BIOGRAPHY
(b. 1955 Algeria)
BIOGRAPHY
Guy Ferrer is French, of Catalan descent by his father and Italian descent by his mother. He has worked in Paris, Los Angeles and in several foreign countries, where he has created temporary studios - including 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.
Since the 1980s, Guy Ferrer has developed an international career, highlighted by exhibitions in numerous museums and galleries. Several Departments and Agencies have honored the artist: including a monumental bronze sculpture for the French embassy in Singapore and a large fresco painted for the French embassy in Bakou (Azerbaijan). The O.E.C.D commissioned and permanently displays the large triptych titled “Liberté-Egalité-Fraternité”.
Artistic partnerships have been developed with several companies, including Lefranc & Bourgeois, Champagne Jacquart, Château Haut-Canteloup (creating a label for this Medoc wine), several books cover illustrations (ed. Francophones, Mobydick and J.E. Flower), Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte (creation of label, paintings, greeting cards, posters, objects, etc.) and Le Bon Marché, 1st department store in Paris (creation of logo, bags, gift paper and permanent installation of the monumental bronze La Pourvoyeuse at the main entrance of the store).
“T.O.L.E.R.A.N.C.E”, a major work created in 2007 in reaction to contemporary humanist religious tensions, is already a recognized classic sculpture (France, Germany, Poland or the United Arab Emirates). In 2015, Guy Ferrer’s works were presented in Malte, Johannesburg (South Africa), Shijiazhuang (China), London (United Kingdom), then Carcassonne and Perpignan (France).
T.O.L.E.R.A.N.C.E
With his monumental work, Guy Ferrer offers his reconciliatory vision, a message of hope stating that the communal and shared spiritual quest, inherent in our humanity, should be a source of convergence. Key to an essential commitment for respect and peace in the world, tolerance exists thanks to an effort of reflection, openness to others and imagination.
This major sculpture received wide acclaim through its exhibitions in La Monnaie de Paris (January, 2008) and in the Jardins du Luxembourg, French Senate (summer, 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 (2014) in Perpignan (France).
Three of the eight editions of this work have been installed on a permanent basis at: the François Mitterrand’s park (Saint-Ouen, France); the forecourt of the Government Palace in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates); and the district of Port Marianne in Montpellier (France). The 4th is to be installed soon in 2018.
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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 Galerie Christine Colon, Liege, Belgium
Les Jardins des Délices, Everard Read Gallery, London, UK
2018 Feu Sacré, Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
Circa Gallery London (title to be found)
Christine Colon galerie, Liege, Belgium
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 England
Envies d'écrire, sourire et dessiner, RNG Art Contemporain, Paris France
2016 PathWays To Non Violence, 21st Festival of Faiths, Louisville United States
Beirut Art Fair, SUD Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon
Dessins, Estampes, Sculptures, Galerie Chantal Mélanson, Annecy, France
Collect'Or - Banque Nationale de Paris, Paris, France
Festival of Faiths, Louisville, United States of America
Galerie Chantal Mélanson, Annecy, France
Collector - Banque Nationale de Paris, Paris, France
2015 Solo Show - with SUD Gallery - Beirut Art Fair, Beirut, Lebanon
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
Autour de La Grande Famille, with Nathalie Gaillard et Sophie Deschamps, Paris
Peintures et Sculptures récentes, with Nathalie Gaillard et Sophie Deschamps, Galerie 104 Kléber,Paris
2014 OR'aisons, Chantal Melanson Gallery, Annecy, France
“T.O.L.E.R.A.N.C.E” and “NON-La Guerre”, Campo Santo and Chapelle de la Funeraria, Perpignan, France
“T.O.L.E.R.A.N.C.E” and “NON-La Guerre”, Couvent des Minimes, Perpignan, France
Échos de Chine - with Sophie Deschamps/Nathalie Gaillard and the Foundation Coffim, Galerie 104, Paris
2013 De soie, de bronze, de papier, Amarrage Gallery, Saint-Ouen, 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, with Alliance Française in Shanghai, Beijing, China
Patrick Bartoli Gallery, Marseille, France
Lille Art Fair, with 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, with French Institute of South Africa and Nirox Foundation, Everard-Read Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
