Rafael Ferrer
San Juan, PR, 1933
Datos Biográficos
Pintor, escultor, grabador, “performero”, profesor y músico. Estudió música en la Universidad de Syracuse, N.Y., y en el 1952 ingresó a la Universidad de Puerto Rico, donde fue alumno del artista español Eugenio Fernández Granell. Para esos años realizó una serie de instalaciones y esculturas ensambladas con materiales desechados que causaron gran impacto por su ruptura con la estética refinada del arte puertorriqueño. Durante el periodo de los sesenta y setenta se estableció en Filadelfia y se destacó como uno de los principales provocadores del movimiento ahora llamado “arte de proceso” que se centró en el proceso de creación más que en la obra resultante. En 1975 recibió la beca Guggenheim y en tres ocasiones la que otorga la National Endowment for the Arts (1972, 1978 y 1989). Además, ha sido profesor en diversas universidades de los Estados Unidos. Su obra se ha presentado consecuentemente en numerosas exposiciones individuales y colectivas desde el 1961 hasta el presente. Colecciones como las del Museum of Modern Art, el Metropolitan Museum of Art y el Whitney Museum of American Art, todas en Nueva York, han adquirido su obra. Se le ha reconocido ampliamente como un artista de vanguardia y su obra ha sido asociada con el neodadaísmo y al antiarte.
Declaración del Artista
"Un artista que destaca por su estilo sencillo y muy claro. Siempre trabajando directamente de la vida, sus imágenes son figuras de colores brillantes. Presenta una especie de estilo sofisticado ingenuo"
Fuente: Love, Richard. American Art Forum. Entrevista televisiva. EDITEL Chicago. Duración 27 minutos, 46 segundos, 19 de octubre de 1987.
Formación
Educación
1951
- Universidad de Syracuse, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
Experiencia Profesional
1992
- Profesor invitado. Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos
1990
- Profesor invitado. Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass, Colorado, Estados Unidos
1984-1989
- Profesor invitado. University of Pennsylvania, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos
1981
- Profesor invitado. Youngstown State University, Ohio, Estados Unidos
- Profesor invitado. Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine, Estados Unidos
1978-1980
- School of Visual Arts. Nueva York, Estados Unidos
1967-1976
- Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos
1975
- Profesor invitado. San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California, Estados Unido
- Profesor invitado. University of California, Hayward, California, Estados Unidos
1974
- Profesor invitado. University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, Nuevo México, Estados Unidos
1972, 1973
- Profesor invitado. University of Utah; Salt Lake City, Utah, Estados Unidos
1971
- Profesor invitado. University of Rhode Island; Kingston, Rhode Island, Estados Unidos
Conferenciante
- The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, Estados Unidos
- Atlanta College of Art, Georgia, Estados Unidos
- Boston Museum School, Massachusetts, Estados Unidos
- Brigham Young University, Salt Lake City, Utah, Estados Unidos
- California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, California, Estados Unidos
- Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, Estados Unidos
- Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, Estados Unidos
- Denison University, Granville, Ohio, Estados Unidos
- Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, Estados Unidos
- Institute of Contemporary Art of the University of Pennsylvania, Filadelfia, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos
- Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin, Estados Unidos
- Maryland Institute of Art, Baltimore, Maryland, Estados Unidos
- Conferenciante. Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, Florida, Estados Unidos
- Northern Illinois State University, DeKalb, Illinois, Estados Unidos
- Northwood Institute, Dallas, Texas, Estados Unidos
- Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, Estados Unidos
- Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, Estados Unidos
- San Jose State University, San José, California, Estados Unidos
- San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California, Estados Unidos
- School of Visual Arts, Ciudad de Nueva York, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos
- University of Colorado: Denver, Boulder, Pueblo; Colorado, Estados Unidos
- University of Illinois, Chicago Circle, Illinois, Estados Unidos
- University of Texas, El Paso, Texas, Estados Unidos
- Utah State University, Logan, Utah, Estados Unidos
- Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, Estados Unidos
- Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, Carolina del Norte, Estados Unidos
Exhibiciones
Individuales
2017
- Mantic Faces, Freddy Gallery, Harris, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
2015-2016
- MCA / DNA Rafael Ferrer, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois, Estados Unidos
2015
- Reflections, Ille Arts, Amagansett, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
2012
- Calor, Adam Baumgold Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- David Castillo Gallery, Miami, Florida, Estados Unidos
- Works On Paper A Survey 1952-2012, Lancaster Museum of Art, Lancaster, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos
2011-2012
- Contrabando, Guild Hall, East Hampton, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
2011
- Recent Work, Adam Baumgold Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
2010
- Retro/activo: El trabajo de Rafael Ferrer, Museo del Barrio, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
2003
- Isla, Galería Botello, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2001
- Lecciones, Galería Botello, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- I Love New York, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- The body Project, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
2000
- Gateways, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Small Format, Project Space, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
1998
- Galería Botello, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1997
- Frederic Snitzer Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida, Estados Unidos
