Plastical Artist

Esther Ferrer is known for her performances, her primary form of expression, either individually or as part of the ZAJ group (until its dissolution in 1996)

At the beginning of the 1960s she founded the first Free Expression Workshop and an experimental school in Elorrio (Vizcaya) together with Jose Antonio Sistiaga.

In the mid-1970s, she took up her artistic activities again, with photographic works, installations, and pictures based on a series of prime numbers, objects etc.

She has performed and participated in festivals in: Spain, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, France, Denmark, Norway, England, Holland, Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Bulgaria, Mexico, Brazil, Cuba, the United States, Canada, Thailand, Japan, Korea, etc.

Esther Ferrer regularly exhibits her works of art. In 1999 she was one of the two artists who represented Spain in the Venetian Biennial and in 2008 she won the Premio Nacional de Artes Plásticas (National Fine Arts Award).
Some exhibitions: : "ZAJ" Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (Queen Sofia Art Centre), Madrid (Spain), Donguy Gallery, Lara Vinci Gallery, Galerie Satélite, Paris (France) - Trayecto Gallery, Victoria - (Spain) Angels Gallery, Barcelona (Spain)- Trinta Gallery - Santiago de Compostela (Spain)- Statsgalerie, Stuttgart (Germany) - Koldo Mitxelena San Sebastian (Spain) - Andalusian Contemporary Art Centre, Seville (Spain) - Roskilde Contemporary Art Museum, (Denmark), Fine Art Museum, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Cervantes Institute of Rome (Italy), Sofía (Bulgaria), San Paulo and Bahia (Brazil).

She has given many courses in Universities and Fine Art Schools in Spain and abroad.

Radio broadcasts: Al ritmo del tiempo, TA TE TI TO TU and la agricultura en la Edad Media.

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