David Ratcliff (born 1970 in Los Angeles) is a painter based in Los Angeles. His work involves spray painting on collages using appropriated images.[1]

Early life and education edit

He was born in Los Angeles, California in 1970.[2] Ratcliff studied at the Pratt Institute in New York and attained a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in 1992.[3]

Career edit

His early work has been described as spray-painted stencils fighting for space on the canvas; this evolved into his more recent work as more complex and abstract.[4] Ratcliff's work has been shown at prominent commercial galleries such as Mary Boone Gallery in New York, and Peres Projects in Berlin, and was included in the USA Today exhibition at the Royal Academy in London. His work is featured in several important collections including the Saatchi Gallery, Frank Cohen[5] Museum of Contemporary Art[3] in Manchester (UK), and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. He is represented by Team Gallery in New York[6] and Maureen Paley in London.[7] His artwork has been sold at Phillips de Pury & Company and Sotheby's.[8]

Exhibitions edit

Solo exhibitions edit

2011[5]

2010

2009

2008

  • Defect's Mirror, Team Gallery, New York, and NY

2007

  • Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo,and Japan
  • Cosmetic Surgery, Team Gallery, New York, and NY
  • Bob Loblaw, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, and Belgium

2005[7]

Group exhibitions edit

2011[5]

2010

  • Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, and Japan
  • David Ratcliff, Noriko Furunishi, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Kyoto, and Japan

2009

2008

  • History Keeps Me Awake at Night: A Genealogy of Wojnarowicz, PPOW, New York, NY
  • That was then... This is now PS1, New York, NY
  • The Hidden Maureen Paley, London, England

2007

2006

  • The Gold Standard, curated by Bob Nickas and Walead Beshty, PS1, New York, NY
  • The Monty Hall Problem, curated by Slater Bradley, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
  • LAXed: New Painting from L.A., Peres Projects, Berlin, Germany
  • Loveless, Team Gallery, New York, NY
  • I Love My Scene: Scene Two, curated by José Freire, Mary Boone Gallery, New York, NY

2005

Public collections edit

Personal life edit

He has a daughter.[1]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b O'Neill-Butler, Lauren (6 Dec 2010). "David Ratcliff". Artforum International Magazine. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  2. ^ "David Ratcliff exhibition, 2010". Tomio Koyama Gallery Inc. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  3. ^ a b c "BIOGRAPHY". Honor Fraser. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  4. ^ Lack, Jessica Lack (April 2009). "Exhibition preview: David Ratcliff, London". The Guardian.
  5. ^ "David Ratcliff". Team Gallery. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  6. ^ a b "DAVID RATCLIFF". Maureen Paley. Archived from the original on 22 May 2012. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  7. ^ "David Ratcliff Sold at Auction". Artfact, LLC. Retrieved 29 April 2012.

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