CV/Bio
Raúl de la Torre (Barcelona-Catalonia 1964)
Born in Barcelona in 1964
College Degree by the UB Barcelona
Graduated in Marketing Direction by ESMA (Escuela Superior de Marketing y Administracion de Empresas)
Attended Massana Art School in Barcelona
Member of LACMA Art Council
Member of LAAA (Los Angeles Art Association)
California Arts Council Panelist
SOLO SHOWS
-SPOTTE ART - NEW YORK - JANUARY/MARCH 2016 - THREADED POEMS
-MATTHEW RACHMAN GALLERY -CHICAGO - NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2015 -SHAPING MEMORY - Show with Christophe Gausparro
-PRESENTATION SEVEN NEW WORKS AT PETROSSIAN WEST HOLLYWOOD. DECEMBER 2014-JANUARY 2015
-FRESH PAINT - Culver City - November 2013- POEMS AND AFFIRMATIONS - Show with John Randall Nelson
-LAUNCH - Los Angeles - DEEP CUTS - January 14th- February 4th 2012
-CITY OF FONTANA - ART DEPOT - AUGUST 2010 - EXPERIMENTING THE COLOR
-LACMA -ART RENTAL SALES GALLERY- FILS I COLORS - SHOW APRIL 2010
-SEYHOUN GALLERY. W. Hollywood, CA. FILS I COLORS. April-May 2009
-ARTHAUS 66 Gallery. Albuquerque, New Mexico. April 2009 - CIUTATS.
-BLUEBIRD ART HOUSE - WHITTIER, CA - AUGUST 2008 - CIUTATS
-BLUEBIRD ART HOUSE - WHITTIER- CA (USA) JANUARY 2007 - VERMELL I NEGRE
-INFUSION GALLERY -Los Angeles (USA) November 2006 - MANS I TEXTURES
-ASSUNTA FOX GALLERY - Santa Ana - CA - May 2006
GROUP SHOWS
-SHE WOLF GALLERY - SUMMER SHOW - AUSTIN, TEXAS - JUNE/SEPTEMBER 2024
-THE PAINTING CENTER - VOLUME UP - NEW YORK - June-July 2023
-ARTSPACE WAREHOUSE - CREDIBLE THREAD - LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 2023
-PAMELA WALSH GALLERY - PALO ALTO, CA - Third Anniversary Show - DECEMBER 2022
-825 GALLERY - OUT THERE - WEST HOLLYWOOD - MAY 2021
-PAMELA WALSH GALLERY - PALO ALTO, CA - NOV-DEC 2019 - GRAND - THE SIGNIFICANCE OF SCALE
-JULIO VALDEZ PROJECT - AFFORDABLE ART FAIR NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 2019
-MERRITT GALLERY - BALTIMORE - JUNE 2019 - SHAPE, LINE, COLOR
-JULIO VALDEZ PROJECT SPACE - INVITATIONAL EXHIBITION - NEW YORK -MAY 2019
-ART PROJECT PAIA - POINT AND LINE TO PLANE - MAUI, HAWAII - APRIL 2019
-MERRITT GALLERY - BE BOLD - BALTIMORE - MARCH 2019
-JULIO VALDEZ PROJECT SPACE - ART ON PAPER - NEW YORK - MARCH 2019
-MERRITT GALLERY - UNEXPECTED SPLENDOR - BALTIMORE - JANUARY 2019
-BOMBAY SAPPHIRE ARTISAN SERIES - BUILDING BRIDGES GALLERY - SANTA MONICA OCTOBER 2018,
-MERRITT GALLERY - BALTIMORE - JUNE-JULY 2018 - ALL-AMERICAN INSPIRED
-MERRITT GALLERY - BALTIMORE - MAY-JUNE 2018 - MAKING A STATEMENT
-MICHAEL WARREN CONTEMPORARY - DENVER - APRIL 2018 - WEST COAST ARTIST
-MERRITT GALLERY - BALTIMORE - MARCH 2018 - SPRING LOOKBOOK EXBITION
-SAATCHI ART - SANTA MONICA - JANUARY 2018 - CONSTRUCTED
