MARCO G. FERRARI
5429 S. East View Park, Apt. #3
Chicago, IL 60615 USA
USA +1-773-230-1106
marco@ferraristudios.com
Born 1974 in Chicago, IL
Currently lives and works in Chicago, IL and Guardistallo, Italy
EDUCATION
2011–13 M.F.A. in Visual Arts, The University of Chicago, Illinois
Thesis Abstract: “Taking Place” (advisors: William Pope.L and Geof Oppenheimer)
1994–97 B.A. in Communication–Media Studies and Italian, DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois
1993–94 Coursework in literature, media and music, Ithaca College, New York
AWARDS
2015 Black Cinema House Film Fellowship, Rebuild Foundation, Chicago, IL
2013 Post-MFA Teaching Fellowship, Department of Visual Arts, Division of the Humanities, The University of Chicago, IL
2012 Academic Fellowship, Department of Visual Arts, Division of the Humanities, The University of Chicago, IL
2012 Arts/Science Graduate Collaboration Grant, Logan Center for the Arts, Office of the Provost, The University of Chicago, IL, for the outdoor video projection Openings
2007 Exhibition Grant, Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago, IL, for pianist Giuseppe Grifeo’s Elements of Peace: Concert Tour
2006 Chicago Artist Assistance Program Grant (CAAP), Illinois Arts Council and the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, for the documentary film Full Circle
2004 Heritage Grant, National Italian American Foundation, Washington, D.C., for the documentary film Full Circle
2001 Filmmaker Special Assistance Grant, Chicago Community Film Workshop, IL
2000 Italian Government Bursary Award for Italians Resident Abroad (Borsa di Studio IRE), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rome, Italy, for independent research and production in Documentary Filmmaking and Contemporary Sculpture (continuation)
1999 Italian Government Bursary Award for Italians Resident Abroad (Borsa di Studio IRE), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rome, Italy, for independent research and production in Documentary Filmmaking and Contemporary Sculpture
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2015 Nacelle: a video art exhibition by Marco G. Ferrari, Blanc Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, February 28–May 1, 2015
Marco G. Ferrari, Aspect/Ratio Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, March 13–April 18, 2015
Screening of Nacelle & Resti, Black Cinema House, Chicago, Illinois, April 16, 2015
2012 Openings, outdoor video projection on the Surgery-Brain Research Pavilion, The University of Chicago, IL, May 11, 2012, for the University of Chicago Arts/Science Graduate Collaboration Grant
2004 Full Circle, Claudia Cassidy Theater, Chicago Cultural Center, IL, October 28, 2004, part of Chicago Artists Month, presented by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago and Friends of the Parks
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015 Sound Track: Experimental Takes on the Music Video, La Sala at Cantina Royal, Brooklyn, NY, January 22, 2015, video projection of Velodrome with music composed and created by Fransisco Castillo Trigueros
Looptail XXX-tra, De Link, Tilburg, Netherlands, April 7, 2015, video projection of Resti presented with music composed by Fransisco Castillo Trigueros, performed by the ensemble Looptail
Het Orgelpark, Amsterdam, March 14, 2015, video projection of Resti presented with music composed by Fransisco Castillo Trigueros, performed by the ensemble Looptail
2014 Presence, Immersion and Location, 14th Biennial Symposium for Arts and Technology at Connecticut College, Hygienic Art Gallery, New London, CT (catalog)
Gaudeamus MuziekWeek, video projection of Resti, presented with music composed by Fransisco Castillo Trigueros, performed by the ensemble Looptail, Utrecht, Netherlands, September 12, 2014
Requiem for the Beast: Closing Reception, John Preus’ solo exhibition at the Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL, August 2, 2014, video projection of Ferragosto and Resti
Sonic Fractus: University of Chicago Computer Music Studio Concert, Fulton Recital Hall, Goodspeed Hall, University of Chicago, IL, May 20, 2014, Velodrome featured in collaboration with music by Francisco Castillo Trigueros
The Athens International Film and Video Festival, Athens Center for Film and Video, a project of the College of Fine Arts at Ohio University, April 14, 2014, screened Parabola
