Cayetano Ferrer (b. 1981, Honolulu; lives and works in Los Angeles) received an MFA from University of Southern California (2010) and a BFA from School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2006). Solo exhibitions have been held at Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles (2019); Southard Reid, London (2018); Podium, Oslo (2018); Faena Art Center, Buenos Aires (2017); and Santa Barbara Museum of Art (2015). Selected group exhibitions have been held at Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery (forthcoming);  Barbati Gallery, Venice (2023); Koppe Astner, Glasgow (2020); Yuz Museum, Shanghai (2019); Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo (2017); Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia (2017); Hessel Museum of Art, Bard College, Annandale-On-Hudson (2015); Swiss Institute, New York (2014); and Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2012). Ferrer is a recipient of LACMA Art + Technology Lab grant (2015), Artadia Los Angeles Award (2013), and California Community Foundation Fellowship for Visual Artists (2013).

Ferrer's work is in the collection of Los Angeles County Museum of Art.