Face to face, with Amarrage Assocation, François Mitterrand Park, Saint-Ouen, France
2008 “T.O.L.E.R.A.N.C.E” n°2/8, perennial public installation, crown prince's court of Government Palace, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Art Paris-Abu Dhabi, with Nathalie Gaillard Gallery, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Art-Elysées, with Gilles Naudin Gallery, Paris, France
Meeting with Colors, with Pierre Dufrasne Gallery - Magnanerie de Seillans, France
Time Witness, Workshop of the Laundrette, Sarlat en Périgord, France
Territories, SCAPE Gallery, Corona del Mar, United States
Triptych, with 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 Paris-Abu, with Nathalie Gaillard Gallery, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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 Art-Paris - Chantal Melanson Gallery, Annecy, France
Shakan Gallery, Lausanne, Switzerland
Adler Gallery, Gstaad, Switzerland
M.M.G. Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1997 Kouros Gallery, New York, United States
Saddam Hussein Center, Baghdad, Iraq
Chac-Mool Gallery, Los Angeles, United States
France Embassy, Amman, Jordan
1996 Signo-Humano-Simbolo - Museum of Contemporary Art of Caracas, Venezuela
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016 2016, Chinese New Year: Four European artist Art works exhibition, Xun Art Gallery, Beijing, China
100 Heads, Die Galerie, Munich, Germany
Opening Group Show, CIRCA Gallery, London, UK
2015 Mdina Cathedral Contemporary Art Biennale, Malta
Shijiazhuang Museum, Shijiazhuang, China
2014 Affinités, with Xun Art Gallery - National Art Museum, Xiamen, China
Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
Beirut Art Fair, with Sophie Deschamps/Nathalie Gaillard, Beirut, Lebanon
Beijing International Art Fair, with Xun Art Gallery, Beijing, China
Song Zhuang Art Center, with Xun Art Gallery, Beijing, China
Opening exhibition, Castang Art Project Gallery, Perpignan, France
Les Flâneries d’Aix: Aix en Oeuvres, Aix en Provence,France
Parce que c’était lui, parce que c’était nous, Exhibition saluting Michel Bentolila - Amarrage Gallery, Saint-Ouen, France
Libérations, Thermal Park Le Fayet & City Hall, Saint-Gervais, France
2012 Royal Castle, Collioure, France
House of Catalanity, Perpignan, France
Sainte-Anne Chapel, Tours, France
Xun Comtemporary 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, with Nathalie Gaillard Gallery, Paris, France
2008 Art Sénat - « T.O.L.E.R.A.N.C.E » sculpture, Paris, France
Wind in the Branches - monumental sculptures, Guest of Honour, Paris, France
2007 Art Miami, with Ambrogi-Castanier Gallery, Miami, United States
Shanghai Art Fair, with Ambrogi-Castanier Gallery, Shangai, China
2004 European Hospital George Pompidou, with 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
2001 Sculptors and the Animal, Museums of Fukushima, Kirishima, Yamanashi and Mie, Japan
Salon Artuel, Beirut, Lebanon
FILMOGRAPHY
2018 A Belgian foundation (A.F.A.D.) will realize a 12 minute movie on Guy Ferrer’s work.
2014 Bulles d’Artistes of Zabou Breitman. Movie made on the occasion of the celebration of 15 years of collaboration between the Champagne Nicolas Feuillatte and the artists who have succeeded since 1999.
2004 “4 mo-Vies”, series of four films with two institutional exhibitions, live creation of monumental sculpture La Grande Famille and the live creation of a painted work.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
- De soie, de bronze, de papier, Amarrage Gallery, Saint-Ouen, 2013
- L'Invité des Rois, Palais des Rois de Majorque et Roger Castang’s Gallery, Perpignan, 2011
- Racines, Galerie Gilles Naudin, Paris, 2010
- GUY FERRER, monography, éd. de La Différence, Paris, 2005
- Le Corps-Outil, catalogue of the exhibition Museum of the Castle of Saint-Ouen, 2004
- L'Homme et le Symbole, French Museum of the Carte à Jouer, Issy-les-Moulineaux, 2001
- Matières et Signes : La Face Cachée dans l'oeuvre de Guy Ferrer, Patricia Tardy, Toulouse
University, 1999
- De la Poussière et un peu d'Eau, Paris, 1999
- Oeuvres Récentes, Galeries Melanson & Mirshac, Annecy and Lausanne, 1998
- Si-No-Si : Signo-Humano-Simbolo, Musée d'Art Contemporain, Caracas, 1997
- Silence, Virus Gallery, Antwerp, 1996
- GUY FERRER, monography, éd. Garnier Nocera, Paris, 1995
- Sculptures, Peintures, Gravures, Phénix Gallery, Paris, 1993
- D'Or et de Boue, French Institut of Munich, 1992
- Vif-Argent, Sénat Gallery, Paris, 1991
