Tjalf Sparnaay biography

The artist and painter Tjalf Sparnaay (The Netherlands, 1954) lives and works in the Dutch town of Hilversum but spends a lot of his time in the United States. Tjalf Sparnaay is a self-taught painter. He has been working on his impressive oeuvre of paintings and artworks since 1987, constantly seeking new images that have never been painted before.

In his oil paintings and still lifes Tjalf Sparnaay makes us see the ordinary, mundane things that are dear to us in a different light. His technique reflects that of the 17th century Dutch masters, but his subjects are very contemporary and include foodstuffs and objects that are quintessentially Dutch or American.

Tjalf Sparnaay has been influenced by the work of Vermeer, Rembrandt, Ralph Goings and Charles Bell. He is internationally considered to be one of the most important contemporary painters working in a style called Mega Realism, part of the contemporary art movement of Hyper Realism. His paintings and limited-edition prints continue to grow in popularity with art collectors and art enthusiasts.

Salome Art Venture & master print house Re-Art are Tjalf Sparnaay's official partners for his limited-edition prints and giclees. We are proud to be able to present here his paintings, art prints and giclees.

Curriculum vitae

TJALF SPARNAAY
Born: 1954, Haarlem, The Netherlands
Resides: Hilversum, The Netherlands
Education: Selftaught

Solo Exhibitions:
2015 'Closer', Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle, The Netherlands
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:
2013 Bernarducci.Meisel Gallery New York, Groupsshow
2013 Mark Peet Visser Gallery Den Bosch, Realism '13, Amsterdam
2012 Collectie Harms Rolde, PAN Amsterdam
2012 Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, Canada ' Beyond Realism', a Photorealism retrospective show
2012 Reinisch Contemporary Art, Graz, Austria 'Contemporary Stillive'
2012 OK Harris Works Of Art, New York, annual review of the season
2012 Plus One Gallery London, London's Calling
2011 Collectie Harms Rolde, PAN Amsterdam
2011 OK Harris Works Of Art, New York, annual review of the season
2011 PlusOne Gallery London,'Bon Apetit', groupshow
2011 PlusOne Gallery London, 10 years Anniversaryshow
2011 PlusOne Gallery London, Wintershow
2010 Scott Richards Contemporary Art, SanFransisco, 'Sweet Tooth', a groupshow
2010 Collectie Harms Rolde, PAN Amsterdam
2010 OK Harris Works of Art, New York : Review of the season, groupshow
2010 Collectie Harms Rolde 'Dutch Art Now', National Arts Club, New York
2010 Collectie Harms Rolde 'Realisme '10, Amsterdam
2010 Collectie Harms Rolde Artantique Utrecht groupshow
2009 PlusOne Gallery London Groupshow
2009 Collectie Harms Rolde Pan Amsterdam
2009 Fresno Metropolitan Museum, Fresno - California: I Want Candy: The Sweet Stuff in American Art
2009 PlusOne Gallery,groupsshow Exactitude V booklaunch, London
2009 Collectie Harms Rolde, Realisme 09
2008 OK Harris Works of Art, annual review of the season
2008 Collectie Harms Rolde PAN Amsterdam
2008 Collectie Harms Rolde, Realisme 08
2008 Plus One Gallery, London, Art London
2008 Collectie Harms Rolde, Open Art Fair
2007 Collectie Harms Rolde, PAN, Amsterdam,
2007 PlusOne Gallery, Art London
2007 OK Harris Works ofArt, annual review of the season
2007 Hudson River Museum, New York, USA
2007 Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, USA
2007 Bernaducci. Meisel. Gallery, New York,USA
2007 Collectie Harms Rolde, Realisme 07, Amsterdam
2006 Collectie Harms Rolde, PAN, Amsterdam
2006 Plus One Gallery, Art Fair London
2006 Plus One Gallery, Exactitude III, London
2006 OK Harris, Annual review of the season, New York, USA
2006 Gallery Honingen, Gouda, The Netherlands
2006 Gallery Utrecht, Realisme 06, Amsterdam
2006 Gallery Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2005 Gallery Utrecht, Realisme 05, Amsterdam
2005 O.K. Harris, Annual review of the season, New York, USA
2005 OK Harris, Affordable Art Fair, New York, USA
2004 Gallery Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2004 O.K. Harris, Annual review of the season, New York, USA
2003 Gallery Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2003 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:
Sydney and Walda Besthoff Collection, New Orleans, LA, USA
Mickey Huibregtsen Collection, Amsterdam/Bussum, The Netherlands
Brutus Creemers Collection, Edam, The Netherlands
NCM Collection, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Jacob Gelt Dekker Collection, Curacao
Hetterschijt Collection, Spain
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

Commissions (among others):
Eric Geilenkirchen, Hong Kong
Hoetmer, Hilversum, The Netherlands
Optiver, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Paul Baars Design Studio, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Eckhaus, Odijk, The Netherlands
Jan Teunissen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Jacob Gelt Dekker, Curacao

Bibliography:
Monography: Tjalf Sparnaay Mega - Realisme, oilpaintings, 2002, ISBN 90-9016442-1
Works published on postcards by Art Unlimited, the Netherlands
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 glossy
'rh+' Turkish , 2012 Art glossy
'De Gooi- en Eemlander', Dutch daily paper nov. 14 2012
'Daphne's Diary', 2012 Dutch lifestylemagazine
'Huffington Post', Arts and culture nov. 19 2012
'Zagat' online nov 13, 2012
'The Sun' nov. 12 2012
'Daily Mail' nov 12 2012
hundreds of international online magazine's /papers all over the world

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Sandwiches

Sandwiches is a limited edition, signed and numbered art print by artist Tjalf Sparnaay. The print is a reproduction of Tjalf Sparnaay's oil painting of the same name. Tjalf Sparnaay often paints typically Dutch or American objects and it doesn't any more Dutch than a sandwich with chocolate sprinkles for lunch! This also shows that Sparnaay's paintings always have a humorous side to them.