RAFAEL FERRER
Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1933ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2000 Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
1995 Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
1994 Marta Gutierrez Fine Arts, Key Biscayne, Florida
Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York1992 Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
1990 Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
Mangel Gallery, Philadelphia1989 Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
1988 Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
Mangel Gallery, Philadelphia1986 Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
1985 Galerie Darthea Speyer, Paris
Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York1984 Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
"Paintings 1981-85," Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minnesota
"Rafael Ferrer," Beaver College, Glenside, Pennsylvania
"Rafael Ferrer," Neuberger Museum, State University of New York, Purchase, New York
1983 Indiana State University
El Museo del Barrio, New York1982 Frumkin & Struve, Chicago
University of Southern Florida
Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York1981 Okun-Thomas Gallery, St. Louis
Northern Illinois University, De Kalb
"Rafael Ferrer: Impassioned Rhythms," Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas
1980 Frumkin & Struve Gallery, Chicago
Hamilton Gallery of Contemporary Art, New York1978 Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston1977 Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo
The New Gallery, Cleveland
Marianne Deson Gallery1976 Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant
Fort Worth Art Museum, one-man indoor-outdoor installation, Texas
Galerie Darthea Speyer, Paris
Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
The New Gallery, Cleveland1975 Instituto de Cultura Puertoriquena, San Juan
Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York1974 Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington
"Isla," The Museum of Modern Art, New York1973 Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati
Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago
Phoenix Gallery, San Francisco
Miami-Dade Community College Art Gallery, Florida1972 The Museum of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
University of Rhode Island Fine Arts Center, Kingston1970 Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
"Defected Fountain," Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania1969 Eastern Connecticut State College, Willimantic
Galerie Michery, Amsterdam
Galerie M.E. Thelen, Cologne, West Germany
University of Hartford Art Gallery, Connecticut
Galerie M.E. Thelen, Cologne, West Germany1966 Pan American Union, Washington, D.C.
"Three Leaf Pieces," Castelli Gallery, New York
1964 University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1996-97 "The Boat, Object and Metaphor," Pratt Institute, Pratt Manhattan and Schafler Gallery,Brooklyn
1996 "Large Drawings and Objects: Expressive Voices of the Meaningful," Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock
"Latin Viewpoints: Into the Mainstream of Art," Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, New York1995-96 "Collector's Choice," Center for the Arts, Vero Beach, Florida
"Modern and Contemporary Art of the Dominican Republic," The Spanish Institute, New York and Americas Society, New York; Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach
"Small Scale," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
"Summer Pleasures, Summer Treasures," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
"Collector's Show," The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock1995 "American Art Today: Night Paintings," The Art Museum At Florida International University, Miami
"Pennart," Meyerson Hall Galleries, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia1994 "American Realism: Figurative Painting," Cline Fine Art Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
"Collector's Exhibition," Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock1993-94 "Storytelling: The Narrative in Latin American Art," Center of Contemporary Art, North Miami
"46th Annual Academy Purchase Exhibition," American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York
"Naturaleza Muerta, The Still Life in Latin America," Mary-Anne Martin Gallery, New York
"Series and Editions," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
1993 "Collector's Show," The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock
"Contemporary Public Art in the Bronx," Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, New York1992 "Collector's Show," The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock
"57th Annual Midyear Exhibition," The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
"Still Life 1963-1993," Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
"20 Years," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
"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, South Carolina; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha; Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa; Tampa Museum of Art, Florida1991-92 "Celebrating Nature," Champion International Corporation, Stamford, Connecticut
"An Ode to Gardens and Flowers," Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, New York
Okun Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
"Preview," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
"Drawings," Charles Cowles Gallery, New York1991 "The Awakening/El Despertar," The Discovery Museum, Bridgeport, Connecticut
"Black and White," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York1990-91 "Winter Gold," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
1990 "Collector's Exhibition," Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock
"Drawings by Sculptors," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York1989 "Recent Portraits," Tatistcheff Gallery, Santa Monica, California
"Signs of the Self: Changing Perceptions," Woodstock Artists Association, Woodstock, New York
"Social Studies," Lintas: Worldwide, New York, New York
"Summer Pleasures: Water," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York1988 "An Awareness of Place," Richard Green Gallery, New York
"Contemporary American Drawings," Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina1987-89 "The Eloquent Object," The Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma
"An Evening of Contemporary Art at the Bayly," Bayly Art Museum, University of Virginia, Charlottesville
"Nocturne: Portraying the Night," Kemper Gallery, Kansas City Art Institute, Missouri
Tavelli Gallery, Aspen, Colorado
1987 "American Art Today: The Portrait," Florida International University, Miami
"Collectors' Gallery XXI," Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas1986 "Art for Your Collection," Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
"Contemporary Still Life," DFS Dorland Worldwide, New York
"Landscapes: Real and Imagined," Squibb Gallery, Princeton, New Jersey
Saatchi & Saatchi DFS Compton, New York
West Collection, St. Paul, Minnesota
DiLaurenti Gallery, New York1985 Anderson Fine Arts Center, Anderson, Indiana
"50th Annual Midyear Show," Butler Art Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
"Narrative Images," One Penn Plaza, New York
"Objects Observed," Summit Art Center, Summit, New Jersey
"Summer Group Show," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
"Works on Paper," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
"Artists Choosing Artists," Artists' Choice Museum, New York1984-86 "New Narrative Paintings: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," Tamayo Museum, Mexico City; Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona; Palazzo Ducale, Italy.