1996
- Survey, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
1995
- Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
1994
- Barbara Okun Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Galería Botello, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Marta Gutiérrez Fine Arts, Key Biscayne, Florida, Estados Unidos
- Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
1992
- Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
1990
- Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Mangel Gallery, Filadelfia, Estados Unidos
- Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
1989
- Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
1988
- Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Mangel Gallery, Filadelfia, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos
1986
- Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
1985
- Galerie Darthea Speyer, París, Francia
- Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
1988
- Paintings 1981-85, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minnesota, Estados Unidos
- Rafael Ferrer, Beaver College, Glenside, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos
- Rafael Ferrer, Neuberger Museum, State University of New York, Purchase, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
1984
- Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
1983
- Indiana State University, Indiana, Estados Unidos
- El Museo del Barrio, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- University of Southern Florida, Florida, Estados Unidos
1982
- Frumkin & Struve, Chicago, Illinois, Estados Unidos
- Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Northern Illinois University, De Kalb, Illinois, Estados Unidos
- Rafael Ferrer: Impassioned Rhythms, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas, Estados Unidos
1978
- Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts, Estados Unidos
1981
- Okun-Thomas Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri, Estados Unidos
- Hamilton Gallery of Contemporary Art, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
1978
- Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts, Estados Unidos
- The New Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio, Estados Unidos
1977
- Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, Estados Unidos
- Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, Estados Unidos
- One-man indoor-outdoor installation, Fort Worth Art Museum, Texas, Estados Unidos
- Galerie Darthea Speyer, París, Francia
- Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
1976
- Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, Estados Unidos
- The New Gallery, Cleveland, Estados Unidos
1975
- Museo del Grabado Latinoamericano, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
1974
- Museum of Modern Art, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Miami-Dade Community College Art Gallery, Florida, Estados Unidos
- Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, Delaware, Estados Unidos
- Isla, The Museum of Modern Art, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, Estados Unidos
- Phoenix Gallery, San Francisco, California, Estados Unidos
1973
- Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, Estados Unidos
1972
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois, Estados Unidos
- Whitney Museum of American Art, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- The Museum of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Filadelfia, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos
- University of Rhode Island Fine Arts Center, Kingston, Rhode Island, Estados Unidos
1968, 1970
- Galería Leo Castelli, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
1970
- Leo Castelli Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Defected Fountain,
- Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos
- Galerie Michery, Amsterdam, Holanda
- Galerie M.E. Thelen, Cologne, West Germany, Alemania
- University of Hartford Art Gallery, Connecticut, Estados Unidos
1969
- Eastern Connecticut State College, Willimantic, Connecticut, Estados Unidos
- Three Leaf Pieces,
- Castelli Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Galerie M.E. Thelen, Cologne, West Germany, Alemania
1966
- Pan American Union, Washington DC, Estados Unidos
- Casa del Arte, San Juan, Puerto Rico
1964
- Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Mayagüez, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
1962
- Esculturas, Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Colectivas
2019-Presente
- Puerto Rico Plural, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2019
- Alex Bradley Cohen and Rafael Ferrer, Parts and Labor, Beacon, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Eye Contact, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Filadelfia, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos
- Downtown Painting, Peter Freeman, Inc. Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Words in Pictures, Adam Baumgold Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
2018
- A Time Before We Were Born, The Sylvia Wald and Po Kim Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Constructing Identity in America, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, Nueva Jersey, Estados Unidos
2016
- Under the Same Sun: Art from Latin America, South London Gallery, Londres, Inglaterra
- Fluid Ecologies: Hispanic Caribbean Art from the Permanent Collection, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
2015
- Tightrope Walk: Painted Images After Abstraction, White Cube / Bermondsey, Londres, Inglaterra
- Under the Same Sun, Jumex Museum, México DF, México
- America Is Hard to See, Whitney Museum of American Art, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
2014
- Under the Same Sun, Guggenheim Museum, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
2013
- When Attitudes Become Form: Bern 1969 / Venice 2013, Fondazione Prada, Venecia, Italia
- Open Work in Latin American, New York and Beyond: Conceptualism Reconsidered 1967-1978, The Bertha and Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery, Hunter College, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
2012
