Alessandro Raho (Photo by Louise Haywood Schiefer)
Alessandro Raho hailed as one for Britain’s leading light in 1996 following the ‘young british artist’ exhibition ‘Brilliant’ in Minneapolis is a 1994 graduate of Goldsmiths College. In 2004, he was commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery in London to paint a portrait of English actress Dame Judi Dench imaginatively presenting her a “wealthy housewife,” he painted her in a way that “thrilled and flattered” her. Recent exhibitions include solo shows at Alison Jacques Gallery, London (2015) and Patrick de Brock Gallery, Knokke (2015), as well as participation in group shows including We Transfer: Mark Leckey + Alessandro Raho, Secession, Vienna (2015); I Cheer A Dead Man’s Sweetheart, De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhil-on-Sea (2014); Knock Knock, Jerwood Gallery, Hastings (2013); Painting Show, Eastside Gallery, Birmingham (2011); Wall Rockets, FLAG Art Foundation, New York (2008) and Great Britons, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC (2007).
ALESSANDRO RAHO
Representative Gallery Alison Jacques Gallery London
Born 1971 Nassau Bahamas
EDUCATION
1991-94 Goldsmith College London BA Fine Art
1989-90 Croydon College of Art London Dip. Foundation Studies
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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2015 Alison Jacques Gallery, London & Patrick de Brock, Knokke, Belgium
2012 Alison Jacques Gallery
2011 ‘The Pavilion of Realism’ Thomas Williams Fine Art, London
2009 Effearte Gallery, Milan, Italy
2008 Ruzicska Gallery, Salzburg, Austria & Thomas Williams Fine Art, London
2006 Ruzicska Gallery
2005 Alison Jacques Gallery
2004 National Portrait Gallery, London (Judi Dench Portrait)
2003 Cheim & Read, New York, USA & Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
2002 Taro Nasu, Tokyo, Japan
2001 Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg
2000 Asprey Jacques Gallery, London
1999 Taro Nasu, Tokyo
1997 Monica de Cardenas, Milan, Italy
1996 Maureen Paley/Interim Art Gallery, London, UK & Jay Gorney Modern Art, New York, USA
1995 Rena Bransten, San Francisco, USA & Maureen Paley/Interim Art, London
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015 ‘We Transfer: Mark Leckey & Alessandro Raho, Secession, Vienna, Austria & ‘2015 Drawing Biennial’ Drawing Room London
2014 ‘I Cheer a Dead Man’s Sweetheart: Painting in Britain Now- from Auerback to Wragg’, De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-sea, Sussex, United Kingdom
2013 ‘In a Sentimental Mood’, La Galerie des Galeries, Paris, France & ‘Knock Knock: Seven Artists in Hastings’, Jerwood Gallery, Hastings, UK
2011 ‘Painting Show’ Eastside Projects, Birmingham, UK & Two person exhibition Dietmar Lutz and Alessandro Raho, Jens Ulrich Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2009 Double Show with Simon Popper, Hats Plus, London, UK
2008 ‘Wall Rockets’ FLAG Art Foundation (Curator Lisa Dennison) New York, USA
2007 ‘Great Britons: Treasures from the National Portrait Gallery London, National Portrait Gallery and Smithsonian Institute, Washington DC, USA | ‘Attentions to Detail’ FLAG Art Foundation (Curator Chuck Close) New York USA | Salon Nouveau, Engholm Engelhorn Galerie, Vienna, Austria | Alison Jacques Gallery, London, UK
2004 ‘Must I Paint You a Picture?’ Haunch of Venison (Curator Pablo Lafuente) London & ‘In the Palace at 4am’ Alison Jacques Gallery (Curator Catherine Wood) London
COMMISSIONS AND AWARDS
2005 National Portrait Gallery, London – Portrait of Dame Judi Dench
COLLECTIONS
National Portrait Gallery, London | Museum of Modern Art, New York | Seattle Museum of Art, Seattle, Washington, USA | Walker Art Centre, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA | Berardo Collection, Sintra, Portugal