Born in a suburb of Washington, DC and raised in the small town of Poolesville, Maryland, Jason Ferguson moved to Baltimore to study art at Towson University and continued his studies at the University of Delaware where he received his MFA. Ferguson is an ambitious artist that takes on large projects and brings th… Read More
Born in a suburb of Washington, DC and raised in the small town of Poolesville, Maryland, Jason Ferguson moved to Baltimore to study art at Towson University and continued his studies at the University of Delaware where he received his MFA. Ferguson is an ambitious artist that takes on large projects and brings them to completion through a network of research and collaboration. Using situational satire and a variety of materials and approaches, Ferguson juxtaposes seemingly unrelated subjects to create compelling imagery in his work. For example, he has applied medical protocol to domestic objects, used geological analysis to deconstruct architecture, and combined the intimacy of the dining room with the psychology of a county fair. The results are large sculptural objects, installations, video works, and photographic documentation that highlight the unique relationship between art, science, and experience. In his work private space becomes public, the ethereal becomes tangible, and the obvious becomes obscure.
Ferguson’s psychologically charged installations have been said to raise issues of artistic control, consciousness, and mortality. He has exhibited his work internationally including group exhibitions in Kolderveen, the Netherlands; Berlin, Germany; Brooklyn, NY; Philadelphia, PA; Baltimore, MD; Kansas City, MO; Alexandria, VA; and Detroit, MI. Ferguson’s work has been on display in one-person exhibitions at the International Museum of Surgical Science and EBERSMOORE in Chicago, IL; the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts in Wilmington, DE; and at the Center for Arts and History in Lewiston, ID; among other venues. Jason currently resides in Ypsilanti, MI where he is an Assistant Professor in the Art Department at Eastern Michigan University. Read Less
