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Alessandro Raho    (British, 1971)

 Alessandro Raho - The Bahamas (Paintings) h: 70 x w: 56 in / h: 177.8 x w: 142.2 cm
Alessandro Raho
The Bahamas 2005
 
  

Biography
1971 Born in Nassau, Bahamas
1989 - 1990 Croydon College of Art, Diploma in Foundation Studies
1991 - 1994 Goldsmiths College, London, BA Fine Art
Lives and works in London
Special Commissions and Awards
2005 Portrait of Dame Judi Dench, National Portrait Gallery, London
Collections
Museum of Modern Art, New York
National Portrait Gallery, London
Berardo Collection, Sintra, Portugal

Exhibitions
2008 Thomas Williams Fine Art; Exhibition curated by Charles Asprey, Thomas Williams and Alessandro Raho (solo)
2008 Ruzicska Gallery, Salzburg (solo)
2008 Wall Rockets, curated by Lisa Dennison, FLAG Art Foundation, New York
2007 Attention to Detail, curated by Chuck Close, FLAG Art Foundation, New York
2007 Great Britons: Treasures from the National Portrait Gallery, London - National Portrait Gallery, Washington
2007 ‘Salon Nouveau’ at Engholm Engelhorn Gallery, Vienna
2006 Ruzicska Gallery, Salzburg (solo)
2005 Alison Jacques Gallery, London (solo)
2005 National Portrait Gallery, new display showing Judi Dench painting with works from the NPG collection selected by Alessandro Raho (solo)
2004 Cheim & Read, New York (solo)
2004 Must I Paint You a Picture? curated by Pablo Lafuente, Haunch of Venison, London
2003 4ever Young, Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv
2003 Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris (solo)
2002 Taro Nasu, Tokyo (solo)
2002 Painting on the Move, Kunsthalle Basel, 2002
2001 Unseen Landscapes, The Lowry, Salford; touring to York City Art Gallery and Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne
2001 Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg (solo)
2000 aspreyjacques, London (solo)
2000 OO, Barbara Gladstone, New York
1999 Figuration, Blickle Foundation, Kraichtal, Germany; touring to: Rupertinum, Salzburg; Museion Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy
1999 Taro Nasu, Tokyo (solo)
1998 Dumbpop, Jerwood Space, London
1998 Surfacing; Contemporary Drawing, I.C.A., London
1998 Hanging, Galeria Camargo Vilaça, Sao Paolo, Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro and Fundaçåo Cultura da Distrito Federal, Brazilia
1997 Monica de Cardenas, Milan (solo)
1997 People, Monica de Cardenas, Milan
1997 False Impressions, The British School at Rome, curated by Alison Jacques
1996 Face to Face, (with John Currin, Machiko Edmonson, Jun Hasegawa, Alex Katz, Robin Lowe, Elizabeth Peyton, Mike Silva), Victoria Miro Gallery, London
1996 Brilliant! New Art from London, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, Texas
1996 Maureen Paley / Interim Art, London (solo)
1996 Jay Gorney Modern Art, New York (solo)
1995 Rena Bransten, San Francisco (solo)
1995 Maureen Paley / Interim Art, London (solo)
1995 Brilliant! New Art From London, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
1994 Don’t Wake Up, (with Julie Roberts, Thaddeus Strode, Sarah Seager), Maureen Paley / Interim Art, London

Literature
2006 The Portrait Now, Sandy Nairne & Sarah Howgate, National Portrait Gallery Publications, London
2005 Catherine Wood, ‘Paper Dolls’ in The Artist’s Model, ed. Jane Desmarais, Manchester University Press, Manchester
2002 Painting on the Move, Kunsthalle, Basel
2001 Unseen Landscapes, The Lowry, Salford
1999 Figuration, Ursula Blickle, Prof. Peter Weiermair and Pier Luigi Sieria, Edition Oehrli, Zurich
1997 False Impressions, The British School, Rome
1995 Brilliant! New Art from London, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
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