Tjalf Sparnaay (1954, Haarlem, The )

Solo Exhibitions

2016 - Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, New York: Urban Works of Art, new photograpy Mark Peet Visser Gallery, the Netherlands, Urban Works of Art, new photograpy

2015 - Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, New York, USA Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle, the Netherlands, still-life retrospective

2009 - Plus One Gallery, London, United Kingdom

2007 - OK Harris Works of Art, New York, USA

2002 - Gallery Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

1997 - 2002 Tjalf Sparnaay Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1994 - Smelik and Stokking Gallery, The Hague, The Netherlands

1992 - Siau Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1991 - Siau Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1990 - Siau Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1989 - Society Art, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

1988 - Via Gallery, The Hague, The Netherlands

Group Exhibitions

2017 - Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, Photorealism in the Desert - Pan Amsterdam, anual artfair - Bernarducci Gallery Chelsea - Pulse Miami Beach - Museum Kunsthal, Rotterdam 'Hyperrealisme, 50 jaar schilderkunst’, an international retrospective of the movement - Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, Florida, Photorealism - Bernarducci Meisel gallery, New York, 'Size doesn’t matter, groupshow' Louis . Meisel Gallery, New York, 'The Europeans’

2016 - Pan Amsterdam, anual art fair - Nassau County Museum of Art, New York: a Feast for the Eyes Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, New York, groupshow - Musee d'Iselles, Brussels, , Photorealism. 50 years of Hyperrealism, retrospective of the movement - Art Museum of Estonia, Estland, Photorealism. 50 years of Hyperrealism, retrospective of the movement - Nassau County Museum of Art, New York - Museum Osthaus, Hagen, , Photorealism. 50 years of Hyperrealism, retrospective of the movement - Realisme, Amsterdam, anual artfair

2015 - Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, Art Miami, Miami, USA - PAN Amsterdam, annual artfair - Art Breda, Mark Peet Visser Gallery, anual artfair The Netherlands

2014 - New Orleans Museum of Art, USA, The Sydney and Walda Besthoff Collection Realisme, Amsterdam, anual artfair - Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, Canada, ‘Photorealism’ - Collectie Harms Rolde, PAN, Amsterdam - Mark Peet Visser Gallery, ‘s Hertogenbosch ‘Realisme’ - Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, New York, ‘Winter White’

2013 - Collectie Harms Rolde, PAN Amsterdam - Mark peet Visser Gallery, ‘s Hertogenbosch groupshow - Bernarducci Meisel, New York, Groupshow - Galerie Mark Peet Visser Art 2013 Utrecht - Galerie Mark Peet Visser Realisme ’13 Amsterdam

2012 - Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, Canada ' Beyond Realism', a Photorealism retrospective show - Reinisch Contemporary Art, Graz, Austria ' Contemporary Stillive' OK Harris Works Of Art, New York, annual review of the season - Plus One Gallery London, London's Calling - Collectie Harm Rolde, Pan Amsterdam

2011 - Collectie Harms Rolde, PAN Amsterdam - OK Harris Works Of Art, New York, annual review of the season PlusOne Gallery London,'Bon Apetit', groupshow - PlusOne Gallery London, 10 years Anniversaryshow - PlusOne Gallery London, Wintershow

2010 - Scott Richards Contemporary Art, SanFransisco, 'Sweet Tooth', a groupshow Collectie Harms Rolde, PAN Amsterdam - OK Harris Works of Art, New York : Review of the season, groupshow - Collectie Harms Rolde 'Dutch Art Now', National Arts Club, New York - Collectie Harms Rolde 'Realisme '10, Amsterdam - Collectie Harms Rolde Artantique Utrecht groupshow

2009 - PlusOne Gallery London Groupshow - Collectie Harms Rolde Pan Amsterdam - Fresno Metropolitan Museum, Fresno - California: I Want Candy: The Sweet Stuff in American Art - PlusOne Gallery,groupsshow Exactitude V booklaunch, London - Collectie Harms Rolde, Realisme 09

2008 - OK Harris Works of Art, annual review of the season Collectie Harms Rolde PAN Amsterdam - Collectie Harms Rolde, Realisme 08 - Plus One Gallery, London, Art London - Collectie Harms Rolde, Open Art Fair

2007 - Collectie Harms Rolde, PAN, Amstedam, - PlusOne Gallery, Art London - OK Harris Works ofArt, annual review of the season - Hudson River Museum, New York, USA - Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, USA - Bernaducci. Meisel. Gallery, New York,USA - Collectie Harms Rolde, Realisme 07, Amsterdam

