Tony Feher

Throughout a career exceeding 30 years, Tony Feher transformed everyday objects into sculptures that are both elegant and enigmatic in their apparent simplicity.

Biography of Tony Feher

Tony Feher was born in 1956 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1978 from The University of Texas, Austin. Following his studies, he held various odd jobs such as store clerk and architect's assistant.

He later relocated to New York City where he began exhibiting his artwork in the 1980s. He held his first solo exhibition at Wooster Gardens in 1994. 

Recent solo exhibitions of Feher's works include "Free Fall" at Rebecca Camacho Presents in San Francisco (2024), "Tony Feher: Drawn from Life" at Josh Pazda Hiram Butler in Houston (2023), "Tony Feher" at Marc Selwyn Fine Art in Beverly Hills (2023), "Tony Feher 1986-1994" at Gordon Robichaux Gallery in New York (2023), "Tony Feher" at Sikkema Jenkins & Co. in New York (2022), and many more.

Additionally, his works have been featured in numerous group shows held at various galleries and museums, including Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, Andrew Kreps Gallery in New York, Nevada Museum of Art in Reno, Anthony Meier Fine Arts in San Francisco, Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam, Klaus von Nichssagend Gallery in New York. among other esteemed venues.

Tony Feher died in 2016, leaving behind a profound legacy of art that continues to inspire new generations of artists.

Tony Feher's Art Style

Feher's artistic practice is profoundly personal, drawing from a lifetime of experiences, relationships, and events spanning more than fifty years. For example, he contracted AIDS, and his work occasionally explored the ephemeral and transient aspects of life as an HIV-positive man. Yet, its expression resonates universally, touching all who encounter his sculptures and installations.

His work stands as a uniquely optimistic tribute to hope. Its ability to inspire lies in the artist's quest to create moments of deep solace and tranquility, to bring order and beauty to chaos and ugliness, and to celebrate creativity as humanity's most potent force and accomplishment.

Feher frequently incorporated found objects and everyday debris such as bottles, containers, and glasses—empty vessels once useful but now discarded. Through arrangements, he highlighted the aesthetic qualities of these items—color, shape, and mass—contrasting them with their inherent disposability. The installations he created were vulnerable yet poetic, inviting contemplation on the endurance of form amidst the fleeting nature of significance.