August 25, 2024
watercolor
23 1/2" x 18"
2024
Andrew Radcliffe was born in Connecticut. He received a BFA from Pratt Institute in 1984, attended Skowhegan in 1984 and received an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1987. He presently works in a studio in Union Square, Manhattan. His work is comprised of oil paintings, watercolors and ink drawings. For over 30 years, his works continue to explore the drama, perils and elations that life may bring, using the human figure in unusual, sometimes disjointed poses to reflect this condition and trigger emotion. The figures act as allegories, caught in the chaos of existence—tumbling, spinning, swimming, climbing, descending, ascending. A broad variety of painting techniques engulf the figure, fragment or alter its appearance as well as frame the environment it exists in. Through this visual language, he explores an ongoing portrait of the human condition to remind us of our shared fragility, as well as our shared resilience.
Education
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA, MFA 1984
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, ME, 1984
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, BFA 1982
University of Florence, Italy, 1982
Parsons School of Design, Paris, France, 1981
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023 SurpriseChrystie , New York, NY
2011 Eden Rock, St. Barthelemy, FWI
2009 Eden Rock, St. Barthelemy, FWI
2008 Eden Rock, St. Barthelemy, FWI
2002 U. C. U., New York, NY
1997 CRG, San Francisco, CA
1995 CRG, San Francisco, CA
1992 CRG, San Francisco, CA
1990 CRG, San Francisco, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
1999 Joseph Helman Gallery, New York, NY; 'Another Place' curated by Alison Abrams
1996 Apex Art, New York, NY; 'Method and Multiplicity' curated by Richmond Burton
1994 Satellite, New York, NY; 'Swelling Itching Brain' curated by Michael Bevilaqua
1993 Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY; 'Diamonds Are Fovever'
1990 Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, CA; 'The Figure as Subject'
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA; Acquisitions to the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts'
1987 Museum of Fine Arts Houston, TX; 'Diamonds Are Forever'
Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
1986 The Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, LA
'Landscape, Seascape, Cityscape 1960-1985'
Nancy Hoffman Gallery, New York, NY; 'Winter Solstice'
Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; 'Landscape/Elements'
1985 John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA; 'New Acquisitions'
Selected Collections
Bechtle Corp., San Francisco, CA
Bell Atlantic, Washington, DC
Canon Press, San Francisco, CA
Chemical Bank Suisse, Geneva, SW
Dakin Design, Inc., Boulder, CO
Dow Jones and Company, Inc., New York, NY
George Mintz and Co., Inc., Morristown, NJ
Altria, New York, NY
Verizon Co., New York, NY
Achenbach Foundation, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
Mr. John Berggruen, San Francisco, CA
Mrs. Rena Bransten, San Francisco, CA
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Daniels, Beverly Hills, CA
Dr. John deCespel, New York, NY
Mr. Lyman Delano, Greenwich, CT
Mr. Phil Desind, Bethesda, MD
Mr. Nick Dine, New York, NY
Mr. Richard Blumenthal, New York, NY
Mr. Robert Domergue, San Francisco CA
Mr. & Mrs. Rafael Ferrer, Greenport, NY
Mr. Richard Jackson, Waccabuc, NY
Mr. Paul Jones, Baltimore, MD
Mr. & Mrs. David McCall, New York, NY
Dr. & Mrs. Cesar Reyes, Old San Juan, PR
Mr. John Robertshaw, New York, NY
Mr. Douglas White, AIA, St. John, USVI
Bibliography
2002 Faust, Lilly. Review, New York Art Review, pg. 5
1999 Johnson, Ken. Art in Review, New York Times, September 10, 1999, pg. E36
Staff, Another Place, The New Yorker, September 20, 1999, pg. 30
Bell, J. Boyer. A Room With a View, NY Art Review Magazine, June 15, 1999, pg. 42
1998 Goodman, Wendy. Industrial Strength, New York Magazine, Oct. 12, 1998, pg.49
1996 Burton, Richmond. Method and Multiplicity, Apex Art, New York, NY (exhibition publication)
1994 Levin, Kim. Art In Brief, Village Voice. July 26, 1994, pg. 49
1989 Heron, Caroline Rand. Review, New York Times. April 23, 1989, pg. 36
Vecsey, George. Review , New York Times. October 15, 1989, pg. 19
Johnson, Robert F. ‘Tradition and Innovation 1500-1989: Recent
Acquisitions of the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts’, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (exhibition publication)
1987 Staff, Excerpts, Artforum, Sept. 1987, pg. 6
Staff, Diamonds Are Forever, Artnews, Summer 1987, pg. 61
1993 Sims, Lowery S. ‘Landscape, Cityscape, Seascape’, Contemporary Art Center New Orleans, LA (exhibition publication) pg. 81