Education
1989 - 1990
Croydon College of Art, London, UK
1991 - 1994
Goldsmiths College, London, UK
Alessandro Raho is known for painting portraits of friends and family, seascapes, landscapes and still lives. Using fine oils, Raho’s paintings have a fresh contemporary approach and are often described as dealing with narrative, nostalgia and desire. Raho employs intricate technical processes to make his paintings luxuriously photographic and is praised for his minimalistic portraits characterized by their serene, white backgrounds. In 2004, Raho was commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery in London to paint a portrait of English actress Dame Judi Dench. Imagining Dench as a wealthy housewife, he painted her in a way that thrilled and flattered her.
Alessandro Raho (b. 1971, Nassau, Bahamas) lives and works in London. Recent solo exhibitions were held at Alison Jacques Gallery, London (2015) and Patrick De Brock Gallery, Knokke (2015).
Alessandro Raho, Young Kim, 2013, oil on canvas, 120 x 90 cm
Croydon College of Art, London, UK
Goldsmiths College, London, UK
Official Portrait of Matthew Barzun, US Ambassador to the UK
Portrait of Dame Judi Dench, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
Alison Jacques Gallery, London, UK
Patrick De Brock Gallery, Knokke, Belgium
Alison Jacques Gallery, London, UK
The Pavilion of Realism, Thomas Williams Fine Art, London, UK
Effearte Gallery, Milan, Italy
Ruzicska Gallery, Salzburg, Austria
Thomas Williams Fine Art, London, UK; special exhibition curated by Charles Asprey
Ruzicska Gallery, Salzburg, Austria
Alison Jacques Gallery, London, UK
National Portrait Gallery, London, UK; new display showing Judi Dench painting with works from the NPG collection selected by Alessandro Raho
Cheim & Read, New York, NY, USA
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
Taro Nasu, Tokyo, Japan
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
aspreyjacques, London, UK
Taro Nasu, Tokyo, Japan
Monica de Cardenas, Milan, Italy
Maureen Paley / Interim Art, London, UK
Jay Gorney Modern Art, New York, NY, USA
Rena Bransten, San Francisco, CA, USA
Maureen Paley / Interim Art, London, UK
Berardo Collection, Lisbon
National Portrait Gallery, London
Tate Collection, London
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Seattle Museum of Art, Seattle, DC,
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Alessandro Raho, Roman, 2018, oil on canvas, 143 x 97 cm
Alessandro Raho, Young Kim, 2013, oil on canvas, 190 x 128 cm
Alessandro Raho, Young Kim, 2013, oil on canvas, 91 x 73 cm
Alessandro Raho, Young Kim, 2013, oil on canvas, 120 x 90 cm
Alessandro Raho, Ben, 2012, oil on canvas, 103 x 148 cm
Alessandro Raho, Jess, 2012, oil on canvas, 103 x 87 cm
Alessandro Raho, Nicki, 2011, oil on canvas, 95 x 75 cm
Alessandro Raho, Judi Dench, 2005, oil on canvas, 300 x 200 cm
Alessandro Raho