GUY FERRER

(b.1955 Algeria)

Born in Algeria, Guy Ferrer is a French artist of Catalan and Italian descent. Over the past three decades, Ferrer has developed an international reputation as a painter and sculptor, with exhibitions in museums and galleries around the world. He has worked in Paris, Los Angeles, and several foreign countries in the context of creating temporary studios in New York, Caracas, Lima, Beijing, and Johannesburg. In 2012, the installation of his art studios in French Catalonia marked his return to the Mediterranean. His work, mainly dedicated to sculpture and painting, also explores writing and architecture. Its line of force and main themes are spirituality and the place of Man facing Time. 

Recent honours include a monumental bronze for the French embassy in Singapore, a large fresco painted for the French embassy in Bakou, Azerbaijan and a triptych titled Liberté-Egalité-Fraternité commissioned by the OECD and for its headquarters in Paris. Artistic partnerships have been developed with several brands including Lefranc & Bourgeois, Champagne Jacquart, Château Haut-Canteloup, several books cover illustrations (ed. Francophones, Mobydick and J.E. Flower), and Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte. A monumental bronze and a large canvas are permanently installed at the main entrance of Le Bon Marché in Paris, France.

T.O.L.E.R.A.N.C.E – a major sculptural work Ferrer created in 2007 in response to contemporary religious tensions – has been widely acclaimed and displayed in France, Germany, the United States, Poland, the United Arab Emirates and South Africa.

With these nine monumental bronze sculptures, Guy Ferrer offers his reconciliatory vision, a message of hope, mutual respect, and tolerance. Ferrer's powerful sculptures remind us that tolerance requires us to take time to reflect and cultivate an openness to others.

Three of the eight editions of T.O.L.E.R.A.N.C.E are permanently installed at the François Mitterrand Park linking Paris 17th with Saint-Ouen, France: The Government Palace in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, and the district of Port Marianne behind Montpellier City Hall, France. Another edition has been loaned out to schools within Johannesburg, South Africa, by Everard Read owner and director, Mark Read. It is his belief that the message conveyed by such a work is one that young people, now more than ever, should be exposed to. T.O.L.E.R.A.N.C.E received wide acclaim through its exhibitions in La Monnaie de Paris (2008), the Jardins du Luxembourg, French Senate (2008). It has also been installed at the Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany (2009), the city of Poznan, Poland (2009), the Palais des Rois de Majorque (2011) and the Campo Santo in Perpignan, France (2014).

 

 

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023        MANA - in the artwork the Power – Galerie Anthony Meyer, Paris, France

                Rituals, Everard Read Gallery, Franschhoek, South Africa

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2022        Re-vival, Everard Read Gallery, London, UK

2021        Bronzes au Jardin, Inauguration Square André Chénier de POEME, France

                Centre d’Art Contemporain, Perpignan, France

                De la matière à l’Esprit, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Perpignan, France

                Au-delà des masques, Galerie Christine Colon, Liège, Belgique

                Œuvre Graphique, Castang Art Project, Perpignan, France

2020        New Paintings, Everard Read Gallery, London, UK

                Bronzes au Jardin –- Inauguration Square André Chénier de L’ARCHITECTE, France

                Exposition Œuvres récentes, Xun Art Gallery, Shangai and Luxembourg-Ville, Luxembourg

2019        Galerie Christine Colon, Liege, Belgium

                Les Jardins des Délices, Everard Read Gallery, London, UK

​2018        Sacred Fire, Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

2017        Art Montpellier, Castang Art Project, Espace Aréna, Montpellier, France

                Gilles Naudin Galerie, Paris, France

                Un chemin initiatique, Témoins de bronze - Retrospective plein air exhibition, Saint-Cyprien, France

                Galerie Christine Colon, Liege, Belgium

                Révelations, Everard Read Gallery, London, UK

                Envies d'écrire, sourire et dessiner, RNG Art Contemporain, Paris, France

2016        PathWays To Non Violence, 21st Festival of Faiths, Louisville, USA

                Beirut Art Fair, SUD Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon

                Dessins, Estampes, Sculptures, Galerie Chantal Mélanson, Annecy, France

                Collect'Or, Banque Nationale de Paris, Paris, France

2015        Beirut Art Fair, SUD Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon

                Réceptacles. Au-delà des apparences, Castang Art Project, Perpignan, France

                Hôtel de la Cité 5*, Carcassonne, France

                Autour de la Grande Famille, RNG Art Contemporain, Paris, France

                Galerie 104, RNG Art Contemporain, Paris, France

                T.O.L.E.R.A.N.C.E, Esplanade du Prado, Medieval City of Carcassonne, France

                Galerie Castang Art Project, Perpignan, France

                T.O.L.E.R.A.N.C.E, Courts of the Medieval City of Carcassonne, Carcassonne, France

