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– Articles, Interviews, Reviews & Catalogues
“Ferdinands’ erotically charged vignettes are set in the haute couture world. Nostalgia, irony, satire and parody are weapons she has in her arsenal.”
– Robert Reid, Art Critic, The Record Newspaper
2006 BY APPEARANCES Exhibition, University of Waterloo Art Gallery“Contemplative, surreal and unsettling, Frances Ferdinands’ paintings provoke the viewer to consider the isolation and obscurity hovering not only above and around the vulnerable vessel, but which also surrounds humankind as we struggle to navigate our daily lives.”
– Carrie Helm, Exhibitions Coordinator 2003 ADRIFT Exhibition, Kelowna Art Gallery
“Frances Ferdinands’ work is characterized by technical facility, richness of colour and breadth of vision. Whether drawing inspiration from the natural world, the annals of art history or interior reflections, Ferdinands creates vistas that engage and draw the viewer close. Her work is compelling and full of detail – symbolic and technical. She addresses subjects of profound universal significance yet does so through personal metaphor and imagery. Engagement with Ferdinands’ paintings is always a satisfying and enriching encounter.”
– Virginia Eichhorn, Director/Curator, Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound
“Her work has always been thought-provoking and challenging to the viewer”
– David Taylor, Curator, Gallery Lambton, Sarnia
“The paintings in Frances Ferdinands’ Embodied Ideals series are ambitious and heavy with sociocultural implication. While the images, rendered in Ferdinands’ lush, bold style, are worthy as aesthetic achievements alone, the coupling of these images, taken from classic paintings and magazine ads, produces a recombined and newly relevant mix of meaning and composition to the work.”
– Rebecca Moda, Exhibitions Coordinator, EMBODIED IDEALS Exhibition, Buffalo Arts Studio (Click to read the complete curatorial statement)
“She (Ferdinands) brings to painting an intelligent, exploratory consciousness.”
– Joan Murray, Director/Curator, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa
“Ferdinands is one of the Hot Talents who are creating excitement among dealers and consultants across Canada.”
– Chatelaine Magazine, Canada 1985
| REVIEWS | |
| 2017 | Frances Ferdinands’ Website Review by Woventale Press. http://www.thewoventalepress.net/2017/08/14/site-review-frances-ferdinands/ |
| 2014 | “Freeing the Figure” (December 23, 2014) by Gil McElroy |
| 2013 | Review of “Convergence” Exhibition by Haafiz Karim for ARTORONTO.ca |
| 2007 | “Food for Thought” Exhibition Review by Lupe Rodriguez, “Here & Now” – CBC Radio |
| 2006 | “Provocative Paintings”, “By Appearances” Exhibition. Review by Robert Reid THE RECORD, Newspaper (Nov. 6) |
| 2004 | “ Embodied Ideals” Exhibition Review by Virginia Eichhorn – ART INDIA MAGAZINE, Vol. 9, Issue 1, 2004 |
| 1988 | “ Frances Ferdinands-Forbes at the Albert White Gallery”- Review by Art Critic Donald Brackett, “ On The Arts” Show, CJRT (FM) (Nov. 23) |
| 1985 | “Old Wars by Young Artists” Exhibition coverage by Barbara Frum THE JOURNAL, CBC NETWORK (Sept. 13) |
| INTERVIEWS | |
| 2020 | LIVE Artist Talk with Frances Ferdinands https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8zCuf9df80&feature=youtu.be |
| 2020 | A View from the Easel with Dimitri Papatheodorou https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OqXsgewR3A&feature=youtu.be |
| 2015 | “Lassanai” Exhibition Interview with Haazif Karim-ARTORONTO.ca Magazine |
| 2007 | “Food for Thought” Exhibition Interview – “Canoe” Show – SUN TV |
| 2006 | Interview: SUN TV show “ECHO” with Journalist Urmi Bardhen (Feb.4) |
| 2003 | Interview: “Here & Now”, CBC Radio (Nov. 26) |
| 1996 | Interview with Art Critic Kate Taylor “ On The Arts” Show CJRT FM (Oct. 16) |
| 1994 | Interview with Arts Reporter Rachel Lipton“ About Town” Show CIUT FM (Oct. 14) |
| 1994 | Interview with Arts Reporter Tom Fulton“ On The Arts” Show CJRT FM (Oct. 12) |
| 1985 | Interview: “Expert Opinion” column TORONTO LIFE MAGAZINE (August Issue) |
| CATALOGUES | |
| 2020 | ENDURING PATTERNS Click here to download the Enduring Patterns catalogue |
| 2017 | CONNECTIVE THREADS Click here to download the Connective Threads catalogue |
| 2014 | MINING BEAUTY Click here to download the Mining Beauty catalogue |
| 2013 | CONVERGENCE, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto, Ontario Click here to download the Convergence catalogue |
| 2008 | FOOD FOR THOUGHT, Arts Place, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia |
| 2007 | DOUBLE DATE, Lennox Contemporary, Toronto, Ontario |
| 2004 | EMBODIED IDEALS, Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo, New York |
| 2001 | NEW SPIRIT OF ONTARIO, Queen’s Park, Toronto, Ontario |
| 2000 | ADRIFT, Gallery Lambton, Sarnia, Ontario |
| 1992 | ART CONTEMPORAIN DU CANADA, Galerie Ader Tajan, PARIS, FRANCE |
| 1992 | BEYOND TIME & CIRCUMSTANCE, Lynnwood Arts Centre, SIMCOE, ONTARIO |
| 1990 | FRANCES FERDINANDS 1983 – 1999, Gallery Lambton, SARNIA, ONTARIO |
| 1985 | OLD WARS BY YOUNG ARTISTS, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, OSHAWA, ONTARIO |