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Sasha Ferré

Sasha Ferré's paintings respond to nature not by seeking to depict it but by letting it be felt.
The artist lives in the gap between landscapes and abstraction, where she unfolds a world of foliage, waves, flames and corals that we can no longer see but would once more need to touch.

"Sasha Ferré does not see her paintings. Or at least she cannot see them when she is working: her hands are full of colours, she is fully immersed in the act of blending oils and caressing the material she handles. Sasha Ferré does not see her paintings, and yet she only works in the daytime as she craves natural light. From what she told me about her creative process, my understanding is that she performs a sort of daytime ritual which consists of coating the surface of a linen canvas with an initial layer of coloured tempera before covering the background with greasy pigmented matter. Issues of depth, and therefore dimensions, are already at stake. All of her work must take place in the space of a day - a rule dictated by the physical properties of oil paint, which also gives Sasha Ferré’s work a conceptual nature (the canvas as unity of time). Her ritual is soundtracked by music, and you can’t help but feel compelled to imagine what beats and melodies may have sounded across the studio while the artist was composing her latest works".

—  Cédric Fauq

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Selected artworks

  • Sasha Ferré,                                      L'air cogne l'univers, 2025

    Sasha Ferré L'air cogne l'univers, 2025

    Oil stick and tempera on linen
    220 x 200 cm
    86 1/2 x 78 1/2 in

  • Sasha Ferré,                                      The mightiest we've ever been, 2025

    Sasha Ferré The mightiest we've ever been, 2025

    Oil stick and tempera on linen
    220 x 200 cm
    86 1/2 x 78 1/2 in

  • Sasha Ferré,                                      C'était le son de l'eau contre le sable ou contre les rochers, c'était le vent, 2025

    Sasha Ferré C'était le son de l'eau contre le sable ou contre les rochers, c'était le vent, 2025

    Oil stick and tempera on linen
    200 x 160 cm
    78 1/2 x 63 in

  • Sasha Ferré,                                      It only is until it's not (I), 2025

    Sasha Ferré It only is until it's not (I), 2025

    Oil stick and tempera on wood panel
    46 x 38 cm - 18 x 15 in (unframed)
    50 x 42 x 5 cm - 19 1/2 x 16 1/2 x 2 in (framed)

  • Sasha Ferré,                                      Le ciel se couche sur le sol, 2025

    Sasha Ferré Le ciel se couche sur le sol, 2025

    Oil stick and tempera on linen
    200 x 250 cm
    78 1/2 x 98 1/2 in

  • Sasha Ferré,                                      Le dessous de la terre sans regard, 2025

    Sasha Ferré Le dessous de la terre sans regard, 2025

    Oil stick and tempera on linen
    200 x 250 cm
    78 1/2 x 98 1/2 in

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