2013 Syzygy: 2013 MFA Graduates of the Department of Visual Arts at the University of Chicago, Bridgeport Arts Center, Chicago, IL, June 21–July 19, 2013 (co-curator)
Sway: 2013 Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Logan Center for the Arts Gallery & Logan Center for the Arts Screening Room, The University of Chicago, IL, May 18–26, 2013, exhibited Attraction, Diga, Ferragosto, Skyway and Parabola with works by Paul Somers and Stephanie Anne Harris Trevor
2012 Third Annual Juried Exhibition, DoVA Temporary Gallery at The University of Chicago, IL, February 10–25, 2012, exhibited Velodrome
2011 Sense of Place, Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago, IL, curated by Kate Zellar, June 4–September16, 2011, exhibited Flight-Surface (catalog)
L’Arte non è Cosa Nostra, Italian Pavilion, 54th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, curated by Vittorio Sgarbi and Francesca Valente, June 4–November 27, 2011, exhibited Sense of Place: IIC-Chicago & Venice Biennale–Chicago Artists (catalog)
2007 Aurora Project: Progress 2007, Grafiche Aurora, Verona, Italy, December 2007–June 2008, exhibited Chicago (coming and going), (catalog)
2006 Gen Art: Ignite, Kaleidoscope, Chicago, IL, July 2006
2003 Full Circle, Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea–Palazzo Forti, Verona, Italy, July 14, 2003, part of the retrospective exhibit Virginio Ferrari: Ombre della Sera; 1957–2003
Intersezioni: Multi-Media Festival 01, Interzona, Verona, Italy, May 17, 2003, featuring Virginio Ferrari sculpture installation, 8fatfat8 and pianist Beppe Grifeo musical performances, and Full Circle film screening (co-curator and catalog)
2002 Baldoria: Five Italian-American Artists, Buddy Gallery, Chicago, IL, October 2002
San Giò Video Festival, Verona, Italy, July 2002, screened Full Circle (short)
San Giò Video Festival, Verona, Italy, July 2002, screened Qui si può passare
2001 Angelciti Film Festival, Biograph Theater, Chicago, IL, June 2001, screened Full Circle (short)
2000 International Short English Film Festival, ARCI, Legnago, Italy, 2000, screened Full Circle (short)
1997 Generations, Wood Street Gallery Chicago, IL, 1997, exhibited EL, 1985, bronze
VIDEO PROJECTION PERFORMANCES
2015 Sonic Communion, Black Cinema House, a Rebuild Foundation program, May 4, 2015, live projections with The Bridge, a transatlantic network for jazz and creative music
Nacelle: Closing Night Reception, Blanc Gallery, May 1, 2015, live audiovisual performance with Frank Orrall of 8fatfat8
2005–15 Poi Dog Pondering concerts, 2005–13: Acorn Theater, Three Oaks, MI; Antone’s, Austin, TX; Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL; Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, MO; City Winery, Chicago, IL; The Continental Club, Houston, TX; Double Door, Chicago, IL; House of Blues, New Orleans, LA; Lincoln Hall, Chicago, IL; Metro, Chicago, IL; Metropolis, Palatine, IL; Monkey Bowl, Nashville, TN; Paramount Theater, Aurora, IL; Ravinia Festival, Highland Park, IL; Shank Hall, Milwaukee, WI; The Southgate House Revival, Newport, KY; Tivoli Theater, Downers Grove, IL; and Vic Theater, Chicago, IL
2011–13 From the Arctic to the Middle East: Broken Narratives by an American Flamenco Dancer by Clinard Dance Theater, standard definition video projection without sound, Cindy Pritzker Auditorium, Harold Washington Library, Chicago, IL, February 16, 2011; Des Lee Auditorium, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, MO, April 2012; Links Hall, Chicago, IL, April 20 and 22, 2012; and Mayne Stage, Chicago, IL, February 22, 2013
2010 Susan Voelz and the Defenders of the Monarchy Treasures concert, Temple Gallery, Chicago, IL, August 16, 2010
Deep Blue Field concert, Terzo Piano at the Art Institute, August 4, 2010; and Old Town School of Folk Music, Chicago, IL, October 16, 2010
2009 Deep Blue Field concert, Lincoln Hall, Chicago, IL, October 22, 2009
2007 Intercommunication: 8fatfat8 music & Marco G. Ferrari video, First Fridays Event, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, IL, October 5, 2007
Carmen Remixed by Poi Dog Pondering, standard definition color video without sound in collaboration with the Chicago Sinfonietta, Orchestra Hall, Chicago, IL, June 4, 2007,
Dominican University, River Forest, IL, June 10, 2007
Elements of Peace: Giuseppe Grifeo Solo Concert with live projections by Marco G. Ferrari, Elastic Arts Foundation, Chicago, Illinois, March 23, 2007
Topaz & R. Walters 20th Congress Band with Fred Wesley concert, Metro, Chicago, IL, April
