about
biographyReynier Ferrer (born 1979 in Havana, Cuba) is a contemporary Cuban artist living and working in Miami, Florida. He studied at the San Alejandro Academy of Fine Arts from 2000 to 2004.
Working within gestural abstraction, Ferrer investigates memory, transformation, vulnerability, and resilience through an intensely physical pictorial language. His compositions unfold as fields of tension and transformation, where matter, gesture, and intuition construct a pictorial reality that oscillates between the emergence and disappearance of forms, resisting literal representation.
His process is instinctive and materially driven. Dense passages of paint, exposed canvas, layered marks, and moments of erasure establish a shifting relationship between intention and chance. Rather than fixing a single image or narrative, his paintings remain open to ambiguity, change, and the unexpected.
Ferrer has exhibited in the United States and internationally, including Embracing the Unknown (2025), Art of the World Gallery, Houston; Disturbing Dichotomies (2024), Duque Arango Gallery; and Fragmenting the Gaze (2024), CASA MÁS, Bogotá. His work has been presented at Art Miami, Zona Maco, KIAF Seoul, and Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary.
His work is held in museum, institutional, corporate, and public art collections, including the National Museum of Fine Arts in Havana, Norwegian Cruise Line, Regent Seven Seas Cruises, and public art collections and installations in Miami, Florida. He works with Art of the World Gallery (Houston), Ascaso Gallery (Miami), and Duque Arango Gallery (Colombia).
collections
national museum of fine arts, havana · public art collections and installations, miami · norwegian cruise line collection, miami · regent seven seas cruises · the committee for hispanic children and families, new york · american wind symphony orchestra · numerous private collections worldwide
honors & residencies
2019 · winning artist, norwegian cruise line portmiami public art project, miami-dade county · 2011 · city of warwick mayoral proclamation, "reynier ferrer day", rhode island · 2011 · artist residency, as220 gallery, rhode island
education
san alejandro academy of fine arts, havana, 2000–2004
studio
miami · visits by appointment · contact the studio
selected solo exhibitions
& featured projects
- 2025Embracing the Unknown · Art of the World Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA
- 2024Disturbing Dichotomies · Duque Arango Gallery, Colombia
- 2024Fragmenting the Gaze · CASA MÁS, Bogotá, Colombia
- 2023Evolving Journeys · two-artist exhibition, Art of the World Gallery, Houston, Texas, USA
- 2023An Act of Faith · Ascaso Gallery, Miami, Florida, USA
- 2022Ascaso Gallery Pop-up · SOLESDI, Miami Design District, Florida, USA
- 2020Open Studio · Reynier Ferrer Studio, Miami, Florida, USA
- 2016MADE IN USA · Carlsbad Museum & Art Center, New Mexico, USA
- 2015Ritual en la Isla · 12th Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba
- 2011The Roads of Memory · Lincoln Center, New York, USA
- 2011The Roads of Memory · Warwick Museum, Warwick, Rhode Island, USA
- 2010Con la Memoria · Centro Cultural Fresa y Chocolate, Havana, Cuba
- 2008Mater Natura · Convento de San Francisco de Asís, Havana, Cuba
- 2006Vestigios · Carmen Montilla Gallery, Havana, Cuba
- 2002A mi manera · Díaz Peláez Gallery, San Alejandro Academy, Havana, Cuba
selected group exhibitions
& art fairs
- 2026Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary · Duque Arango Gallery, Florida, USA
- 2025Art Miami · Duque Arango Gallery, Miami, USA
- 2025Zona Maco · Art of the World Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
- 2025Reciprocity · Ascaso Gallery, Miami, USA
- 2025Forms in Space · Ascaso Gallery, Miami, USA
- 2025Constellation Art Fair · Art of the World Gallery, Monterrey, Mexico
- 2025Palm Beach Art Fair · Ascaso Gallery, Florida, USA
- 2024KIAF Seoul · Art of the World Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
- 2024Zona Maco · Duque Arango Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico
- 2024Art Miami · Duque Arango Gallery, Miami, USA
- 2023Art Miami · Duque Arango, Ascaso and Art of the World galleries, Miami, USA
- 2023Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary · Ascaso Gallery, Florida, USA
- 2022A Thundering Collision of Different Worlds · Ascaso Gallery, Miami, USA
- 2021Group exhibition · Ascaso Gallery, Miami, USA
- 2021Miami-Dade Art in Public Places · Art Basel Miami period, USA
- 2019Ongoing Highlights · LnS Gallery, Miami, USA
- 2018Ongoing Highlights · LnS Gallery, Miami, USA
- 2017Winter Salon · Thomas Jaeckel Gallery, New York, USA
- 2017Art New York · Cernuda Arte, New York, USA
- 2016Palm Beach Art Fair · Cernuda Arte, Florida, USA
- 2015Trailer Park Open Studio · Miami Beach, USA
- 2013Wynwood Art Fair · Cernuda Arte, Miami, USA
- 2013Miami River Art Fair · Cernuda Arte, Miami, USA
- 2012Houston Fine Art Fair · Cernuda Arte, Texas, USA
- 2012Miami Art Fair · Cernuda Arte, Miami, USA
reynier ferrer day
city of warwick, rhode island · october 5, 2011
On October 5, 2011, Scott Avedisian, Mayor of the City of Warwick, proclaimed “Reynier Ferrer Day” to celebrate Con la memoria (The Roads of Memory), the artist’s exhibition at the Warwick Museum of Art, September 28 – October 7, 2011.
The show grew out of a collaboration with his uncle, the writer Edmundo Desnoes, who sent Ferrer phrases that became the starting point for the paintings. It was made possible by the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts and the New England Festival of Ibero-American Cinema.
On that first trip to the United States, Ferrer also exhibited at Lincoln Center in New York, the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University and the Atrium in Providence, and was artist in residence at AS220.
source: city of warwick mayoral proclamation, october 5, 2011