- Wish You Were Here: The Buffalo Avant-Garde of the 1970's, Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Interconexiones, Lecturas curatoriales de la Colección del MAPR, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2011
- América Latina: Arte y Confrontación 1910-2010, Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, México DF, México
- Pictures of the Body, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Filadelfia, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos
2009
- Puerto Rico: Geografía Humana, Imágenes del siglo XXI, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2008
- Art No Es Vida: Actions By Artists Of The Americas 1960-2000, El Museo del Barrio, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
2007-2008
- Contexto Puertorriqueño: El Rococó Colonial al arte global, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Upon An Ether Sea: Water and Ship Imagery from the MCA Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois, Estados Unidos
2007
- Azul, Galería Petrus, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2004
- MoMA at El Museo, Latin American and Caribbean Art from the Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, El Museo del Barrio, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- North Fork / South Fork: East End Art Now, Parrish Museum of Art, Southampton, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
2003
- Modern Shadows, The Painting Center, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Voces y Visiones, Highlights from El Museo del Barrio's Permanent Collection, El Museo del Barrio, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
2002
- Shark's, Ink 1976 - 2001, Gallery of Contemporary Art, UCCS, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Estados Unidos
- El Arte A Través del Tiempo, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Voices from Our Communities, El Museo del Barrio, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Real(ist) Men, Selby Gallery, Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida, Estados Unidos
2001-2002
- Collector’s Show, The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, Estados Unidos
- The Body Project, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Perspectives on a Decade of Collecting at El Museo del Barrio, El Museo del Barrio, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
2000
- Latin American Still Live, Reflections of Time and Place, El Museo del Barrio, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
1999-2000
- Gateways, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
1998
- Anniversary Show, Frederic Snitzer Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida
1997
- Mary-Anne Martin Fine Art, Miami, Estados Unidos
1996-1997
- The Boat, Object and Metaphor, Pratt Institute, Pratt Manhattan and Schafler Gallery, Brooklyn, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
1996
- Large Drawings and Objects: Expressive Voices of the Meaningful, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, Estados Unidos
- Latin Viewpoints: Into the Mainstream of Art, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Modern and Contemporary Art of the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo, República Dominica
- The Spanish Institute, New York and Americas Society, Nueva York; Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, Miami, Florida, Estados Unidos
- Small Scale, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- 1988
- The Latin American Spirit: Art and Artists in the United Status 1920-1970, Bronx Museum, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Summer Pleasures, Summer Treasures, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- 1995-1996
- Collector's Choice, Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, Florida, Estados Unidos
1995
- Collector's Show, The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, Estados Unidos
- The American Art Today: Night Paintings, Art Museum At Florida International University, Miami, Florida, Estados Unidos
- Pennart, Meyerson Hall Galleries, University of Pennsylvania, Filadelfia, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos
1994
- American Realism: Figurative Painting, Cline Fine Art Gallery, Santa Fe, Nuevo Mexico, Estados Unidos
- Collector's Exhibition, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, Estados Unidos
- 46th Annual Academy Purchase Exhibition, American Academy of Arts and Letters, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Naturaleza Muerta, Mary-Anne Martin Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Series and Editions, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
1993-1994
- Storytelling: The Narrative in Latin American Art, Center of Contemporary Art, Miami, Florida, Estados Unidos
1993
- Collector's Show, The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, Estados Unidos
- Contemporary Public Art in the Bronx, Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- 57th Annual Midyear Exhibition, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio, Estados Unidos
- Still Life 1963-1993, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, Nuevo Mexico, Estados Unidos
- 20 Years, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
1992
- Collector's Show, The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, Estados Unidos
- The Landscape in Twentieth Century Art: Selections from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Madison Art Center, Wisconsin; Traveling to Center for the Fine Arts, Miami; Grand Rapids Art Museum, Michigan; Greenville County Museum of Art, Carolina del Sur; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha; Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa; Tampa Museum of Art, Florida, Estados Unidos
- An Ode to Gardens and Flowers, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Okun Gallery, Santa Fe, Nuevo México, Estados Unidos
- Preview, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
1991-1992
- Celebrating Nature, Champion International Corporation, Stamford, Connecticut, Estados Unidos
1991
- Drawings, Charles Cowles Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- The Awakening/El Despertar, The Discovery Museum, Bridgeport, Connecticut, Estados Unidos
- Black and White, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
1990-1991