VIDEOGRAPHY WORK
2015 The Long White Cloud, 2014, HD color video with sound, 37 min, 2015 (Editor)
2013 Pull, 2013, HD color video with sound, 4:00 minutes, May 2013, promotional video for artist William Pope.L’s performance project at Spaces, Cleveland, OH (Producer, Camera, and Editor)
2012 Child (NZ), 2012, standard definition color video with sound, 10 minutes, for the artist William Pope.L’s presentation “Inside the Artist’s Studio: Pope.L’s New Zealand Project,” Logan Center for the Arts Performance Penthouse, The University of Chicago, IL, October 12, 2012 (Producer, Camera, and Editor)
2006 Sandro: Figure e Ritratti, 2006, standard definition color video with sound, 60 minutes, documentary video on photographer Sandro Miller’s exhibition at the Centro Internazionale di Fotografia, Verona, Italy (Director, Co-Producer, Camera, and Editor)
Carpisa 2007 Fall Collection Backstage Photo Shoot, 2007, standard definition color video with sound, for Kuvera S.p.A (Carpisa), Naples, Italy (Producer Camera and Editor)
Sponsor Loop Projections, three standard definition color videos without sound, 5 minutes (each), for Gen Art Events at Union Station and Kaleidoscope, Chicago, IL, March, July and
2000 Guitar/Sitar Festival, documentary film by Fabiana Sergentini, L’Atico Modern Art Gallery, Rome, Italy, July 2000
1999 Archeological Excavations of Rome’s Capitolino Museums and artist Paolo Buggiani, Moloch Rosso Productions, Perugia, Italy, May–August 1999
TEACHING APPOINTMENTS
2011–15 Lecturer/Visiting Artist in Residence, Franklin University Switzerland, Lugano, Switzerland
Studio Art 179: Photography on Location in Europe, Summer Session II, 2015
Studio Art 179: Photography on Location in Europe, Summer Session I, 2014
Studio Art 279: The Video Essay: a genre of experience, Summer Session II, 2013
Studio Art 209: The Video Essay: from conception to projection, Summer Session II, 2012
Studio Art 209: The Video Essay: from conception to projection, Summer Session II, 2011
2014 Lecturer, Department of Visual Arts, The University of Chicago, IL
Visual Language: On Time and Space 10300, Winter Term, 2014
2011–13 Course Assistant, The University of Chicago, Department of Visual Arts, Chicago, IL
Visual Art 10300: Visual Language: On Time and Space, Catherine Sullivan, spring 2013
Visual Art 10300: Visual Language: On Time and Space, Karthik Pandian, fall 2013
Visual Art 23931: Documentary Production III: a coproduction with Kartemquin Films, Judy Hoffman, spring 2012
Visual Art 23931: Documentary Production II: a coproduction with Kartemquin Films, Judy Hoffman, winter 2012
Visual Art 10300: Visual Language: On Time and Space, Catherine Sullivan, fall 2011
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
Exhibitions
2014 Claim, William Pope.L, Littman Gall¬ery, Portland State University, January 15–February 18, 2014 (Production Assistant and Researcher)
Ruffneck Constructivists, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, February 12– August 17, 2014 (Production Assistant and Researcher for Pope.L’s Claim)
2013 Syzygy: 2013 MFA Graduates of the Department of Visual Arts at the University of Chicago, Bridgeport Arts Center, Chicago, IL, June 21–July 19, 2013 (Co-Curator)
2010 Virginio Ferrari, College of Art and Design, Beijing University of Technology, exhibition and lectures (students and faculty), September 15–16, 2010, sponsored by Project Midway (Co-Curator)
2007 Elements of Peace: Giuseppe Grifeo Chicago Tour, Claudia Cassidy Theater, Chicago Cultural Center (New Music for the Millennium Series), March 21, 2007; and Elastic Arts Foundation, Chicago, IL, March 23, 2007 (Curator)
2005 New Studio – New Works, Ferrari Studio, Vogue Building, Chicago, IL, October 22, 2005, part of Chicago Artists Month, presented by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs (Curator)
2004 Virginio Ferrari–Importance of Public Art lecture, Chicago Cultural Center, IL, October 14, 2004; and Virginio Ferrari–New Ideas and Proposals for Chicago exhibition, Ferrari Studio, Stone City Building, Chicago, IL, October 24, 2004, part of Chicago Artists Month, presented in part by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago and Friends of the Parks (Curator)
2003 Virginio Ferrari: Ombre della Sera; 1957–2003, Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Verona, Italy, 2003 (Associate Curator for exhibition and Contributing Editor for the museum catalogue)
