Anthony Feyer

I have spent the last three decades documenting sub-cultures as diverse as snake handlers in West Virginia to Furries at their conventions.
My interest is in the cultural anthropology of the groups to whom I am attracted.
The themes I have explored for the past three decades have all required extensive research and field work.
The 5 major themes that I have examined include:
Snake-handling churches throughout Appalachia.
Small town stock car races—“Enduros”.
A series of paintings examining the harsh, unforgiving landscape and rough denizens of Southeast Alaska.
New York City in the 80's when it was in decay.
And my most recent subject, "Furries".
I am not an art world insider, like the sub-cultures I explore, I have remained on the margins.

In all my explorations, I have been drawn to subjects to which I have had no prior contact.
The study becomes the educational experience which I chronicle in my paintings and video.
The people in my work tend to be outsiders, working-class and marginalized, often with great
hesitation to open themselves to outsiders. The focus is not just on the dramatic visual content,
but also on these various hidden, often doomed, subcultures. The themes have a common thread that runs through ...

Parson's School of Design. BFA. 1993
Sheridan College. MFA. Visual effects animation. 2001

SOLO EXHIBITS

NP Gallery
"The Last Frontier"
Oct-Nov, 2012.
New York, NY

NP Gallery
"Enduro"
April-May, 2008.
New York, NY

NP Gallery
"Furry"
Jan.-March, 2005.
New York, NY

Lannon Gallery
May, 1998.
New York, NY

Nancy Pool's Studio Gallery
September, 1993.
Toronto, Ont.

Esther Rand Gallery
February, 1998.
New York, NY


GROUP EXHIBITS

Jail Gallery
Summer, 2012
Los Angeles, CA

Western Projects
September, 2010
Los Angeles, CA

Galerie Christine Koenig
"Stuff from LA and other places"
November, 2009.
Vienna, Austria

NP Gallery
"Families"
November, 2009.
New York, NY

Anderson Ranch Art Center
"Summer Assistant Show"
August, 1999
Snowmass Village, CO.

Todd Jorgenson Gallery
"Summer Invitational"
July, 1999.
New York, NY

Anderson Ranch Art Center
"Residency Show"
March, 1999
Snowmass Village, CO.

Roger Marion's Gallery
Summer Show
June, 1995.
New York, NY

David Zwirner Gallery
Curated by Eric Oppenheimer.
March, 1994
New York, NY

White Columns Gallery
"Metamorphasis"
Curated by Bill Arning.
January, 1994.
New York, NY

Art Galerie de Serieul
August, 1992
Dordogne, France.

VIDEO

"The Five Signs"
Hi 8 video, 2 hrs. color, sound. 1994....