- Winter Gold, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
1990
- Tavelli Gallery, Aspen, Colorado, Estados Unidos
- Collector's Exhibition, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, Estados Unidos
- Drawings by Sculptors, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Signs of the Self: Changing Perceptions, Woodstock Artists Association, Woodstock, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Social Studies, Lintas: Worldwide, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
1987-1989
- The Eloquent Object, The Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Estados Unidos
1989
- Recent Portraits, Tatistcheff Gallery, Santa Monica, California, Estados Unidos
- Summer Pleasures: Water, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
1988
- An Awareness of Place, Richard Green Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Contemporary American Drawings, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, Carolina del Norte, Estados Unidos
1987
- American Art Today: The Portrait, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, Estados Unidos
- Collectors' Gallery XXI, Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas, Estados Unidos
- Contemporary Still Life, DFS Dorland Worldwide, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Landscapes: Real and Imagined, Squibb Gallery, Princeton, Nueva Jersey, Estados Unidos
- Saatchi & Saatchi DFS Compton, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- West Collection, St. Paul, Minnesota, Estados Unidos
1986
- Art for Your Collection, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, Estados Unidos
- DiLaurenti Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- 50th Annual Midyear Show, Butler Art Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio, Estados Unidos
- Narrative Images, One Penn Plaza, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Objects Observed, Summit Art Center, Summit, Nueva Jersey, Estados Unidos
- Summer Group Show, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Works on Paper, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
1985
- Anderson Fine Arts Center, Anderson, Indiana, Estados Unidos
- Artists Choosing Artists, Artists' Choice Museum, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Major New Works, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Summer Pleasures, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Winter Solstice, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
1984-1986
- New Narrative Paintings: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museo Tamayo, México; Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona, Estados Unidos; Palazzo Ducale, Italia
1984-1985
- Whitney Museum of American Art of Philip Morris, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
1984
- American Art Now! Painting in the 80's, Columbus Museum of Arts and Sciences, Georgia, Estados Unidos
- Aqui, University of Southern California, Los Ángeles, California, Estados Unidos
- Collector's Gallery, Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas, Estados Unidos
- A Feast for the Eyes, The Museum of Modern Art, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture Today, The Museum of Modern Art, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Major Works Old and New, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- New American Painting, A Tribute to James and Mari Michener, Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, University of Texas, Austin, Texas, Estados Unidos
- New Narrative Paintings: Selections from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale Museum, Florida, Estados Unidos
- Past and Present Part I, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Pressures of the Hand: Expressionist Impulses in Recent American Art, Brainerd Art Gallery, Potsdam College of Arts and Science, Potsdam, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Rockefeller Retrospective, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, Carolina del Norte, Estados Unidos
- Summer Group Show, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Tenth Anniversary Exhibition, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden,
- Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, Estados Unidos
- Via New York, Musee d'Art Contemporain, Montreal, Canadá
1983
- Artists' Choice Museum, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Bonlow Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Contemporary Realism, One Penn Plaza, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Festival of the Arts, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos
- Habitats, Clocktower Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Images and Identities: Artists of Puerto Rican Heritage, Robeson Center Art Gallery, Rutgers University, Newark, Nueva Jersey, Estados Unidos
- Invitational Exhibition, Grace Borgenicht Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Major New Works, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Summer Group Show, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Ten Narrative Paintings, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
1982
- The Americans: Collage 1950-1982, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas, Estados Unidos
- Major New Works: Tenth Anniversary, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Hazlett Awards Exhibition, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos
- Painting and Sculpture Today 1982, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana, Estados Unidos
- Running '82, New York Road Runners Club, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- 74th American Exhibition, The Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, Estados Unidos
- Summer Group Show, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Works on Paper, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
1981-1983
- Map Art: Charts, Routes, Regions, Independent Curators, Inc., Nueva York, Estados Unidos
1981
- Rafael Ferrer, Ron Gorchov, Richard Hennessey, Hamilton Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
1980
- Brown University Invitational Exhibition, Albert A. List Museum, Providence, Rhode Island, Estados Unidos
- Drawings, The Pluralist Decade, Institute of Contemporary Art of the University of Pennsylvania, Filadelfia, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos
