Guy Ferrer’s work reflects our metaphysical preoccupations and illustrates his research into the symbolic dimension of man.

His unending quest into the meaning of existence, his sharp cognizance of the precocity of time, drive Guy Ferrer naturally to paint and sculpt man’s passage through time, rather than man’s representation.

Therefore, he offers us shadows, silhouettes sharpened and sparse, or anonymous faces, which evoke the ephemeral nature man, traversing a space of “memory” and hope of eternity.

A reflection on “Time” and spirituality constitutes the force and body of his work.
For many years his work has driven him to the exploration of the body, the cognizant tool and the means to apprehend the spiritual.

By Gerard Xuriguera, Art Critic - Paris

2005
- Gallery Saint-Germain, in partnership with UCLA University and The Salamander Fund: “Healing and Transformation Through Art”: installation and cycle of conferences, Los Angeles, California.
- Gallery Saint-Germain, Los Angeles, California.
- Galerie Gilles Naudin, Paris.
- Peace on Earth, Scape Gallery, Corona del Mar, California.
- Gallery M. M. G., Tokyo, Japan.
- Art Event, Salon international d’art contemporain, Galerie Nathalie Gaillard, Lille, France.
- Art Strasbourg, Foire internationale d’art contemporain, Galerie Chantal Melanson, Strasbourg, France.

2004
- Alchemia, The Shed, Newport Beach, California.
- Scape Gallery, Corona del Mar, California
- Galerie Roger Castang, Perpignan, France.
- Galerie Chantal Melanson, Annecy, France
- Chapman University, Orange, California.
- Marcheurs d’Infini, Galerie Chantal Melanson, Annecy, France.
- Le Corps-Outil, Château de Saint-Ouen, Saint-Ouen, France.

2003
- Galerie Roger Castang, Perpignan, France.
- Les Voyants, Galerie Nathalie Gaillard, Paris.
- Bronzes récents, Galerie Chantal Melanson, Annecy, France.

2001
- Musée français de la carte à jouer and Médiathèque, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France.
- Galerie Art Masters and Château Trocard, Saint-Émilion, France.
- Galerie Modes d’expression, Perpignan, France.
- Galerie Chantal Melanson, Annecy, France.
- Peintures, Musée de la Grande Loge de France, Paris.
- Peintures – Sculptures, Association Art’Ensemble, Orangerie du Parc des Célestins, Marcoussis, France.

2000
- Salon Art-Paris, Galerie Chantal Melanson (Annecy), Paris.
- Galerie Shakan, Lausanne, Switzerland.
- Galerie de l’Europe, Paris.
- Manoir de Bécheron, Saché, France.
- Galerie Adler, Gstaad, Switzerland.
- Gallery M. M. G., Tokyo, Japan.

1999
- ErinTrunel Space, Laguna Beach, California.
- Galerie Modes d’expression, Perpignan, France.

1998
- Galerie Frédéric Sagot, Paris.
- Galerie Chantal Melanson, Annecy, France.
- Galerie Shakan, Lausanne, Switzerland.

1997
- Galerie Kouros, New York.
- Centre Saddam Hussein, Bagdad, Irak.
- Galerie Chac-Mool, Los Angeles, California.
- Galerie Chantal Melanson, Annecy, France.
- Ambassade de France, Amman, Jordan.
- Galerie Frédéric Sagot, Paris.
- Galerie Olivier Nouvelet, Paris.

1996
- Silences, Galerie Virus, Antwerp, Belgium.
- SI-NO-SI: Signo-Humano, Símbolo, Contemporary Art Museum of Caracas Sofia Imber (MACCSI), Caracas, Venezuela.

1995
- Espace Brenet-Nicolai, Marseille, France.
- Galerie Lise et Henri de Menthon, Paris.
- Opening exhibition, ESPAL Cultural Center, Le Mans, France.
- Trois États du temps, Coprim Foundation for Contemporary Art, Paris.

1993
- D’or et de boue, Galerie Lise et Henri de Menthon, Paris.
- D’or et de boue, Galerie Brochier, Munich, Germany.
- Galerie Phénix, Paris.
- Trazas (Exhibition organized by LABAC, International Foundation for Arts and Culture), Ateneo de Caracas, Venezuela.
- Travaux récents, Espace Jean-Paul Mathieu, Paris.

1992
- Espace culturel Paul Ricard, Paris.
- Galerie Brochier, Munich, Germany.

1991
- Vif-Argent, Galerie du Sénat, Paris.

1989
- Galerie Koralewsky, Paris.

1988
- Press’ Club de France, Paris.

1986
- Cloître des Billettes, Paris.

