RICARDO CINALLI
Ricardo Cinalli was born in Froylan Palacios in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. He
read Psychology at the University of Rosario, having previously studied Painting at the
Academia Fornells and Piano at the Conservatorio Chopin.
He moved to London in 1973 to study Painting at Harrow School of Art and later on at
Hornsey School of Art.
In 1980 he started to exhibit his works in various galleries and museums in Europe,
North and South America and Australia.
Amongst his public commissions he painted frescoes in the Londersborough Room in
Alexandra palace, Vintners Place in the City of London, the Argentinian Embassy and
the main altar in the Chiesa del Redentore, Brixton.
He has created the set designs for Les Parents Terribles by Jean Cocteau for the
National Theatre, London (1996), Daphnis and Chloe by Maurice Ravel at the Teatro
Municipal de Rio de Janeiro (1998), Le Nozze di Figaro at the Teatro Colon, Buenos
Aires. Amongst his projects is the design for Cinderella at the Royal opera house in
London.
He is currently working on Homanaje Humanista para el Nuevo Milenio, a fresco of
approximately 1500 square meters at the Proyecto Cultural Cinalli-Peruchena in
Punta del Este, Uruguay.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1979
Galerie de l'Universite, Montreal, Canada
1982
Museum of Orebro, Sweden
1983
Museum of Modern Art of Latin America, Washington DC, USA
1984
M.A.M. (Museum of Modern Art), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1985
Irreguliers, Paris, France
1986
Royal Festival Hall, South Bank, London, UK
Henley Arts Festival, Henley-on-Thames, UK
Museum of Modern Art, Ystad, Sweden
Vanderwoude Tananbaum Gallery, New York, USA
Gallery Alberto Elia, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1988
Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury Festival, Salisbury, UK
Jill George Gallery, London, UK
1989
Galeria Alberto Elia, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Estudio Demaria, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Long & Ryle Gallery, London, UK
1990
Adelaide Festival, Adelaide, Australia
1991
Queen's House, Greenwich, UK
Henley Arts Festival, Henley-on-Thames, UK
1992
Stamperia della Bezuga, Florence, Italy
Galleria Rotini, Livorno, Italy
James Hockey Gallery, W.S.C.A.D, Farnham, UK
Arte Ba '92 Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1993
Accademia Italiana delle Arti, London, UK
Long & Ryle Gallery, London, UK
Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Galeria Alberto Elia, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Museo Municipal de Bellas Artes, Juan B. Castagnino, Rosario, Argentina
A.C.A.V.A. "Latin American YA", installation~, London, UK
1994
Konstmuseum~ Orebro, Sweden
The Russian Museum~ Musem of Ethnography~ St.Petersburg~ Russia
1995
Mythological Penalties~ Beaux Arts~ London~ UK
1996
Mythological Penalties~ Carling - Darlenson Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
"ARTECLUB" Gallery, Catania, Italy
Chapelle des Jesuites, Festival of Nimes, France
Espace Bazacle, Foundation E.D.F. Toulouse, France
Parto (Birth), Beaux Arts, London
Front Drop, Jean Cocteau "Les Parents Terribles", National Theatre, London
Artisti Oggi Gallery, Verona, Italy
1998
Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Fundacao Casa Franca-Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Scenographie pour le ballet de Maurice Ravel "Daphnis et Chloe", Theatro Municipal,
Rio de Janeiro
1998/2000
Frescoes in progress (approx. 1000 sq.m) Projecto Cultural Cinalli-Peruchena, "La Cruz
del Sur", Punta del Este, Uruguay
2001
Blue travellers, Blaffer-Phillipps Fine Art, New York
2002
Le Nozze di Figaro, set design and production, Teatro colon, Buenos Aires, Argentina
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1982
Pace Setter 1, The City Museum and Art Gallery, Peterborough, UK
1983
Summer Changes, Mario Flecha Gallery, London, UK
1984
Deira, Segul, Presas, Cinalli, Bergero, Trotti, Casa de la Defensa, Buenos Aires,
Argentina
1985
Events '82, City Art Gallery, Sheffield, UK
1986
The Latin American Drawing, Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA
1987
Sara Long Art International, London, UK
Bledowski, Cinalli, Allen, Mario Flecha Gallery, London, UK
The Icon Show, Mario Flecha Gallery, London, UK
1988
The Sacred in Art, Long & Ryle Gallery, London, UK
Paperworks, Salama Caro Gallery, London, UK
International Art Fair, Los Angeles, USA
1989
Homage to the Square, Flaxman Gallery, London, UK
New Drawings, Jill George Gallery, London, UK
Sex and Sexuality, Diorama Gallery, London, UK
1990
International Art Fair, Olympia, London, UK
New British Painting, Long & Ryle Gallery, London, UK
Architecturally Inspired, Long & Ryle Gallery, London, UK
Four Artists from Britain, Nerlino Gallery, New York, USA
1991
International Art Fair, Olympia, London, UK
Gallery Artists, Long & Ryle, London, UK
Art for Equality, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK
¡Viva Picasso!, Mario Flecha Gallery, London, UK
The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London, UK
Cinalli, Maia, Harbutt, Long and Ryle Gallery, Art 91, London, UK
1992
ARCO '92, Jill George Gallery, Madrid, Spain
The New Patrons, National Art Collections Fund, Christie's, London, UK
Salone Italiano Arte Contemporanea, Firenze, Italy
Chia, Cinalli, Harbutt, Galleria 'La Bezuga', Florence, Italy
1993/4
L'Occhio Dell 'Artista Su Leonardo, The Armand
Hammer Museum of Art Rooseum Malmö, Sweden
Galleria Giallocromo, Catania, Sicily, Italy
Sala Della Regione, Anagni
International Art Exposition, Miami, USA
Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
Galleria Futura, Stockholm, Sweden
Arsenali Navali, Amalfi, Italy
Maskinhallen, Götenborg, Sweden
Galleria La Bezuga, International Art Exposition, Miami, USA
1995
The Drawing Show, Jill George Gallery, London, UK
Artists of Fame and Promise, Beaux Arts, London, UK
Atoxia, Slaughterhouse, London, UK
Small Paintings and Sculptures, Beaux Arts, London, UK
1996
Oleum, Accademia Italiana, London, UK
Artists of Fame and Promise, Beaux Arts, London, UK
The 20th Century Art Fair, Royal College of Art, Beaux Arts, London, UK
The London Contemporary Art Fair, Beaux Arts, London, UK
"Per le Antiche Stanze", Poggiobonsi Arte 1996, XXIV Edizione, APT Siena, Italy
1997
The London Contemporary Art Fair, Beaux Arts, London, UK
Artists of Fame and Promise, Beaux Arts, London, UK
2000
Birds, Kuhn Gallery, Berlin, Lilienthal, Germany
Between Earth and Heaven, Museum of Modern art, Ostende, Belgium
2001
Amsterdam Art Fair, Plus Galleries, Antwerp
2002
Artists of the Ideal, Museum of modern art, Palazzo forte, Verona
Shock and show, realita & alternative – natura naturans 7-, Galleria Planetario, Trieste
SELECTED UK PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
King's Observatory, Kew Gardens, London
Henley Festival
Londesborough Room, Alexandra Palace, London
Embassy of Argentina, London
British Petroleum Head Office, Hemel Hempstead
Flintham Hall, nr. Newark, Nottinghamshire
Societe Generale Strauss Turnbull Exchange House, London
Vintners Place, London
Altare Maggiore (afresco), Chiesa dei Redentore, Brixton, London