About the artist:
Alix Van Der Donckt-Ferrand makes drawings that circuit notions of desire, embellishment, strength, and aspiration. Her practice encapsulates a world of images and materials at nature’s threshold- the ambiguous space between real and hyperreal, as in GMOs, mortality, femininity, and gym bros. The artist embraces the inherent and strangely spiritual contradictions of origin, and meditates on its fundamental symbols across cultures. As such, in Ferrand's drawings, maize as the cornerstone of pan American food cultures holds as much inherent value as relishing in leg day at the gym. In equal measure reveling and concealing, the artist's drawings layer meaning as an exercise of narrative power.
Alix Van Der Donckt-Ferrand (b. 1995, Montréal, Canada) lives and works in Montréal. She has been included in solo and group exhibitions at april april, Pittsburgh; Unit 17, Vancouver; Independent, New York; Chris Andrews, Montreal; Bridget Donahue, New York; Chozick Family Art Gallery, New York; ermitage, Montreal; Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York; Poundmaker Historical Museum, Saskatchewan; The Loon, Toronto; and Antonini Museum, Nasca, Peru.
Specs:
In this drawing, Ferrand reveres the ceremonial nature of going to the gym, transforming a routine set of squats into a quiet ritual of discipline and resolve. As the title suggests, the figure is portrayed as stronger than his excuses, embodying both determination and self-performance. The composition highlights the artist’s distinctive narrative approach, where gesture, posture, and restraint carry psychological weight. Negative space plays a structural role, shaping the image as actively as the figure itself and creating a charged tension between presence and absence.More
- Framed: 22.5 x 28.5 x 1.5 in.
3:00 PM, Mar 12, 2026.
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