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Biography
David Ratcliff (born 1970, Los Angeles) is a painter based in Los Angeles. He spray paints collages using appropriated images.
Early life and education
He was born in Los Angeles, California in 1970. Ratcliff studied at the Pratt Institute in New York and attained a BFA in 1992.
Career
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. 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 CohenMuseum of Contemporary Art in Manchester (UK), and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. He is represented by Team Gallery in New York and Maureen Paley in London. His artwork has been sold at Phillips de Pury & Company and Sotheby's.
Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
2011
- Portraits, Team Gallery, New York, NY
2010
- Ghost Paintings, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium
- Bsckground, Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2009
- Maureen Paley, London, England
2008
- Defect’s Mirror, Team Gallery, New York, NY
2007
- Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- Cosmetic Surgery, Team Gallery, New York, NY
- Bob Loblaw, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium
2005
- LISTE, Basel, Switzerland (under the auspices of Team Gallery)Team Gallery, New York
Group Exhibitions
2011
- The shortest distance between 2 points is often intolerable, curated by Andrew Berardini, Brand New Gallery, Milan, Italy
2010
- Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- David Ratcliff, Noriko Furunishi, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
2009
- The Night Goat Demands Reparations, curated by Adam Miller, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California
- Cave #1, curated by Bob Nickas, Gresham’s Ghost, New York, NY
- Light Motive, Galerie Suzanne Tarasiéve, Paris, France
- Dark Summer, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium
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
- Post-Rose: Artists in and out of the Hazard Park Complex, curated by Sterling Ruby, Galerie Christian Nagel, Berlin
- Painting as Fact, Fact as Fiction, curated by Bob Nickas, de Pury & Luxembourg, Zurich, Switzerland
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
- The Pantagruel Syndrome, curated by Francesco Bonami and Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Turin Triennial, Turin, Italy
- 5 X U, Team Gallery, New York, NY
Public collections
- Frank Cohen MOCA Manchester, UK
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA, USA
- Jumex Collection, Mexico City
- Saatchi Collection, London, UK
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Personal life
He has a daughter.