2004
- Noël des Alpes, open-air scuptures exhition, Annecy, France.
- Œuvres récentes, Galerie Courant d’art at the Village Royal, Paris.
- Art’ 4, Palais des Congrès, Galerie Roger Castang, Perpignan, France.

2003
- Galerie Nathalie Gaillard, Paris.
- Opening, Scape Gallery, Corona del Mar, California.
- New Works: Six Artists, Six Weeks, Diana Nelson Fine Arts Gallery, Pasadena, California.
- Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Paris: exhibition coordinated by the Association “Art et Espoir” for the benefit of the seriously ill people.
- Corps à corps, County Commission of Val-de-Marne, Créteil, France.

2002
- La Force de l’esprit: 30 artists against Alzheimer’s disease, auction at the Espace Pierre Cardin and Drouot Montaigne, Paris.
- 3rd Festival of Monumental Sculpture, Esplanade du Donjon, Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois, France.

2001
- Art of Dining, Newport Beach, California.
- Les Sculpteurs et l’animal, Fukushima, Yamanashi, Kirishima and Mie Museums, Japan.
- Salon Artuel, Beirut, Libanon.
- 6th Biennale European Sculpture, Jardin des Plantes, Paris.
- Musée Poirel, Nancy, France.
- Foire Artenim, Galerie Roger Castang, Nîmes, France.
- St’Art, Strasbourg, France.

2000
- Salon Art Paris, Galerie Chantal Melanson, Carousel du Louvre, Paris.
- Foire Artenim, Galerie Roger Castang, Nîmes, France.
- Foire de Gand, Gand, Belgium.
- Salon d’art contemporain, Angers, France.
- Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, California.
- Ancienne Justice de Paix, Saint-Cyprien-en-Périgord, France.
- L’Art dans la ville, open-air sculptures exhibition, Saint-Étienne, France.
- Galerie Pascal Vanhoecke, Cachan, France.
- Salon d’art contemporain, Angers, France.
- Hommage à la gravure, Galerie Chantal Melanson, Annecy, France.
- Surprises d’artistes, Galerie Courant d’art, Paris.

1999
- Galerie Christine Phal, Paris.
- Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, California.
- Les Sculpteurs et l’animal dans l’art du XXe siècle, Monnaie de Paris, Paris.
- Espace culturel Paul Ricard, Paris.
- Opéra de Massy, Massy, France.
- Salon d’Arts plastiques, Marne-la-Vallée, France (guest of honor).
- 18th Salon d’art contemporain, Angers, France.
- Maison de l’Étang, avec Art Accès, Louveciennes, France.

1998
- Espace Kiron, Paris.
- Galerie Frédéric Sagot, Paris.
- Fondation Coprim, Paris.
- Europ’Art, Genève, Switzerland.
- Salon d’Arts plastiques, Marne-la-Vallée, France.

1997
- Musée d’art contemporain, Louviers, France.
- Adquisiciones recientes, Contemporary Art Museum of Caracas Sofia Imber (MACCSI), - Caracas, Venezuela.
- Palais des Congrès, Saint-Étienne, France.
- Galerie Frédéric Sagot, Paris.
- Galerie Lise et Henri de Menthon (with Éditions Garnier-Nocera), Paris.
- Salon d’Arts plastiques, Marne-la-Vallée, France.

1996
- Salon d’octobre, Brive, France.
- Propos d’artistes II, Fondation Coprim, Paris.
- SAGA, Espace Novotel, Espace Eiffel-Branly, Paris.
- Fondation Cartier: sale for the benefit of the Association La Source, Paris.
- Propos d’artistes, Musée d’art contemporain, Louviers, France.
- Cherry Creek Arts Festival, Denver, Colorado.
- French Summer In L.A., Chac-Mool Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
- Metropole Palace Hôtel, Monte Carlo, Monaco.
- Arcos da Lapa, monumental photographic outdoor projection, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- Paysages de la mémoire, Fondation Coprim, Paris.

1995
- S.I.A.C., Strasbourg, France.
- MANIF (Manifestation d’art nouveau international et Forum), Seoul, Korea.
- D’un format à l’autre, Galerie Lise et Henri de Menthon, Paris.
- Façade, Galerie Lise et Henri de Menthon, Paris.
- Propos d’artistes, Galerie d’art Bouvet-Ladubay, Saumur., France
- Triennale européenne de sculptures, Jardin des Plantes, Paris.
- Atelier 1, Association La Source, La Guéroulde, France.
- Ouvertures, Inaugural exhibition of the new cultural space Paul Ricard, Paris.
- Propos d’artistes (suite), abbaye de l’Épau, Le Mans, France.
- Propos d’artistes, Société Lefranc Bourgeois/Fondation Coprim, Paris.
- Dessins et photos des collections municipales, Vitry-sur-Seine, France.
- Femme du temps jamais, Fondation Coprim, Paris.
- Paysage de la mémoire, Fondation Coprim, Paris.

