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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

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“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
2017Frances 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
2013Review 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
2020LIVE Artist Talk with Frances Ferdinands
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8zCuf9df80&feature=youtu.be
2020A 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
2006Interview: SUN TV show “ECHO” with Journalist Urmi Bardhen (Feb.4)
2003Interview: “Here & Now”, CBC Radio (Nov. 26)
1996Interview with Art Critic Kate Taylor “ On The Arts” Show CJRT FM (Oct. 16)
1994Interview with Arts Reporter Rachel Lipton“ About Town” Show CIUT FM (Oct. 14)
1994Interview with Arts Reporter Tom Fulton“ On The Arts” Show CJRT FM (Oct. 12)
1985Interview: “Expert Opinion” column TORONTO LIFE MAGAZINE (August Issue)
CATALOGUES
2020ENDURING PATTERNS
Click here to download the Enduring Patterns catalogue
2017CONNECTIVE THREADS
Click here to download the Connective Threads catalogue
2014MINING BEAUTY
Click here to download the Mining Beauty catalogue
2013CONVERGENCE, Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto, Ontario
Click here to download the Convergence catalogue
2008FOOD FOR THOUGHT, Arts Place, Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia
2007DOUBLE DATE, Lennox Contemporary, Toronto, Ontario
2004EMBODIED IDEALS, Buffalo Arts Studio, Buffalo, New York
2001NEW SPIRIT OF ONTARIO, Queen’s Park, Toronto, Ontario
2000ADRIFT, Gallery Lambton, Sarnia, Ontario
1992ART CONTEMPORAIN DU CANADA, Galerie Ader Tajan, PARIS, FRANCE
1992BEYOND TIME & CIRCUMSTANCE, Lynnwood Arts Centre, SIMCOE, ONTARIO
1990FRANCES FERDINANDS 1983 – 1999, Gallery Lambton, SARNIA, ONTARIO
1985OLD WARS BY YOUNG ARTISTS, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, OSHAWA, ONTARIO