Regina Saura
Current Exhibition August 14 - September 10 on view in San Francisco
“My work—creation—is a way of observing and experiencing life. Every image that strikes me is transferred to the canvas.”
A restless and curious creator if ever there was one, Regina has actively sought inspiration in places around the world such as Japan, Provence, and Mexico, the destination of her latest trip. Her most recent work bears witness to this: flowers that mark the passing of the seasons, nature in its maximum splendor, intense colors... everything is magical and poetic. As they say there: “while you wait for the best, don't forget to live.”
Biography
For Catalan painter Regina Saura, painting and living are two closely linked concepts. Her work is a reflection of her worldview, so everything around her is susceptible to being captured on canvas. The rural landscapes and Mediterranean coastline of her beloved Empordà, where she lives, have irrevocably permeated her work, which is also marked by her characteristic style that mixes vibrant colors with elements of collage, letters, and numbers.
A restless and curious creator if ever there was one, Regina has actively sought inspiration in places around the world such as Japan, Provence, and Mexico, the destination of her latest trip. Her most recent work bears witness to this: flowers that mark the passing of the seasons, nature in its maximum splendor, intense colors... everything is magical and poetic. As they say there: “while you wait for the best, don't forget to live.”
While her paintings bring to mind Fauvist artists like Matisse and Dufy, Saura is not overly influenced by any single style, reserving for herself a space of pure artistic freedom, childlike wonder, and spontaneity. The interplay of emotion and the natural world is a throughline in her practice, which often incorporates snippets of text, both handwritten and collaged, into landscapes that appear inflected by various moods, from joyful to meditative.
A lifelong artist who grew up in a creative home with a photographer father, Saura has followed her passions through design, painting, video, large-scale murals, and site-specific projects. Based near a small village in the Girona province of Spain, she has shown her work worldwide, from Europe to the U.S. to Asia, and is included in numerous private and public collections.
Born
1955 Barcelona, Spain.
Education
1970 Universidad de Filosophia y Letras, Barcelona, Spain.
1971 Escuela Elisava de Desaño, Barcelona, Spain.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2025 Mies van der Rohe Barcelona pavilion: “Fallen leaves”
Caldwell Snyder Gallery. San Francisco (US).
2024 Workshop, School of Design and Creative Technology, University of Austin, Texas (US)
2023 Caldwell Snyder Gallery, St. Helena, CA.
"Multivers" at Barcelona Art Diffusion Gallery, Spain.
2022 Fundació Vila Casas, Can Mario “localismes universals” Palafurgell, Spain.
Casa de Cultura Les Bernardes, Girona, Spain.
2020 Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco,CA.
Casa de Cultura Les Bernardes, Girona, Spain.
Caldwell Snyder Gallery, St. Helena, CA.
2019 Art Palm Springs, Caldwell Snyder Gallery, Palm Springs, CA.
2018 35th Anniversary Show, Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2018 LA Art Show, Caldwell Snyder Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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
Mural commissioned by Enrique Omenat for his private house in Girona Made in the year 22Collective
2021-2023 Traveling exhibition in Catalonia "ABECEDARIO SOLIDARIO" Tribute to Miquel Marti Pol
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.
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Selected Artworks
Born
1955 Barcelona, Spain.
Education
1970 Universidad de Filosophia y Letras, Barcelona, Spain.
1971 Escuela Elisava de Desaño, Barcelona, Spain.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2025 Mies van der Rohe Barcelona pavilion: “Fallen leaves”
Caldwell Snyder Gallery. San Francisco (US).
2024 Workshop, School of Design and Creative Technology, University of Austin, Texas (US)
2023 Caldwell Snyder Gallery, St. Helena, CA.
"Multivers" at Barcelona Art Diffusion Gallery, Spain.
2022 Fundació Vila Casas, Can Mario “localismes universals” Palafurgell, Spain.
Casa de Cultura Les Bernardes, Girona, Spain.
2020 Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco,CA.
Casa de Cultura Les Bernardes, Girona, Spain.
Caldwell Snyder Gallery, St. Helena, CA.
2019 Art Palm Springs, Caldwell Snyder Gallery, Palm Springs, CA.
2018 35th Anniversary Show, Caldwell Snyder Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2018 LA Art Show, Caldwell Snyder Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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
Mural commissioned by Enrique Omenat for his private house in Girona Made in the year 22Collective
2021-2023 Traveling exhibition in Catalonia "ABECEDARIO SOLIDARIO" Tribute to Miquel Marti Pol
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.
For Catalan painter Regina Saura, painting and living are two closely linked concepts. Her work is a reflection of her worldview, so everything around her is susceptible to being captured on canvas. The rural landscapes and Mediterranean coastline of her beloved Empordà, where she lives, have irrevocably permeated her work, which is also marked by her characteristic style that mixes vibrant colors with elements of collage, letters, and numbers.
A restless and curious creator if ever there was one, Regina has actively sought inspiration in places around the world such as Japan, Provence, and Mexico, the destination of her latest trip. Her most recent work bears witness to this: flowers that mark the passing of the seasons, nature in its maximum splendor, intense colors... everything is magical and poetic. As they say there: “while you wait for the best, don't forget to live.”
While her paintings bring to mind Fauvist artists like Matisse and Dufy, Saura is not overly influenced by any single style, reserving for herself a space of pure artistic freedom, childlike wonder, and spontaneity. The interplay of emotion and the natural world is a throughline in her practice, which often incorporates snippets of text, both handwritten and collaged, into landscapes that appear inflected by various moods, from joyful to meditative.
A lifelong artist who grew up in a creative home with a photographer father, Saura has followed her passions through design, painting, video, large-scale murals, and site-specific projects. Based near a small village in the Girona province of Spain, she has shown her work worldwide, from Europe to the U.S. to Asia, and is included in numerous private and public collections.
Biography
Press
Current Exhibition August 14 - September 10 on view in San Francisco
“My work—creation—is a way of observing and experiencing life. Every image that strikes me is transferred to the canvas.”
A restless and curious creator if ever there was one, Regina has actively sought inspiration in places around the world such as Japan, Provence, and Mexico, the destination of her latest trip. Her most recent work bears witness to this: flowers that mark the passing of the seasons, nature in its maximum splendor, intense colors... everything is magical and poetic. As they say there: “while you wait for the best, don't forget to live.”
Regina Saura
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.
Current Exhibition August 14 - September 10 on view in San Francisco
“My work—creation—is a way of observing and experiencing life. Every image that strikes me is transferred to the canvas.”
A restless and curious creator if ever there was one, Regina has actively sought inspiration in places around the world such as Japan, Provence, and Mexico, the destination of her latest trip. Her most recent work bears witness to this: flowers that mark the passing of the seasons, nature in its maximum splendor, intense colors... everything is magical and poetic. As they say there: “while you wait for the best, don't forget to live.”