1994
- French Prestige Art Exhibition, Taipei, Taiwan.
- Galerie l’Œil Soleil, Cliousclat, France.
- 10th Salon MAC 2000, Espace Eiffel-Branly, Paris.
- Art au marché, Saint-Cloud, France.
- L’Autoportrait ou Le miroir éclaté, Fondation Coprim, Paris.
- MIR: des images pour la paix, Galerie Bercovy-Fugier, Pavillon Tusquet, La Villette, Paris.
- Galerie Lise et Henri de Menthon, Paris.

1993
- Salon de Montrouge, France.
- SAGA, Atelier Lacourière et Frélaut, Paris.
- Salon de Bagneux, France.
- Salon d’Arts plastiques, Marne-la-Vallée, France.
- Paris-Washington: French-American Art exchange, Association Arts et Toiles, Gare Montparnasse, Paris.
- Groupe de quatre, Galerie Lise et Henri de Menthon, Paris.

1992
- French/American Art Exchange, The Wetherholt Galleries, Washington DC.
- 1st Biennale des pays francophones, Melun-Sénart, France.
- Galerie Citadella, Prague, Czechoslovakia.
- Jeunes et toiles, Parc floral de Paris.

1991
- Action Battistoni, Paris.
- Galerie Lise et Henri de Menthon, Paris.
- SAGA, Monnaie de Paris, Paris.
- Salon de Vitry, France.
- 46th Salon de Mai, Grand Palais, Paris.
- 36th Salon de Montrouge, France.
- Salon d’arts plastiques, Marne-la-Vallée, France.

1990
- SAGA, Monnaie de Paris, Edition of the sculpture Ombrelle.
- Galerie du Sénat, Salon des antiquaires, Espace Champerret, Paris.

1987
- Action d’union pour la relance artistique (AURA): 4th International competition, Toulouse, France.

1986
- Salon Violet, Paris.

1985
- Action d’union pour la relance artistique (AURA): 2nd International competition, Toulouse, France.
- Novembre à Vitry, Vitry-sur-Seine, France.

- Architecture of a large studio/house in Saint-Ouen, in collaboration with the architect Eric Chabeur. Creation of its specific furnishings (tables, basins, furniture, vegetable wall...), 2002.
- Accompaniment of “Champagnes Nicolas Feuillatte” throughout the year 2000, on the theme of “Time.” Creation of labels, paintings, greeting cards, posters, objects, menus...
- Department Store, “Le Bon Marché,” Christmas 2000: creation of four painted bags (a piece of art as a puzzle).
- Permanent installation of the monumental bronze La Pourvoyeuse at the store’s entranceway.
- Creations of objects for the house (vases, lamps, sculptures...) and house linen for “Alice Alianca.”
- Creation of book cover for Short French Stories: Essays on the Short Story in France in the Twentieth Century, edited by J.E. Flower, University of Exeter, England, 1998.
- Creation of book cover for Giallo Tondo, by Patrizia Rigoni, Mobydick, Faenza, Italy, 1996.
- Creation of Traces, dinnerware in Limoges porcelain by “1000 Soleils éditions,” 1995.
- Creation of bottle label for Château Haut-Canteloup, wine from Médoc, 1994.
- Creation of the cover for the Rapport 98 of Amnesty International, éditions Francophones, Ejay, France, 1993.
- Creation and follow-up of several contemporary spaces, living quarters and studios, conceived as “sculptures to live in.”

2005
- Saint-Ouen, France: T.O.L.É.R.A.N.C.E., permanent installation of nine monumental bronze sculptures, as a puzzle proclaiming tolerance. Each letter evokes a different religion or spirituality.

2000
- Singapore: permanent installation of a monumental bronze sculpture in front of the French Embassy.
- La Pourvoyeuse, permanent installation at the manor of Saché and at the Department Store “Le Bon Marché – Rive Gauche”...

1999
- Achkhabad, Turkmenistan: conception of an important monument with five groups of people symbolizing the five tribes of the Turkmen Nation. Bronze and brick.

1997
- Ciudad Bolivar, Venezuela: conception and realization of the sculpture Orinoko, a giant head crowned with a canoe in which the public can enter, and witness the culture of the Orinoco Indians.

1996
- Contemporary Art Museum of Caracas Sofia Imber (MACCSI), Caracas, Venezuela: SI-NO-SI: Signo-Humano-Símbolo, creation of an interactive installation with the public.

1995
- Centre d’affaires Paris-Trocadéro: Trois Etats du Temps, ephemeral installation of a tree presented horizontally...