Mikki Ferrill (b. 1937) Ferrill studied photography, drawing, sculpture at the Art Institute of Chicago. She became a professional photographer in the 1970s. “Photography was the medium that could give me all the aspects I wanted in an art form: the ability to record the situation as it truly appeared yet with a personal interpretation.” (REF: The Beautiful Project: “The Beautiful Project” uses photography to confront positive & negative portrayals of Black girls & women; www.thebeautifulproject.org ) “The varied photojournalistic work of photographer and curator Valeria “Mikki” Ferrill has focused on everything from black cowboys to “Dykes on Bikes” at the Gay Pride parade in San Francisco, giving faces to both racial and sexual communities that are little known in mainstream society.” (REF: The Queer Encyclopedia of the Visual Arts, Clause Summers, 2004.) Several of Ferrill’s works are included in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is listed in the Chicago Artist’s Archive (Chicago Public Library). REF: Shades of Black: Assembling Black Arts in 1980s Britain, David Bailey, 2005; The Black Photographers Annual (multiple years—1970s). Her credits include Ebony, Jet, The Chicago Tribune, and Time.
564 Untitled Piano Player c. 1970 vintage photograph 6” x 9” $1,000-2,000
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