada.

Group (selected) :

2008 Hollywood Apocalypse, Black Maria Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA.
2008 Eclosion, Usine 106U, Montreal, Quebec, Canada..
2007 Opticraid, Usine 106U , Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
2007 CALAVERAS Y DIABLITOS, Cactus Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA.
2007 Re-Run show, Black Maria Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA.
2007 Small Wonders, Pharmaka Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA.
2006 Black Maria Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA.
2006 Galerie Alternance, Montreal, Québec, Canada.
2005 Small Wonders, Pharmaka Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA.
2005 Night of the Living, 18th Street Arts Center, Los Angeles, California.
2004 Halloween Show, Pece-Arieas Gallery, Santa Ana, California, U.S.A.
2004 Nightmare on 18th Street Event, 18th Street Arts Center, Los Angeles, California.
2003 S. Ferry, John J. Jesse, I. Samaras, Perihelion Arts Gallery, Phoenix, AZ, U.S.A.
2002 “DPI Digitally Propelled Ideas,” W. Keith and Janet Kellogg University Art Gallery,
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA, U.S.A.
2002 “Ecstasy: Mind, Body, Spirit,” OCCCA, Santa Ana, Californie, U.S.A.

Involvement :

2007 CD cover for Visions from the Garden - a C.O.T.A. project compilation, Published in USA.
2005 CD cover for Ostara - Immaculate Destruction, (music genre dark wave, pop), Published in Germany. Label: Trisol.
2004 "The Lost Women of Juarez", Chapman University, Guggenheim Gallery, Orange,
California, U.S.A.
2004 Member of OCCCA,
Director of the new members commity, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, California.
2004 CD cover for Ostara – Ultima Thule,
Publsihed in Germany. Label: Eis & Licht.
2003 Cover and inserts for Sonne Hagal/Nerthus,
Published in Germany. Label: Eis & Licht.

Written works:

Demoness (ever-after sweetness), written and published April 2000.

Awards :

2004 Merit award
California State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, CALEXPO, Sacramento,
2003 Excellence Award, State Fair Crystal Award
California State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, CALEXPO, Sacramento, California.

Collections:

Private collections in Canada, USA, and in Europe.