Raphaella Spence
"Looking at Spence’s compositions, one is left in no doubt that the artist has an acute photographer’s eye, while the finesse of her brushwork in oils and her unique excellent technical skill is remarkable.The final canvases have a vibrant, dream - like luminosity. These are labours of unique virtuosity , love and emotional detachment is the last thing they suggest."
by Edward Lucie Smith
Raphaella Spence has received critical recognition for her work in widely circulated newspapers and magazines including The International Herald Tribune, ART + Design Magazine, rh+ art magazine, The Spectator, The artist’s Magazine, Art News, Dan’s Papers, Arte di Giorgio Mondadori, Panarama, La Republica, Corriere Della Sera and Il Messaggero.
Her paintings are included in private, public and corporate collections throughout the United States, Canada, England, Russia, Italy, Austria, Germany, Belgium, Greece, Spain, Switzerland, Australia and the United Arab Emirates. In April 2011 Dan’s Papers dedicated the front cover to Raphaella Spence.
At the end of 2012 Raphaella Spence took part in an international museum tour on Photorealism (Hyperrealism) which will start at the Kunsthalle Tübingen Museum, Tübingen (Germany) and will be continued at the Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid (Spain), Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, (England), NOMA - New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans (U.S.A.), OKCMOA - Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklaoma City (U.S.A.) and The Butler Institute Of American Art, Howland Township, Ohio (U.S.A.).
"The Voyage"
oil on Canvas
100 x 171 cm
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016 Saints and Sinners, Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery, New York (U.S.A.)
2014 A Million Lights, Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery, New York (U.S.A.)
2012 Night and Day, Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery, New York (U.S.A.)
2011 Venice Reprise, Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery, New York (U.S.A.)
2009 Beijing, Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery, New York
2007 Crossroads, Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery, New York
2005 Bridge of Colors, Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery, New York
2004 Albemarle Gallery, London
2003 Stolen Dreams, Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery, New York
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016 Photorealism. 50 years of Hyperrealistic painting, Musée d'Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium
Photorealism. 50 years of Hyperrealistic painting, Kumu - Art Museum of Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia
Photorealism. 50 years of Hyperrealistic painting, Osthaus Museum Hagen, Hagen, Germany
2015 Photorealism. 50 years of Hyperrealistic painting, Museo de Bellas Ares de Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain
Cityscapes, Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York (U.S.A.)
True Colors, Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery, New York (U.S.A.)
Art Miami, Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery, New York (U.S.A.)
Art Miami, Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York (U.S.A.)
Cityscape paintings, Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery, New York (U.S.A.)
2014 Photorealism: The Sydney and Walfa Besthoff Collection, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans (U.S.A.)
Context Art Miami 2014, Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery, New York (U.S.A.)
Art Silicon Valley, Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery, San Francisco (U.S.A.)
2013 Rarity Summer Salon Show, Rarity Gallery, Mykonos
2012 Rarity Summer Salon Show, Rarity Gallery, Mykonos
2011 Rarity Summer Salon Show, Rarity Gallery, Mykonos
2010 Rarity Summer Salon Show, Rarity Gallery, Mykonos
2009 "Summer Views: Gallery Artists and Invitational, Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery, New York
"Small Paintings from Around the World" Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery, New York
"Arte Contemporanea per I Rifugiati", UNHCR, Sotheby"s Milan, Italy
"Arte Contemporanea per I Rifugiati", Open Care, Milan, Italy
2008 "SPF 20 - Shades of Summer," Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery, New York
"Unforeseen Reflections," Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery, New York
"Arte Contemporanea per I Rifugiati", seventh edition, Sotheby"s Milan, Italy
"Arte Contemporanea per I Rifugiati" seventh edition, preview exhibition, Sotheby"s Rome
"Monaco 2008" Meet and Greet, Prince Fine Arts, Monte Carlo, Monaco
"Art Chicago 2008" Louis K. Meisel Gallery, Chicago, IL
2007 "Arte Contemporanea per I Rifugiati", UNHCR, Rome, Italy
"Real Time " Focus: Redefining the Painted Landscape", curated by Paul Caranicas and Emma Tapley, Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery, New York
"Structure," Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery, New York
"Iperrealisti," Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery, New York
"Arte Contemporanea per i Rifugiati", Musei Capitolini, Rome, Italy
"Arte Contemporanea per I Rifugiati", UNHCR, Christies Milan, Italy
"New Cityscape paintings", Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery, New York
"Art 20", Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery, New York
Albemarle Gallery, London, England
2006 "Summer Suite" Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery, New York
Three person show, Albemarle Gallery, London
"10th Anniversary" Albemarle Gallery, London
"Winter Reflections," Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery, New York
2005 "New Photorealists" Elaine Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
"Personal Places", Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery, New York
2004 "The Prague Project", Roberson Museum of Art, Binghamton, NY
"New Photorealist" Louis K. Meisel Gallery, New York
"Summer is...", Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery, New York
"Blow Up", St. Paul"s Gallery, Birmingham, England
2003 "Snow: Paintings of Winter", Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery, New York
"Iperrealisti," Museum Chiostro del Bramante, Rome, Italy
"Arte Fiera 2003", Mostra Mercato d'Arte Contemporanea Galleria Artesegno, Bologna, Italy
Galleria Artesegno, Udine, Italy
Galleria Ortarte, Novara, Italy
Alexander of Florence Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Galleria Comoarte, Como, Italy
"Historic Sites & Structures," Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery, New York
"New Year, New Works," Albemarle Gallery, London
"Summer 2003," Albemarle Gallery, London
"Re-representing Realism," Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY
2002 "Night & Day" Bernarducci.Meisel.Gallery, New York
"Arte Fiera 2002", Mostra Mercato d'Arte Contemporanea Galleria Artesegno, Bologna, Italy
Galleria Ortarte, Novara, Italy
Galleria Artesegno, Udine, Italy
Fiera d'Arte Contemporanea, Galleria Questarte, Innsbruk, Austria traveling to Galleria
Artesegno, Vicenza, Galleria Artesegno, Udine, Galleria Artesegno, Vienna, Austria
"Casa Moderna", Progetto, Udine, Italy
Galleria Comoarte, Como, Italy
Personale Galleria Monopoli Arte Contemporanea, Pavia, Italy
Galleria Ortarte, Novara, Italy
Progetto "Casa Moderna", Udine, Italy
"Art Padova 2001", Mostra Mercato d'Arte Contemporanea Galleria Artesegno, Padova, Italy
2000 Colletiva Assicurazioni Generali, Poggio Bello, Udine, Italy
Personale Galleria Artesegno, Udine, Italy
Personale Galleria Monopoli Arte Contemporanea, Pavia, Italy
"Art Padova 2000", Mostra Mercato d'Arte Contemporanea Galleria Artesegno, Padova
Galleria Ortarte, Novara, Italy
Galleria Questarte Dolo, Venezia, Italy
Galleria Artesegno, Udine, Italy
1999 Collettiva Palazzo Comunale, Todi, Italy
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