David Ratcliff

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David Ratcliff (born 1970 in Los Angeles.) is a painter based in Los Angeles. His work involves spray painting on collages using appropriated images.{{cite web |last=O'Neill-Butler |first=Lauren |date=6 Dec 2010 |title=David Ratcliff |url=http://artforum.com/words/id=26966 |accessdate=29 April 2012 |publisher=Artforum International Magazine}}

Early life and education

David Ratcliff was born in Los Angeles, California, in 1970.{{cite web |title=David Ratcliff exhibition, 2010 |url=http://www.tomiokoyamagallery.com/exhibitions_en/david-ratcliff-exhibition-kyoto-2010_en/ |publisher=Tomio Koyama Gallery Inc. |accessdate=29 April 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723102305/http://www.tomiokoyamagallery.com/exhibitions_en/david-ratcliff-exhibition-kyoto-2010_en/ |archivedate=23 July 2011 }} He studied at the Pratt Institute in New York, where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree in 1992.{{cite web |title=BIOGRAPHY |url=http://www.honorfraser.com/?s=artists&aid=22&c=biography |accessdate=29 April 2012 |publisher=Honor Fraser}}

Career

Ratcliff's early work featured spray-painted stencils that appeared to compete for space on the canvas. Over time, his style evolved to incorporate more complex and abstract compositions.{{cite web |last=Lack |first=Jessica Lack |date=April 2009 |title=Exhibition preview: David Ratcliff, London |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2009/apr/11/david-ratcliff-maureen-paley-interim |work=The Guardian}} His work has been exhibited at prominent commercial galleries such as Mary Boone Gallery in New York and Peres Projects in Berlin. Additionally, his pieces were part of the USA Today exhibition at the Royal Academy in London.

Ratcliff's art is included in several significant collections, including the Saatchi Gallery, Frank Cohen{{cite web |year=2010 |title=DAVID RATCLIFF |url=http://www.brandnew-gallery.com/Software/artist_bioC.php?artist=34 |accessdate=29 April 2012 |publisher=Brand New Gallery}} Museum of Contemporary Art in Manchester, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.. He is represented by Team Gallery in New York{{cite web |title=David Ratcliff |url=http://www.teamgal.com/artists/david_ratcliff |accessdate=29 April 2012 |publisher=Team Gallery}} and Maureen Paley in London.{{cite web |title=DAVID RATCLIFF |url=http://www.maureenpaley.com/artists/david-ratcliff |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120522171235/http://www.maureenpaley.com/artists/david-ratcliff |archive-date=22 May 2012 |accessdate=29 April 2012 |publisher=Maureen Paley}} His artwork has been sold at Phillips de Pury & Company and Sotheby's.{{cite web |title=David Ratcliff Sold at Auction |url=http://www.artfact.com/artist/ratcliff-david-v7w5ypfk9c#sold |accessdate=29 April 2012 |publisher=Artfact, LLC.}}

Exhibitions

=Solo exhibitions=

2011

Portraits, Team Gallery, New York, and NY

2010

Ghost Paintings, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, and Belgium
Bsckground, Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles, and CA

2009

Maureen Paley, London, and England

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

LISTE, Basel, Switzerland (under the auspices of Team Gallery, and New York

=Group exhibitions=