A man posing in front of a large black and orange abstract portrait at an art gallery, wearing a striped sweater, layered necklaces, a headscarf, and making gestures with his hands.

Steven Ferri is a New York City–based visual artist working primarily in painting. His work explores abstraction through layered surfaces, gesture, and tonal shifts. Rather than describing specific narratives, the paintings emphasize atmosphere and material presence, allowing meaning to emerge through viewer engagement. Ferri’s practice operates between intuition and structure, balancing restraint with expressive mark-making.