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 flowers and trees, 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.

Education

1970 Universidad de Filosophia y Letras, Barcelona, Spain.

1971  Escuela Elisava de Desaño, Barcelona, Spain.

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2018  Wandering Through Japan, Caldwell Snyder Gallery, St. Helena, CA.

2017 Caldwell Snyder Gallery, St. Helena, CA.

2016 Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco, CA.

2015 Caldwell Snyder Gallery, St. Helena, CA.

2014 Campton Gallery, New York, NY.

           Caldwell Snyder Gallery, St. Helena, CA.

2013 Caldwell Snyder Gallery, St. Helena, CA.

2011 Caldwell Snyder Gallery, St. Helena, CA.

2010 Campton Gallery, New York, NY.

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.

2004  Galerie Maximillian, Aspen, Colorado, USA.

2003 Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco, CA.

2001 Galerie Maximillian, Aspen, CO.

1998 Art Multiple, Düsseldorf, Germany.

           Gallery M, Denver, CO.

1997 Kunstkeller Gallery, Bern, Switzerland.

1994 ILa 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.

Notables

2015  CITYarts’ Ornaments for World Peace on the Holiday Tree at  Lincoln Square, NY.

2013  Design of a biscuit box for the Kambly Art Collection,  Trubschachen. Switzerland.

1999  Created serigraphy for annual meeting of Foment de les Arts.

             Decoratives (FAD), the largest design association in Spain,  Barcelona, Spain.

1997  Design of a biscuit box for the Kambly Art Collection, Trubschachen. Switzerland.