Autor: Jonathan Ferrara

Jonathan Ferrara is an artist, gallery owner, community activist, and cultural producer. He has been a voice for the arts for twenty years and is a leader in the movement to make New Orleans an international arts destination. Cultural activism—using art to affect social change—is Ferrara’s trademark. He is the founder ARTDOCS, a medical program for artists without health insurance, as well as the Annual No Dead Artists International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Art, and the Guns in The Hands of Artists Foundation, Ferrara continues to challenge his audience and himself in search of the best contemporary art and ideas wherever that may take him around the world. He has produced cultural exchange exhibitions with Cuba, Hungary, Germany, and Jordan as well as across the US. He lives in New Orleans with his wife, artist Sidonie Villere, son Anson, and daughter Quinn. Jonathan Ferrara Gallery exhibits works of art from around the world and has been featured in The New York Times, Time, NPR, The Associated Press, Art in America, ARTnews, The Art Newspaper, MSNBC, ABC’s Good Morning America, and in numerous other national and international media. The gallery regularly exhibits during Art Basel Miami Beach, Armory Week in New York, Art Basel in Switzerland, and in the Houston, San Francisco, and Seattle art fairs.