2006 - Collectie Harms Rolde, PAN, Amsterdam - Plus One Gallery, Art Fair London - Plus One Gallery, Exactitude III, London - OK Harris, Annual review of the season, New York, USA - Gallery Honingen, Gouda, The Netherlands - Gallery Utrecht, Realisme 06, Amsterdam - Gallery Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

2005 - Gallery Utrecht, Realisme 05, Amsterdam - O.K. Harris, Annual review of the season, New York, USA - OK Harris, Affordable Art Fair, New York, USA

2004 - Gallery Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands - O.K. Harris, Annual review of the season, New York, USA

2003 - Gallery Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands - O.K. Harris, Annual review of the season, New York, USA

2002 - O.K. Harris, Annual review of the season, New York, USA

Selected Collections

- Seven Bridges Museum, New York - Sydney and Walda Besthoff Collection, New Orleans, LA, USA - Mickey Huibregtsen Collection, Amsterdam/Bussum, The Netherlands - NCM Collection, Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Jacob Gelt Dekker Collection, Curacao - Hetterschijt Collection, The Netherlands - Heineken Collection, Amsterdam - Joop en Janine van den Ende Collection - Anton Dreesman Collection, Miami - Collection Ivan- and Marilyn Karp, New York - Geilenkirchen Collection, Hong Kong - Vanhorick collection, The Netherlands

Bibliography

- Selection - Monography: Closer – The megarealism of Tjalf Sparnaay, Waanders, Zwolle 2014 - Monography: Tjalf Sparnaay Meg/posters by Art Unlimited, the Netherlands 2003 - Exactitude III, Catalogue groupshow PlusOne Gallery 2006 - Catalogue Hudson River Museum New York 'I Want Candy', - 'Delicious Still Life Paintings' Bernarducci Meisel Gallery New York, Groupshow 'Culinary Arts; 3 - 26 May 2007 - Catalogue 'Representation' Jenkins Johnson Gallery New York / San Fransico, Groupshow ', June 1 through july 6 2007 - "Ronald" jubileumnummer Gaykrant aug 2008 - Fine Arts and Antique, Hello Photorealism, Goodbye Popart, by Abby Cronin 2006 - 'Draadjesvlees", Wim Boevink in Trouw, januari 2008 - PAN Amsterdam 2008 Catalogus afbeelding voorpagina - 'Exactitude, Hyperrealistic Art Today', Thames and Hudson, London - Hip Holland, Image Books - Fine Arts MagazineTableau november 2009 interview door Ronald Kraayeveld - 'Sweet Tooth', Catalogue exhibition at Scott Richards Contemporary Art, San Fransisco 2010 - 'La Revista' 2012, Mexican Glossy - 'Alta Gastronomic', 2012 Brazilian foodglossy - 'rh+' Turkish , 2012 Art glossy - The Sun, 2012 - Daily Telegraph, 2012 - ‘National Geographic Kids’, 2013 - Huffington Post 2012 Arts and Culture - 'Daphne's Diary', 2012 Dutch lifestylemagazine - ‘Beyond Realism’, catalogue galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, Canada - ‘Opus One’, 2013 Brazilian Art/Architecture glossy - ‘Collect’, 2014 - ‘Palet’, 2014 - ‘Apocrifa’, Art Magazine, , 2015 - ‘Trouw’, daily newspaper The Netherlands, 2015 - ‘De Telegraaf’ daily newspaper The Netherlands, 2015 - ‘AD’, daily newspaper The Netherlands, 2015 - ‘Reformatorisch dagblad’, daily newspaper The Netherlands, 2015 - Daily Mail online , 2015 - ‘Plus Magazine’, Dutch glossy 2015 - ‘The Observer’, 2015 - ‘American Art Collector’, 2015 - ‘USA 's ARTREPORT, 2015 - Catalogue ‘PHOTOREALISM, 50 YEARS OF HYPERREALISTIC PAINTING, by Dr. Otto Letze, 2016 ‘BOUILLON’, 2016 Dutch quality magazine on food - ‘BRUZZ’ 2016 - ‘Poets and Artists’ 2016 by Lorena Kloosterboer Hundreds of online papers/magazine from all over the world

Radio/Television, selection selection: 2013 'TV Show' , Ivo Niehe, primetime filmportraits on public TV 2015 TV 'De Wereld Draait Door', public daily primetime talkshow 2015 TV Documentaire Getting Closer, broadcasted on public TV, AVRO's Kunstuur op NPO 2015 TV 'Koffietijd', RTL daily show 2015 TV Business Class RTL weekly show 2015 TV 'NoordHolland Leeft', TVNH local TV 2015 Radio VPRO Public Radio 1, live, 'Nooit meer slapen'. 2015 Radio public culture programma 'Opium' op 4, live