                5* Hotel de la Cité, Carcassonne, France

2014        Oraisons Chantal Melanson Gallery, Annecy, France

                T.O.L.E.R.A.N.C.E and NONLa Guerre Campo Santo and Chapelle de la Funeraria, Perpignan, France

                T.O.L.E.R.A.N.C.E and NONLa Guerre Couvent des Minimes, Perpignan, France

                Échos de Chine, Sophie Deschamps/Nathalie Gaillard and the Foundation Coffim Galerie 104, Paris, France

2013        De soie, de bronze, de papier Amarrage Gallery, SaintOuen, France

                T.O.L.E.R.A.N.C.E, n°3/8 perennial public installation, Montpellier, France

2012        Xun Contemporary Art, Beijing, China

                Lille Art Fair with galleries GNG, CastanGalerie and Ricard Nicollet, Lille, France

                Xun Gallery, Shanghai, China

2011        Palais des Rois de Majorque, Perpignan, France

                Cheng Xin Dong Gallery and Alliance Française, Shanghai/Beijing, China

                Patrick Bartoli Gallery, Marseille, France

                Lille Art Fair, Castan Galerie, Lille, France

2010        Racines Gilles Naudin Gallery, Paris, France

                Salwa Zeidan Gallery, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

                Die Galerie, Séoul, South Korea

2009        T.O.L.E.R.A.N.C.E et OEuvres récentes, Die Galerie and Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany

                Fragiles Résistances, Nathalie Gaillard Gallery, Paris, France

                Elsewhere Brothers, French Institute of South Africa, Nirox Foundation and Everard Read Gallery

                Face to face, Amarrage Assocation François Mitterrand Park, SaintOuen, France

                Puls'Art Guest of Honour Le Mans, France

2008        T.O.L.E.R.A.N.C.E, Crown prince's court of Government Palace, Abu Dhabi, UAE

                Art ParisAbu Dhabi, Nathalie Gaillard Gallery, Abu Dhabi, UAE

                ArtElysées, Gilles Naudin Gallery Paris, France

                Meeting with Colors, Pierre Dufrasne Gallery, Magnanerie de Seillans, France

                Time Witness Workshop of the Laundrette, Sarlat en Périgord, France

                Territories, SCAPE Gallery, Corona del Mar, USA

                Triptych, Gilles Naudin Gallery Angers, France

                African Influences, Gilles Naudin Gallery, Paris, France

2007        T.O.L.E.R.A.N.C.E n° 2/8 courtyard and museum La Monnaie de Paris, France

                Art ParisAbu Dhabi, Nathalie Gaillard Gallery Abu Dhabi, UAE

                Golden Man, Ambrogi Castanier Gallery, Los Angeles, United States

                Faces / Landscapes, Attis Art Gallery, Washington, United States

2006        Hotel Meurice, Paris, France,

2004        Chapman University, Orange, United States

                Le Corps Outil, Castle of Saint Ouen, France

2001        Musée Français de la Carte à Jouer, Issy Les Moulineaux, France

2000        ArtParis, Chantal Melanson Gallery, Annecy, France

                Shakan Gallery, Lausanne, Switzerland

                Adler Gallery, Gstaad, Switzerland

                M.M.G. Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

1999        Kouros Gallery, New York, USA

                Saddam Hussein Center, Baghdad, Iraq

                ChacMool Gallery, Los Angeles, USA

                France Embassy, Amman, Jordan

1996        Signo Humano Simbolo, Museum of Contemporary Art of Caracas, Venezuela

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2022         MISE EN CENES – Galerie Roger Castang, Chappelle du Quartier Haut, Sète, France

                 VENTURA & SCULTURA, Die Galerie, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

                 RECUEILLIR – Galerie Christine Colon, Liege, Belgique

2021         VOLA-T-IL? Une proposition poétique, Avec Pascal Lacombe, Musée François Desnoyers, Saint-Cyprien

2020          Die Galerie, Frankfurt, Allemagne

2019          Masterpiece Art Fair, with Everard Read, London, UK

                  Die Galerie 40th Anniversary, Frankfurt, German

​                  Ocre Bleu, Galerie des Hospices, Canet en Roussillon, France

2018          Beirut Art Fair, avec SUD Gallery, Beyrouth, Liban

                  Joburg Art Fair, with Everard Read, Johannesburg, South Africa

​                  Christine Colon Gallery, Liege, Belgium       

​                  Days Collection, with Sophie Deschamps and Nathalie Gaillard, Paris, France