"The Figure in 20th Century Art: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," American Federation of the Arts traveling exhibition
"Major New Works," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
"Summer Pleasures," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
"Winter Solstice," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
1984-85 Whitney Museum of American Art of Philip Morris, New York
1984 "American Art Now! Painting in the 80's," Columbus Museum of Arts and Sciences, Georgia
"Aqui," University of Southern California, Los Angeles1983 Artists' Choice Museum, New York
"Collector's Gallery," Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, San Antonio
"A Feast for the Eyes," The Museum of Modern Art, New York
"An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture Today,"
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Major Works Old and New," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
"New American Painting, A Tribute to James and Mari Michener,"
Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, University of Texas at Austin
"New Narrative Paintings: Selections from the Metropolitan Museum of Art,"
Fort Lauderdale Museum, Florida
"Past and Present Part I," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
"Pressures of the Hand: Expressionist Impulses in Recent American Art,"
Brainerd Art Gallery, Potsdam College of Arts and Science, Potsdam, New York
"Rockefeller Retrospective," Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
"Summer Group Show," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
"Tenth Anniversary Exhibition," Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden,
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
"Via New York," Musee d'Art Contemporain, Montreal
Bonlow Gallery, New York1982 "The Americans: Collage 1950-1982," Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston
"Contemporary Realism," One Penn Plaza, New York
"Festival of the Arts," Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania
"Habitats," Clocktower Gallery, New York
"Images and Identities: Artists of Puerto Rican Heritage," Robeson Center Art Gallery, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey
"Invitational Exhibition," Grace Borgenicht Gallery, New York
"Major New Works," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
"Summer Group Show," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
"Ten Narrative Paintings," Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
"Major New Works: Tenth Anniversary," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York1981-83 "Map Art: Charts, Routes, Regions," Independent Curators, Inc., New York
"1982 Hazlett Awards Exhibition," Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, Pennsylvania
"Painting and Sculpture Today 1982," Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana
"Running '82," New York Road Runners Club, New York
"74th American Exhibition," The Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois
"Summer Group Show," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
"Works on Paper," Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York
1981 "Rafael Ferrer, Ron Gorchov, Richard Hennessey," Hamilton Gallery, New York
1980 "Brown University Invitational Exhibition," Albert A. List Museum, Providence
"Drawings, The Pluralist Decade," Institute of Contemporary Art of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia1979 "Dwellings," Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
"Fabrications," Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, Florida
"Plus 4: Auste, Rafael Ferrer, Grace Hartigan, Richard Hennessey," Hamilton Gallery, New York
"Poets and Painters," Denver Art Museum, traveling exhibition
"Supershow," Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, New York
"Urban Encounters: Art, Architecture, Audience," Institute of Contemporary Art of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
"Venice Biennial Exhibition," Venice, Italy
"Masks, Vessels, Tents, Talismans," Institute of Contemporary Art,1978 "For Collectors," Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
"Paper," Dayton Art Institute, Ohio1977 "Ancient Roots, New Visions," Organized by Fondo del Sol, Washington, D.C.
