In his current body of work, DISFORMIA, Mitchell Ferrie has created a series of geometric abstract sculptures in champagne white marble from Chillagoe in Northern Queensland, known for its fine white translucent colour and strength. 

The series title DISFORMIA is a made-up word, implying a defiance of forced form that more accurately describes the natural process of creating these pieces. In these works Ferrie describes the forming of the sculptures to be evoked and controlled by the shapes of the natural stone itself resulting in a complexity of the faceted works which belies the natural fluidity of the process of their creation and which trancend simple geomtery.

In a reversal of the traditional role of the authority, the carver becomes the performer, letting the stone choose its’ own shape and structure, conducting the artist to the finished work resulting in weighty and yet gravity defying sculptural abstractions which demand viewing from all sides - thus creating a light that lands on the forms and dives through the spaces, animating the layers and facets with each slight movement of the audience. 

Born in Sydney, 1982, Mitchell Ferrie worked as a Master Stonemason for 10 years before working under and being mentored by Alexander Seton since 2011. His work has been exhibited in Scultpure in the Vineyars, NSW, Sculpture in the Glen, NSW and is in major private collections around Australia.