​2017          Bronze, Steel & Stone II, Everard Read, London, UK

                  Dialogue de Bronzes, Galerie Castang Art Project, Perpignan, France

                  Art Karlsruhe 2017, Die Galerie Rheinstetten, Germany

                  Pulse Art, Tessé Park, Le Mans, France     

                  Mark Hachem Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon

                  M'dina Cathedral Contemporary Art Biennale, Valletta, Malta

​2016          Chinese New Year: Four European Artists, Xun Art Gallery, Beijing, China

​                  100 Heads, Die Galerie, Frankfurt (Germany)

                  Opening Group Show, Everard Read, London, UK

                  Outdoor Group Exhibition, Thermal Park Le Fayet, Saint-Gervais, France

                  I write to you from a distant country, Galerie des Hospices, Canet en Roussillon, France

                  Day Collection, RNG Contemporary Art, Paris, France

2015          Mdina Cathedral Contemporary Art Biennale Malte

                  Shijiazhuang Museum, Shijiazhuang, China

2014          Affinités, Xun Art Gallery National Art Museum, Xiamen, China

                  Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

                  Beirut Art Fair, Sophie Deschamps/Nathalie Gaillard Beirut, Lebanon

                  Beijing International Art Fair, Xun Art Gallery Beijing, China

                  Song Zhuang Art Center, Xun Art Gallery Beijing, China

                  Opening exhibition, Castang Art Project Gallery, Perpignan, France

                  Les Flâneries d’Aix: Aix en OEuvres Aix, Provence, France

                  Parce que c’était lui, parce que c’était nous xxhibition, Amarrage Gallery, SaintOuen, France

                  Libérations, Thermal Park Le Fayet & City Hall, SaintGervais, France

2012          Royal Castle, Collioure, France

                  House of Catalanity, Perpignan, France

                  Sainte Anne Chapel, Tours, France

                  Xun Contemporary Gallery, Beijing, China

2011          Biennale 2011, Issy Les Moulineaux France

                  Lefranc & Bourgeois Collection, Musée de Tessé, Le Mans France

                  Exhibition saluting Joaquim Vital Baudouin, Lebon Gallery, Paris France

                  Rituels de terre Pascal Lacombe (ethnography) & Guy Ferrer (paintings), La Flèche, France

2010          Espace Roset with CastanGalerie Perpignan

2009          Sculpture Triennale Zamek Poznan Poland

                  Mosaïques Troyes, France

                  Art Paris, Nathalie Gaillard Gallery, Paris, France

2008          Art Sénat T.O.L.E.R.A.N.C.E, Paris, France

                  Wind in the Branches monumental sculptures Guest of Honour Paris, France

2007          Art Miami, AmbrogiCastanier Gallery Miami, USA

                  Shanghai Art Fair, AmbrogiCastanier Gallery Shanghai, China

2004          European Hospital George Pompidou, Art et Espoir Association Paris, France

2002          The Force of the Spirit, Paris, France

2000          Sculptors and the Animal Museums of Fukushima, Kirishima, Yamanashi and Mie, Japan

                  Salon Artuel Beirut, Lebanon

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Memento Vivre, avec Patrizia Rigoni et Claire Delhomme, 2021

Fovea, avec Claire Dehomme, 2021

Panta Rhei, avec Claire Delhomme, 2020

Guy Ferrer, un chemin initiatique. Bronzes et Écrits, Saint-Cyprien, 2017

De soie, de bronze, de papier, Galerie Amarrage, 2013

L'Invité des Rois, Palais des Rois de Majorque et Galerie Roger Castang, Perpignan, 2011

Racines, Galerie Gilles Naudin, Paris, 2010

GUY FERRER, monographie, éd. de La Différence, Paris, 2005

Le Corps-Outil, catalogue de l'exposition du Musée Château de Saint-Ouen, 2004

L'Homme et le Symbole, Musée Français de la Carte à Jouer, Issy-les-Moulineaux, 2001

De la Poussière et un peu d'Eau, Paris, 1999

Œuvres Récentes, Galeries Melanson & Mirshac, Annecy et Lausanne, 1998

Si-No-Si : Signo-Humano-Simbolo, Musée d'Art Contemporain, Caracas, Venezuela, 1997

Silence, Galerie Virus, Anvers, Belgique, 1996

GUY FERRER, monographie, éd. Garnier Nocera, Paris, 1995. (Soutenu par la Direction des AffairesCulturelles de la Ville de Paris.)

Sculptures, Peintures, Gravures, Galerie Phénix, Paris, 1993

D'Or et de Boue, Institut Français de Munich, Allemagne, 1992

Vif-Argent, Galerie du Sénat, Paris, 1991