(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. 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 companies, including Lefranc & Bourgeois, Champagne Jacquart, Château Haut-Canteloup, several books cover illustrations (ed. Francophones, Mobydick and J.E. Flower), Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte and Le Bon Marché in Paris, including the permanent installation of a monumental bronze and a large canvas at the main entrance of the building.

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.

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). It was presented during the Festival Art & Tolerance in Vence, France 14-Nov – 8 December 2018.

 

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

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, Johannesburg, South Africa

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

American Northern Peruvian Cultural Institute (Lima) and Museum of Contemporary Art of Arequipa, Peru: double exhibition organized by the French Ministry of the Foreign Affairs and the French Alliances of Lima and Arequipa

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

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        

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

Passions croisées Objects of ethnographic collection of Pascal Lacombe and works of Guy Ferrer, CastanGalerie, Perpignan, France

Original lithographs: dream and revolution of artists and MMG, Utsunomiya museum of art, Utsunomiya, Japan

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: 30 Artists against the disease of Alzheimer Pierre Cardin Space and Drouot Montaigne, Paris, France

2000

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

Salon Artuel Beirut, Lebanon