Intersezioni: Multi-Media Festival 01, Interzona, Verona, Italy, May 17, 2003, featuring Virginio Ferrari sculpture installation, 8fatfat8 and Beppe Grifeo musical performances, and Full Circle film screening (Co-Curator)
2001 Full Circle Video Screening Reception, Ferrari Studio, Stone City Building, Chicago, IL, June 27, 2001, featuring sculpture by Virginio Ferrari, video by Marco G. Ferrari and Hammer & Pixel; music by Green Velvet; and cuisine by Jimmy Sadegi (Curator)
2000 6 scultori Americani dall’Illinois in Europa: Baur, Dunbar, Emser, Ferrari, Rojek, Scarff, Laghetto dell’EUR, Rome, Italy, September 21–October 31, 2000 (Curatorial Assistant)
1999 Celebration of the Arts: Virginio Ferrari, Hawthorne Sweets at Midlane Golf Resort, Wadsworth, IL, April 1999 (Assistant Curator)
Civic Sculpture Commissions
2010 The Family by Virginio Ferrari, 1995–2010, stainless steel and bronze, 300 x 800 x 800 cm, Riverside Landscaping Belt, Expo 2010, Shanghai, China; and official dedication September 19, 2010, with the support of the World Expo Bureau, US Consul General, USA Pavilion, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago Sister Cities International Program and Project Midway (Project Manager)
2009 Atto Sublime by Virginio Ferrari, 2009–10, stainless steel and bronze, 400 x 1000 x 1000 cm, Ba Yi Middle School, Deyang, Sichuan, China, 2010 (Project Manager)
2007 Ecstasy by Virginio Ferrari, 1974, bronze, 823 x 193.1 x 132.1 cm, Chicago Park District, Harold Washington Park (Burnham Park), Model Yacht Basin, Chicago, IL, 2007 (Project Manager)
2002 Like the Time They Go by Virginio Ferrari, 1977, concrete, 61 x 914.4 x 3048 cm, Chicago Public Schools, William H. Ray Elementary School, Chicago, IL, 2002 (Project Manager)
PUBLICATIONS & WRITINGS
2013 Virginio Ferrari: Full Circle: 1957–2015, artist monograph (500 pages). Chicago: Fervir Inc., forthcoming. (Editor)
2004 Public Monumental Sculptures, brochure. Chicago: Fervir Inc., 2004. (Editor)
2003 “Full Circle (synopsis).” In Virginio Ferrari: Ombre della sera 1959–2003, solo exhibition catalog, by Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea–Palazzo Forti. Venice: Marsilio Editori, 2003. Italian text. “Biografia.” In Virginio Ferrari: Ombre della sera 1959–2003, solo exhibition catalog, by Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea–Palazzo Forti. Venice: Marsilio Editori, 2003. Italian text with English translation by Elisa Ferrari and Fabio Ferrari.
1999 Sculptor Virginio Ferrari: Past, Present & Future multimedia C.D. ROM. Chicago: Fervir Inc., 1999. (Project Manager)
ACTIVITIES
2015 Artist Talk, Blanc Gallery, Chicago, Illinois March 28, 2015
Artist Talk, Black Cinema House, Rebuild Foundation, Chicago, Illinois, April 16, 2015
2013 Taking Place, Artist Talk, Contemporary Art Workshop, Department of Art History, The University of Chicago, June 3, 2013
Arts Council member, Student Fine Arts Fund, Logan Arts Center, The University of Chicago, IL
Logan Student Advisory Committee member, Logan Arts Center, The University of Chicago, IL
Mentorship, undergraduate art student, Department of Visual Arts, The University of Chicago, IL
2008 Guest Speaker, Through the Lens: Documenting the Many Faces of Chicago (honors class), (Harold Streeter instructor), DePaul University, Chicago, IL
2005 Artist Talk, Lincoln High School, Chicago, IL
FILMOGRAPHY
2004 Poi Dog Pondering: AudioVisivo, 2004, two disc DVD project containing a documentary film and “Simple Song” music video for the musical group Poi Dog Pondering, released by Premonition Records, Chicago, IL
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Periodicals
2015 Stephanie, Burke. “Top 5 Weekend Pics (2/27-3/1): 2. Nacelle at Blanc Gallery.” Bad at Sports, February 26, 2015. http://badatsports.com/2015/top-5-weekend-pics-227-31/
Collins, Emma. “Lost Places in Film and Life: Nacelle at Blanc Gallery.” South Side Weekly, March 9, 2015. http://southsideweekly.com/lost-places-in-film-and-life/
Stephanie, Burke. “Top 5 Weekend Pics (3/13-3/15): 4. Marco G. Ferrari at Aspect/Ratio.” Bad at Sports, March 12, 2015. http://badatsports.com/2015/top-5-weekend-picks-313-315/
2013 Sterrett, Louis. “Marco G. Ferrari and Humanity in Landscapes.” Louis Sterrett: Blog, June 4, 2013. http://louissterrett.com/blog/2013/06/04/marco-g-ferrari-and-humanity-in- landscapes/
Doherty, Megan E. “Final 2013 MFA thesis exhibition draws large audience at May Reception.” sis-exhibition-draws-large-audience-may-reception.