-BATCH SHOWROOM - SAN FRANCISCO - JANUARY 2018 - GROUP SHOW
-MERRITT GALLERY - BALTIMORE - JANUARY 2018 - LOVE IS IN THE ART
-DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - 2017-18 - IT'S A COLORFUL WORLD
-THE PROJECT SPACE - NEW YORK - DECEMBER 2017 - OPEN STUDIO TOUR
-SLATE ART - DRIP N DRY SHOW - OAKLAND, CA - MARCH 2017
-FP CONTEMPORARY - SUMMER GROUP SHOW - CULVER CITY - JUNE 2016
-SLATE ART @ APSEN LEAF INTERIORS - GROUP SHOW - TRUCKEE, CA - SUMMER 2016
-825 GALLERY - OUT THERE 2016 - WEST HOLLYWOOD - JUNE 2016
-ART PROJECT PAIA - LOVE IN COLOR - PAIA/MAUI, HI - DECEMBER/JANUARY 2016
-FP CONTEMPORARY - SUMMER GROUP SHOW - CULVER CITY -JUNE 2015
-OFF RAMP GALLERY- SAMPLED GROUP SHOW - PASADENA, CA - FEBRUARY/MARCH 2015
-MICHAEL WARREN CONTEMPORARY- DENVER- COLORADO. DRIPS, DROPS , POURS AND SPINS. SHOW WITH QUINTIN GONZALEZ, WILLIAM LOVELESS, MELANIE ROTSCHILD AND RAUL DE LA TORRE. OCTOVER-NOVEMBER 2014.
-FREE FORMS GROUP SHOW , FRESH PAINT AND LIVE STYLE STUDIO - SANTA MONICA -JULY-SEPTEMBER 2014
-FRESH PAINT ART - SUMMER SOLSTICE GROUP SHOW - CULVER CITY - JUNE-JULY 2014
-ARTSPACE WAREHOUSE - TRANSFORMING BOUNDARIES - LOS ANGELES - JUNE-JULY 2014
-825 GALLERY - OUT THERE, I DO - WEST HOLLYWOOD - JUNE 2014
-MICHAEL WARREN CONTEMPORARY GROUP SHOW - DENVER, COLORADO - MAY 2014
-SNP GALLERY - LANGEWEILE - Michael Hayden, Raul de la Torre, Sandra Low, Camilla Bareiss - Curated by Nike Schroeder - ATWATER VILLAGE, LOS ANGELES - AUGUST 2013
-FRESH PAINT - SUMMER SALON - GROUP SHOW - CULVER CITY, CA - JULY, AUGUST 2013
-POST - GEFLUSTER - NIKE SCHRODER , MELANIE ARON AND RAUL DE LA TORRE -LOS ANGELES -JULY 2013
-825 GALLERY - OUT THERE 2013 - WEST HOLLYWOOD - JUNE 2013
-MODERNISM- GROUP SHOW - BLUEPRINT GREEN GALLERY- PALM SPRINGS, CA - FEBRUARY 2013
-GALLERY Y - COLLABORATION OF CIRCLES AND LINES - BARBARA KOLO, DAVID JANG AND RAUL DE LA TORRE- LOS ANGELES- JANUARY 2013
-825 GALLERY - OUT THERE 2012 - WEST HOLLYWOOD - JUNE 2012
-ARTSPACE WAREHOUSE - LAYERED WORKS -LOS ANGELES - JUNE-JULY 2012
-BRUCE LURIE GALLERY - WEST HOLLYWOOD - MAY 2012
-825 GALLERY - GEM 2012 - WEST HOLLYWOOD - April 2012
-BRUCE LURIE GALLERY- WEST HOLLYWOOD- GROUP SHOW- MARCH 2012
-LOS ANGELES ART SHOW 2012 - WORKS PRESENTED BY LAUNCH - JANUARY 2012
-825 GALLERY - VERSUS (Collaborative work with Marlene Yamada)- WEST HOLLYWOOD - JANUARY 2012
-ARTSPACE WAREHOUSE - COLORS - LOS ANGELES - CA - SEPTEMBER 2011
-VALE FINE ART - OPENING SHOW - PASO ROBLES, CA - SEPTEMBER 2011
-VENICE ART WALK AND AUCTION - Venice Beach - CA (USA) - May 2011
-COBALT STUDIO - IN STITCHES - CHICAGO - MAY 2011
-825 GALLERY - GEM 2011 - WEST HOLLYWOOD - April 2011
-LAUNCH AT MERRY KARNOWSKY GALLERY - SOLID STRIPES - LOS ANGELES - MARCH 2011