- Fabrications, Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, Florida, Estados Unidos
- Plus 4: Auste, Rafael Ferrer, Grace Hartigan, Richard Hennessey, Hamilton Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Poets and Painters, Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, Estados Unidos
- Supershow, Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Urban Encounters: Art, Architecture, Audience, Institute of Contemporary Art of the University of Pennsylvania, Filadelfia, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos
- Venice Biennial Exhibition, Venecia, Italia
1979
- Dwellings, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Filadelfia, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos
- Masks, Vessels, Tents, Talismans, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Filadelfia, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos
1978
- For Collectors, Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts, Estados Unidos
- Paper, Dayton Art Institute, Ohio, Estados Unidos
- Private Myths, The Queens Museum, Flushing, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Recent Works on Paper by Contemporary American Artists, Madison Art Center, Wisconsin, Estados Unidos
- Viewpoint '77: Options in Painting, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Estados Unidos
1977
- Ancient Roots, New Visions, Organized by Fondo del Sol, Washington DC, Estados Unidos
- Contemporary Latin American Artists, Melon Art Gallery, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, Estados Unidos
- Drawings of the 70's, 35th Exhibition, Society for Contemporary Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, Estados Unidos
- Drawings on Maps, Penthouse Museum of Modern Art, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- 41st National Annual Midyear Show, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio, Estados Unidos
- Group Sculpture Show, Brainerd Art Gallery, Potsdam College of Arts and Science, Potsdam, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Group Show from Nancy Hoffman Gallery, The Heistand Hall Art Gallery, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, Estados Unidos
- Latin Excellence, Xerox Square Exhibit Center, Rochester, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Narrative Arts, Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, Texas, Estados Unidos
- Skin, Dayton Art Institute, Ohio, Estados Unidos
- Soft Sculpture, The New Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio, Estados Unidos
- A View of a Decade, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois, Estados Unidos
1976
- Biennial Exhibition, Lehigh University Art Galleries, Bethlehem, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos
- Collector's Choice, The Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Estados Unidos
- Hue and Far Cry of Color, Fort Wayne Art Institute, Indiana, Estados Unidos
- Looking Inside: Latin American Presence in New York, New York Botanical Garden Museum, Bronx, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Latin American Artists, John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida, Estados Unidos
1975
- Abstraction: Alive and Well, Brainerd Art Gallery, Potsdam College of Arts and Science, Potsdam, Nueva York
- New Acquisitions, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Filadelfia, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos
- North, East, West, South and Middle, Moore College of Art, Filadelfia, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos
- Primitive Presence in the 70's, Vassar College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- A Response to the Environment, Rutgers University Art Gallery, New Brunswick, Nueva Jersey, Estados Unidos
- Works on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, Carolina del Norte, Estados Unidos
1974
- Alchemy of the Third Planet, Milwaukee Art Center, University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, Estados Unidos
- Art Now '74, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington DC, Estados Unidos
- Painting and Sculpture Today, 1974, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana; The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, Estados Unidos
- Works on Paper, The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, Estados Unidos
- Biennial de Medellin, Medellín, Colombia
- Biennial of Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture, Whitney Museum of American Art, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Depth and Presence, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, Estados Unidos
- The Invisible Artist, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Filadelfia, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos
- Six Sculptors, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois, Estados Unidos
1973
- The Invisible Artists, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Filadelfia, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos
- An Evening of Contemporary Art at the Bayly, Bayly Art Museum, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, Estados Unidos
1971
- Depth and Presence, Corcoran Gallery, Washington DC, Estados Unidos
1970
- Art in the Mind, Dudley Peter Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Ohio, Estados Unidos
- Funf Kunstler, Museumverein, Wuppertal, West Germany, Alemania
- Information, The Museum of Modern Art, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Monumental Art, The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, Estados Unidos
- Sculpture Annual, Whitney Museum of American Art, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Monumental Art, The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, Estados Unidos
- Information, The Museum of Modern Art, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
1969
- Anti-Illusion/Procedures/Materials, Whitney Museum of American Art, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Art in Process IV, Finch College Museum of Art, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- 557 087, Seattle Art Museum, Washington DC, Estados Unidos
