Regina Saura

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Playfully and unexpectedly, Catalan artist Regina Saura transforms teacups and office chairs alike into art-objects and invites us to relish the joyful simplicity of the everyday. Regina’ s loose, whimsical brushstrokes and bold washes of color lend her paintings an instinctual, child-like spontaneity that belies her sophisticated command of composition, balance, shape, coloration, and line. Singing with energy and vibrancy, her paintings capture the wonder and magic of life.

As with chairs and teacups, in her use of newspaper scraps, Regina introduces pieces of her own daily life into her work. The touch of newsprint that comprises the houses in her landscapes of her native Catalan countryside—relate the paintings to a specific time and place, and serve as a reminder, no matter where they might be seen around the globe, of home.

Refreshing in their quirky originality, yet profoundly symbolic, Regina’s paintings capture the brilliance and exuberance of the human spirit.

Born: 1955 Barcelona, Spain.

Exhibitions:

  • 2010 Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
  • 2008 Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
  • 2007 Caldwell Snyder Gallery, St. Helena, CA.
  • 2006 Campton Gallery, New York, NY.
  • 2005 Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
  • 2003 Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
    Punt de Vista, book signing exhibition, Caldwell Snyder Gallery, New York , NY.
  • 2001 Galerie Maximillian, Aspen, CO.
  • 1998 Art Multiple, Düsseldorf, Germany.
    Gallery M, Denver, CO.
  • 1997 Kunstkeller Gallery, Bern, Switzerland.
  • 1994 Individual & Collective Exhibitions at La Galeria Verena Hofer, Barcelona, Spain.
  • 1993 Fundació Fontana d’ Or, Girona, Spain.
    Schloss Worb, Worb, Switzerland.
    Museu St. Petersburg, Moscow, Russia.
  • 1992 Galeria Calder, Barcelona, Spain.
    Galeria Dos Sibaris, Nishinomiya, Japan.
  • 1991 Sala Vayreda, Olot, Spain.
    Galeria Francesc Collell, Figueres, Spain.
  • 1990 Galeria Nomen, Barcelona, Spain.
  • 1989 Ateneu Saltenc, Salt, Spain.
  • 1988 Museum of Modern Art, Granollers, Spain.
    Galeria Charles Lozano. Cadaqués, Spain.
    Brutus Gallery, Osaka, Japan.
    Sala Parés, Barcelona, Spain.
  • 1984 Galeria la Sirena, Cadaqués, Spain.

Art Fairs:

  • 2009 Los Angeles Art Show, CA.
  • 2004 San Francisco Art Expo, San Francisco, CA.
  • 2003 San Francisco Art Expo, San Francisco, CA.
    Art Cologne, Germany.
    Art Chicago, Chicago, IL.
  • 2002 Art Chicago, Chicago, IL.
    San Francisco Art Expo, San Francisco, CA.
  • 1995 Art Miami, Miami, FL.
    Art Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.

Notables:

  • 2000 Corporate Collection, Toyota Corporation of Japan.
    International Triennial for Original Graphic Prints, Switzerland.
  • 1999 Created serigraph for annual meeting of Foment de Les Arts Decoratives. (F.A.D), the largest design
    association in Spain.
  • 1997 Kambly Art Collection. Trubschachen, Switzerland.
  • 1996 Corporate Collection of the Sea Gull Hotel, Osaka, Japan.
  • 1994 Completed a Mural “Tasses” for La Illa de Barcelona, Spain.
  • 1992 Released a lithograph for the 1992 Regatta d’ Ermenegildo Zegna, Barcelona, Spain.
    Completed a mural “Taula Marina” and a corresponding lithograph for l’ Hospital del Mar, Barcelona,
    Spain.
  • 1990 Participated in the Installation of the Pete Sans Furniture Line for the Institute Francés de Barcelona.

Education:

  • 1970 Universidad de Filosophia y Letras, Barcelona, Spain.
  • 1971 Escuela Elisava de Desaño, Barcelona, Spain.