-825 GALLERY - AURORA - WEST HOLLYWOOD - NOVEMBER 2010
-FRESH PAINT GALLERY - GATHERING - CULVER CITY - NOVEMBER 2010
-JON FRUM ART FOUNDATION - LOS ANGELES - THE STRONGEST OF THE STRANGE - SEPTEMBER 2010
-825 GALLERY - OUT THERE - WEST HOLLYWOOD - June 2010
-VENICE ART WALK AND AUCTION - Venice Beach - CA (USA) - May 2010
-825 GALLERY - GEM 2010 - WEST HOLLYWOOD - April 2010
-GALERIA GERALDES DA SILVA - PORTO - PORTUGAL - February 2010 - Group show - Colectiva de artistas espanhois
-ARENA-1 GALLERY - Santa Monica -California - Group Show - January 2010
-INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR PURO ARTE - VIGO -SPAIN - January 2010 - Represented by Galeria Ana Mercader - Almeria
-ART VERSUS WALLS SHOW - BERLIN - GERMANY OCTOBER 2009
-ARENA-1 GALLERY - Santa Monica -California - Group Show September 2009
-GODO GALLERY - Glendale- California - Group show - Highly Toxic - September 2009
-SEYHOUN GALLERY - EUROPE NOW SHOW - GROUP SHOW Curator- Artists- September 2009
-ROBERT DANIEL GALLERY - TACOMA - Washington - Group show: "METAL URGE"- June 2009
-Curator of the show "Europe meets America" At Seyhoun Gallery. June 2009
-SEYHOUN GALLERY - GROUP SHOW "FREE IRAN" - JUNE 2009
- 825 GALLERY - WEST HOLLYWOOD - OUT THERE - Group show - June 2009
-SEYHOUN GALLERY - Downtown Group show -June 2009
- EL SEXTO CONTINENTE - Group show - Centre Civic de la Barceloneta - BARCELONA- SPAIN -Organized by Ajuntament de Barcelona. June 2009
- Hangar Gallery .Santa Monica, CA. Group Show. January 2009
- Hangar Gallery. Santa Monica, CA. Group show. December 2008
-Director of the 1st International Art Competition at Bluebird Art House - Whittier- CA
-Bluebird art House- Whittier- California December 2007 (Group show)
-Hangar Gallery- Santa Monica. Group show September 2007
-20/20 shows in Palm Springs organize by Blue Bird (May 2007)
-Bluebird art House - Whittier- California (USA) December 2006 (Group show)
-Galerie Bonarelli - Narbonne (France) December 2005 (Group show)
-Galerie Friedricks - Kranenburg (Germany) November 2005 (group show)
COMMISSIONS
-FOUR SEASONS ABU DHABI
-MR AND MRS JONAS - NY
-RENAISSANCE WASHINGTON DC
-MORGAN STANLEY - SAN FRANCISCO
-MORGAN STANLEY - NEW YORK
-TROPICANA HOTEL AND CASINO - LAS VEGAS
-CAFE NIKKI - LAS VEGAS
-SR. ENRIQUE SERRATO
-ROTSCHILD FAMILY
-MR. JEFFREY RYNTZ
-J CREW
-MR. CHARLES LANE
-CITY OF FONTANA
-CITY STAR - SIDNEY- AUSTRALIA
-M8TRIX CASINO- SAN JOSE - CALIFORNIA
-MR AND MRS CRAWFORD - MARINA DEL REY - CALIFORNIA
-HILTON HOTELS
-BOSTON PRIVATE TRUST & BANK
-FELLER FAMILY - NEW YORK
-ETC...
TV AND FILM CREDITS
-THE EVENT (2011)
-FREE AGENTS (2011)
-SAVE ME (2013)
-EASY (2016)
-THE CATCH (2017)
-HOW I MEET YOUR FATHER (HULU)
-9-1-1 (FOX)
-THE LAUNDROMAT (NETFLIX)
-THE CATCH (ABC)