I was born in Mexico City. In that seemingly infinite city I visited all the markets and most of those buildings that lock up secrets that I could not decipher. Countless times I was devoured and regurgitated by the orange serpent that, furious, runs through its entrails. I frequented basements, rooftops and cafeterias. I roamed the Reforma Boulevard at three o'clock in the morning, with its red floor tiles, its lit up buildings and the palm trees trying to sleep.
I partly grew up and came of age in Cuernavaca, in my family's enchanted hotel. This long gone place was completely covered by formidable trees, and inhabited by fairies and frightful ghosts. I puzzled at the world and the things in it. I loved learning and I learnt many things. One day I became an artist. As an artist, visual dichotomy and juxtaposition have been a constant subject of exploration. They've always fascinated me. I love a figurative subject inhabiting an abstract realm, a pencil drawing against a turquoise acrylic background, a religious image embracing a sexual thing. This is why I am so attracted to collage. Collage allows me bring together things, disparate from each other, and blend them without each element ever losing its individuality. The collages on display in this page are the product of a 12 week long process of self analysis geared to the production of 12 performance pieces based in subject matters that preoccupy me, and their relationship with my every day life: Uncertainty, Death, Birth, Identity, Fear, and personal history combined with the events of my life during that period of time: A workshop on Performance Art, an ill-fated love affair, a successful grant application, my father's illness, a soul cleansing, the raffling of several pieces of my work, dreams, conversations, books. The entire three months became a personal ritual and these collages are the illustrations of those times, taken from my personal diary. They are also the sketches for the performance pieces, some of which took place and some didn't. An international jury of curators selected the collages, to be part of The National Salon of Visual Arts in Mexico City, in 1998. Each image tells a complex and long story that together, one day, I might make into a book. Enrique Ferreol .
"PAISAJE CON MANZANA"
Craig Gallery at Alderney Landing Dartmouth, Nova Scotia Canada
April - May 2009
Solo
"Enrique Ferreol at Halifax City Hall"
Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada
April 2009
Solo
"Newcomer Artist Project"
Anna Leonowens Gallery Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada
March 2008
Group
"Self Portraits"
Ross Creek Centre for the Arts Canning, Nova Scotia Canada
May-June 2007
Group
"Mexican Altar to the Dead"
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada
November 2006
Solo
"Heart Talk" Newman Daughter's Gallery
of AGNS Halifax, Nova Scotia canada
December 2004
Group
"Members' Show"
The Khyber - Centre for the Arts Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada
December 2003
Group
"Eyeopener Show"
Eyelevel Gallery
Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada
October 2003
Group
"Reflections of the Soul"
Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum
Chicago, Illinois US
September-December 2003
Group
"Four Latin American Artists"
The Jorgenson Hall
Ryerson University
Toronto, Ontario Canada
November 2002
Group
“Passion On Paper”
Vanguardias Art Gallery
Mexico City, Mexico
March 2002
Group
"Enrique Ferreol-Constructions"
O´Connor Gallery
Toronto, Ontario Canada
November 2001
Solo
"Toronto International Art Fair"
Toronto, Ontario Canada
October 2001
Group
"Art Miami"
Miami Convention Center
Miami Beach, Florida US
January 2001
Group
"A Letter to My Life"
Martin Good Gallery
Isla Mujeres, Q.Roo Mexico
December 2000
Solo
"My Loving Ones"
Arts and Science Fair of the International Mayan Institute
Cancun, Q.Roo Mexico
November 2000
Solo
"Second National Hall of Visual Arts"
Bidimensional Biennial
National Center for the Arts
Mexico City, Mexico
April-June 1998
Group
"The Funeral"
Performance
Mónica Mayer’s House
Mexico City, Mexico
December 1997
Group
"Fear"
Performance
National School of Fine Arts
Xochimilco, Mexico
November 1997
Solo
"Fear"
Performance
National Centre for the Arts
Xochimilco, Mexico
October 1997
Solo
"Mi Retorno de Saturno" Performance Public Square
Mexico City, Mexico
October 1997
Solo
"Artists Support their Museums"
Palace of Fine Arts
Mexico City, Mexico
May 1997
Group
"First National Hall of Visual Arts"
Three-dimensional Biennial
National Centre for the Arts
Mexico City, Mexico
April-June 1997
Group
"What is Popular about Death"
Institute of Culture of the State of Morelos
Cuernavaca, Morelos Mexico
November 1996
Group
"With the the corpse present"
University museum of "El Chopo"
Mexico City, Mexico
July 1996
Group
"Fairy Tales"
Gathering Artists Gallery
Chicago, Illinois US
February 1996
Group
"13 Altars"
"La Circunstancia"
Garibaldi, Mexico
July 1994
Solo