ABOUT LOU FERRERI
The Internal Affairs of Mr. Invincible, drawings on the editorial pages of The New York Times, is an on-going illustrated commentary now in its 10th year of production.
Exhibitions
- Talley Gallery, Bemidji State University, 2018
- Watermark Art Center, Bemidji, Minn., 2018
- Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, Wisc., 2018
- Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 2017
- White Bear Unitarian Universalist Church, Mahtomedi, 2015
- Unity Church, St. Paul, 2002
- Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson, 2001
- Table of Contents, St. Paul, 1999, 1998
- Drawing Directions, group show, Modesto, California - 1992
- 50 Recent Drawings, Art Resources Gallery, 1991
- Mankato State University, Mankato, 1990
- Viterbo College, LaCrosse, Wisc., 1989
- College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, Minn., 1989
- Minneapolis Institute of Art, 1988
- Forum Gallery, three-person show, Minneapolis -1988
- Rochester Art Center, group show, Rochester, 1987
- Minneapolis College of Art and Design, 1987
- Tweed Museum, group show, Duluth, 1987
- Walker Art Center, open studio day, Minneapolis, 1986
Contact Lou Ferreri with exhibition proposals.
Public Work
- Twenty-Six-Hundred Scare Crows, sculpture, Minnesota State Fair, 1999
- The Diviners, sculpture, Minnesota State Fair 1998
- Sound Wall, 16 wall sculptures, public school cafeteria, 1988
- Minnesota Color Wall Project, community murals, Minnesota, 1980-1990
- St. Paul Wall, choreographed mural with 250 participants, 1985
- World’s Largest Jigsaw Puzzle, mural, Minnesota State Fair, 1984
Collections
- Minnesota History Center, fine art collection
- Library of Congress, special editions and rare books
- George Latimer Central Library, St. Paul
- Lillie M. Kleven Print Collection, Bemidji State University
- Knight Library, University of Oregon
Awards
- Minnesota State Arts Board Grant 2017
- McKnight Foundation Fellowship semi-finalist 1999, 2012
- Minnesota State Arts Board Grant 2000
- McKnight Foundation Fellowship recipient 1986
- Bush Foundation Artist in Education grant 1984
Contact Lou Ferreri for purchases and exhibitions
Books
- The Internal Affairs of Mr. Invincible, drawings and essays
- So Long, Betty and Veronica, memoir
- Ostrich Logic, drawings and verse
Teaching
- White Bear Lake High School, drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramics 1999-2014
- Hamline University, art education professor, adjunct, 1988–1999
- Metro State University, design instructor, adjunct, 1987–1993
- C.O.M.P.A.S. and Minnesota State Arts Board, school residencies, 1982-1993
- Minneapolis College of Art and Design, drawing instructor, 1989
- Art Center of Minnesota, drawing and painting instructor, 1981–1988
- CLIMB Inc., multidisciplinary theater company, 1980
- Southwest Minnesota Arts and Humanities Council, touring company, 1980