- FRARMRRIREEROFIBSEATERLR (Robert Morris-Rafael Ferrer), Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Mayagüez, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
- Long Beach Island, Love ladies, Nueva Jersey, Estados Unidos
- 955 000, Vancouver Art Gallery, British Columbia, Canada
- Op Losse Shrven, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Holanda
- When Attitudes Become Form, Kunsthalle, Berne, Suiza
- Rafael Ferrer- Robert Morris, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Mayagüez, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
1968
- Between Object and Environment, Institute of Contemporary Art of the University of Pennsylvania, Filadelfia, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos
- Outdoor Sculpture, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Mayagüez, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
- Between object and Enviroment, Institute of Contemporary Art of the University of Pennsylvania, Filadelfia, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos
1967
- Young Artists, Their Work, Martha Jackson Gallery, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Art in Latin America, Peale House Galleries, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Filadelfia, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos
1961
- Ferrer- Villamil, Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Premios, Distinciones y Logros
1998
- Beca. Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
1994
- Beca. Pew Foundation, Estados Unidos
1989
- Beca. National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, Washington DC, Estados Unidos
1975
- Premio Guggenheim. Nueva York, Estados Unidos
1978
- Beca. National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, Washington DC, Estados Unidos
1972
- Beca. National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, Washington DC, Estados Unidos
Colecciones
- Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- The Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, Carolina del Norte, Estados Unidos
- Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, Estados Unidos
- The Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland, Estados Unidos
- Baxter Laboratories, Deerfield, Illinois, Estados Unidos
- The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio, Estados Unidos
- Chase Manhattan Bank, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Chemical Bank, Midland, Michigan, Estados Unidos
- Comdisco, Rosemont, Illinois, Estados Unidos
- The Denver Art Museum, Colorado, Estados Unidos
- Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana, Estados Unidos
- Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Lehmbruck Museum, Duisberg, West Germany, Alemania
- Museo de Arte Moderno, Bogotá, Colombia
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Museo de Antropología, Historia y Arte, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Río Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Museo de la Princesa, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois, Estados Unidos
- The Museum of Modern Art, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- New York State Facilities Corporation, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico
- Pasadena Museum, California, Estados Unidos
- Philadelphia Museum of Art, Filadelfia, Pensilvania, Estados Unidos
- Prudential Insurance Company of America, Newark, Nueva Jersey, Estados Unidos
- Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, Estados Unidos
- Vassar College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
- Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, Estados Unidos
- Whitney Museum of American Art, Nueva York, Estados Unidos
Bibliografía
Libros
Hermandad de Artistas Gráficos de Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico Arte e Identidad, Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1998.
Los tesoros de la pintura puertorriqueña. Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. San Juan, P.R. 2000.
Periódicos
Brenson, Michael. “Review/Art; David Salle and Rafael Ferrer: In Mainstream and Out”. The New York Times (New York, United States), March 18, 1988. https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/18/arts/review-art-david-salle-and-rafael-ferrer-in-mainstream-and-out.html
Cotter, Holland. “Arriving Late to the Party, but Dancing on All the Clichés”. The New York Times (New York, United States), June 12, 2014. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/13/arts/design/under-the-same-sun-art-from-latin-america-at-guggenheim.html
Lipson, Karin. “Belated Acclaim for an Artist With a Restless Sensibility”. The New York Times (New York, United States), December 16, 2011. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/18/nyregion/rafael-ferrers-work-is-finding-many-audiences.html
Schjeldahl, Peter. “The Audacity of Raphael Ferrer”. The New York Times (New York, United States), January 25, 1970, p.90. https://www.nytimes.com/1970/01/25/archives/the-audacity-of-raphael-ferrer.html
Smith, Roberta. “After Process, a Return to the Tropics”. The New York Times (New York, United States), June 10, 2010. https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/11/arts/design/11ferrer.html
Wright, Karen. “Gilbert and George: Artists attempt to shock with a set of crude, expensive banners”. The Independent (United Kingdom), November 29, 2015. https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/gilbert-and-george-artists-attempt-shock-set-crude-expensive-banners-a6753451.html
Revistas
“Shows: Rafael Ferrer, Nancy Hoffman Gallery”. ARTFORUM, May 1978, p.67. https://www.artforum.com/print/reviews/197805/rafael-ferrer-68385
“Shows: Rafael Ferrer, Whitney Museum of American Art”. ARTFORUM, March 1972, p.86. https://www.artforum.com/print/reviews/197203/rafael-ferrer-70347
Schwabsky, Barry. “Alex Katz’s Downtown Dreams”. The Nation (New York, United States), August 16, 2019. https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/alex-katz-downtown-painting-peter-freeman-gavin-brown-review/
Web
http://www.rafaelferrerstudio.com/
Yau, John. “Rafael Ferrer’s Gift of Two Dried-Up Pineapples”. Hyperallergic (New York, United States), February 17, 2013. https://hyperallergic.com/65183/rafael-ferrers-gift-of-two-dried-up-pineapples/
Rafael Ferrer: Contributing artist of PRŌTOCOLLUM 2018/19. https://protocollum.org/