"Private Myths," The Queens Museum, Flushing, New York
"Recent Works on Paper by Contemporary American Artists," Madison Art Center, Wisconsin
"Viewpoint '77: Options in Painting," Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
"Contemporary Latin American Artists," Melon Art Gallery, Northeastern University, Boston1976 "Biennial Exhibition," Lehigh University Art Galleries, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
"Drawings of the 70's," 35th Exhibition, Society for Contemporary Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois
"Drawings on Maps," Penthouse Museum of Modern Art, New York
"41st National Annual Midyear Show," Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
"Group Sculpture Show," Brainerd Art Gallery, Potsdam College of Arts and Science, Potsdam, New York
"Group Show from Nancy Hoffman Gallery," The Heistand Hall Art Gallery, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
"Latin Excellence," Xerox Square Exhibit Center, Rochester, New York
"Narrative Arts," Contemporary Art Museum, Houston
"Skin," Dayton Art Institute, Ohio
"Soft Sculpture," The New Gallery, Cleveland
"A View of a Decade," Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
"Collector's Choice," The Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa1975 "Abstraction: Alive and Well," Brainerd Art Gallery, Potsdam College of Arts and Science, Potsdam, New York
"Hue and Far Cry of Color," Fort Wayne Art Institute, Indiana
"Looking Inside: Latin American Presence in New York," New York Botanical Garden Museum, Bronx, New York
"Latin American Artists," John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida
"New Acquisitions," Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania1974 "Alchemy of the Third Planet," Milwaukee Art Center, University of Wisconsin
"North, East, West, South and Middle," Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
"Primitive Presence in the 70's," Vassar College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, New York
"A Response to the Environment," Rutgers University Art Gallery, New Brunswick, New Jersey
"Works on Paper," Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
"Art Now '74," John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C.1974 "Biennial de Medellin," Colombia
"Painting and Sculpture Today, 1974," Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana; The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
"Works on Paper," The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond
"Biennial of Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York1970 "Art in the Mind," Dudley Peter Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Ohio
"Depth and Presence," The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
"The Invisible Artist," Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania
"Six Sculptors," Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
"Funf Kunstler," Museumverein, Wuppertal, West Germany1969 "Anti-Illusion/Procedures/Materials," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
"Information," The Museum of Modern Art, New York
"Monumental Art," The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
"Sculpture Annual," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
"Art in Process IV," Finch College Museum of Art, New York1968 "Between Object and Environment," Institute of Contemporary Art of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
"557 087," Seattle Art Museum, Washington
"FRARMRRIREEROFIBSEATERLR (Robert Morris-Rafael Ferrer)" University of Puerto Rico Art Museum, Mayaguez
"Long Beach Island," Loveladies, New Jersey
"955 000," Vancouver Art Gallery, British Columbia, Canada
"Op Losse Shrven," Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
"When Attitudes Become Form," Kunsthalle, Berne
"Outdoor Sculpture," University of Puerto Rico Museum of Art, Mayaguez1967 "Art in Latin America," Peale House Galleries, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia
"Young Artists, Their Work," Martha Jackson Gallery, New York
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, North CarolinaGRANTS
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland
Baxter Laboratories, Deerfield, Illinois
The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
Chase Manhattan Bank, New York and Puerto Rico
Chemical Bank
Comdisco
The Denver Art Museum, Colorado
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana
Instituto de Cultura Puertoriquena, San Juan
Lehmbruck Museum, Duisberg, West Germany
Museo de Arte Moderno, Bogota, Colombia
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City
Museo de la Princesa, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Museum of the University of Puerto Rico
New York State Facilities Corporation, New York
Museo de Ponce, Puerto Rico
Pasadena Museum, California
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania
Prudential Insurance Company of America, Newark, New Jersey
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
Vassar College Art Gallery, Poughkeepsie, New York
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
1994 Pew Foundation Grant
1989 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
1975 Guggenheim Award
1978 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
1972 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
TEACHING
1992 Visiting Professor, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
1990 Visiting Professor, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass, Colorado
1984-89 Visiting Professor, University of Pennsylvania
1981 Visiting Professor, Youngstown State University, Ohio
Visiting Professor, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine
1978-80 School of Visual Arts, New York City
1967-77 Philadelphia College of Art, Pennsylvania
1975 Visiting Professor, San Francisco Art Institute, California
Visiting Professor, University of California, Hayward
1974 Visiting Professor, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
1972, 1973 Visiting Professor, University of Utah, Salt Lake City
1971 Visiting Professor, University of Rhode Island, Kingston
LECTURES
The Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois
Atlanta College of Art, Georgia
Boston Museum School, Massachusetts
Brigham Young University, Salt Lake City
California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland
Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant
Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati
Denison University, Granville, Ohio
Florida State University, Tallahassee
Institute of Contemporary Art of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Instituto de Cultura Puertoriquena, San Juan
Madison Art Center, Wisconsin
Maryland Institute of Art, Baltimore
Miami-Dade Community College, Miami, Florida
Northern Illinois State University, DeKalb
Northwood Institute, Dallas
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
San Jose State University, California
San Francisco Art Institute, California
School of Visual Arts, New York City
Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
University of Colorado: Denver, Boulder, Pueblo
University of Illinois, Chicago Circle
University of Texas, El Paso
Utah State University, Logan
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond
Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
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