2012 Wang, Emily. “Enter Logan: Back to his roots.” The University of Chicago Magazine 105, no. 1 (September–October 2012): 39. http://mag.uchicago.edu/arts-humanities/enter-logan.
Ford, David E., Jr. “Installation explores neuroscience through nighttime video projection.” UChicago Arts, April 19, 2012. http://arts.uchicago.edu/content/installation-explores- neuroscience-through-nighttime-video-projection.
2010 “Poi Dog Pondering at Metropolis: 2 Very Special “Acoustronic” Performances with Visual Artist Marco Ferrari.” Arlington Cardinal (Illinois), February 19, 2010.
Alderman, Amy. “Poi Dog Pondering digs deep into soul, rock roots for Metropolis show.” Trilocal.com (Chicago Tribune), February 18, 2010. http://www.triblocal.com/arlington- heights/2010/02/18/poi-dog-pondering-digs-deep-into-soul-rock-roots-for-metropolis- show/index.html.
2004 “Scultura.” Raitalia TV, (RAI International, Rome, Italy) October 17, 2004. Discussed the exhibition New Ideas and Proposals for Chicago, Ferrari Studios–Chicago and presentation of the film Full Circle at the Chicago Cultural Center.
2003 Ferrari, Mariateresa. “Omaggio a Ferrari: La sua vita raccontata attraverso le immagini; Due realtà, l’America e l’Italia, si alternano.” L’Arena (Verona, Italy), July 14, 2003. Full Circle film review.
L’Arena (Verona, Italy), “Interzona: Prima nazionale per il documentario ‘Full Circle’: Musica da film e da ballo; La dance degli 8FatFat8 dopo il video su Virginio Ferrari,” May 17, 2003.
References the film Full Circle. UChicago News, June 2013, 2013. http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2013/06/04/final-2013-mfa-the-
———, “Film su Virginio Ferrari e la sua opera,” July 2, 2003. References the film Full Circle.
———, “A Palazzo Forti,” July 3, 2003. References the film Full Circle.
2002 Brusaporco, Ugo. “Full Circle.” San Giò Video Festival/Cineclub Verona (Italy), July, 23-27, 2002, p. 4.
2001 Spivak, Todd. “Son Catches Father’s Vision on Film.” Hyde Park Herald (Chicago),May 30, 2001, p. 9. Film preview, Full Circle.
1999 Larsen, Josh. “Film Focuses on Famous Father’s Art.” Screen Magazine (Chicago) 21, no. 11 (April 5, 1999):10. Film preview, Full Circle.
Sykora, Angela D. “Ferrari Revs Up Area Art Scene.” Lake Life (Lakeland Newspapers, IL), April 23-29, 1999, sec. B. Exhibition review, Hawthorne Suites at Midlane Golf Resort; includes statements by Marco G. Ferrari.
Group Exhibition Catalogs
2011 Sgarbi, Vittorio, and Francesca Valente eds. Lo stato dell’arte: istituti italiani di cultura nel mondo = State of the arts: Italian cultural institutes in the world, group exhibition catalog for the 54th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, p. 168. Milano: Skira, 2011.Italian Cultural Institue of Chicago. Sense of Place, exhibition catalog. Chicago: Istituto di Cultura, 2011.
2007 Bassotto, Enzo, Raffaello Bassotto, Giorgio Ferrari and Mario Maccadanze. Aurora Project: Progress 2007, group exhibition catalog, pp 79-85. Verona, Italy: Edizioni dell’Aurora, 2007.
2003 Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea–Palazzo Forti and Giorgio Cortenova, ed. Virginio Ferrari: Ombre della Sera 1959–2003. Venice, Italy: Marsilio Editori, 2003.
2001 Interzona. Intersezioni 01, group exhibition catalog. Verona, Italy: Interzona, 2003. Includes biographical information. For the exhibition presented at Interzona, Ex Magazzini Generali, Verona, Italy, May 17, 2003. References the sculpture Interlocking, and screening of the film Full Circle, with musical performances by Beppe Grifeo and 8fatfat8.