David Rios Ferreira’s abstract drawings, sculptures, and installations explore the past by combining historical etchings depicting colonial narratives and political cartoons illustrating American imperialism with children’s coloring books and pop culture. Ferreira deconstructs and reconstitutes these sources to create temporal beings and hybrid landscapes. These new bodies serve as conduits for imagined histories, reflecting how the body interprets and transforms historical memory.

Listing Type : Artist Open Studio
Website : www.davidriosart.com
Instagram : davidriosart
Open Hours : My studio will be open Saturday October 5 and Sunday October 6 between 1:00 pm and 5:00 pm
ADA accessible : Yes
Artist Statement : David Rios Ferreira's abstract drawings, sculptures, and installations explore the past by combining historical etchings depicting colonial narratives and political cartoons illustrating American imperialism with children's coloring books and pop culture. Ferreira deconstructs and reconstitutes these sources to create temporal beings and hybrid landscapes. These new bodies serve as conduits for imagined histories, reflecting how the body interprets and transforms historical memory. Ferreira has exhibited in galleries and museums in the US and abroad, including solo exhibitions at Morgan Lehman Gallery, Wave Hill, the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center, and the Utah Museum of Fine Arts. He has held residencies at the Lower East Side Printshop, the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, and The Center for Book Arts. Ferreira is an alumnus of professional development programs such as the Bronx Museum’s Artist in the Marketplace (AIM) program. He has won public art commissions with Meta (Facebook) Open Arts, Art at Amtrak, Percent for Art, and MTA Art & Design. Awards include a New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship and a National Association of Latino Arts & Culture Fund for the Arts grant. He received a B.F.A. from The Cooper Union and lives in Jersey City.
Artist's Medium : Installation, Painting, Printmaking
Genres : Abstraction, Conceptual art, Figurative, Surrealism, Abstraction, Conceptual art, Figurative, Surrealism, Abstraction, Conceptual art, Figurative, Surrealism