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Tjalf Sparnaay's paintings hit the retina like bolts of lightning in a clear blue sky. No other painter confronts us quite so clearly with ordinary objects that we hold dear. Since 1987, he has been working on his imposing oeuvre, constantly seeking new images that have never been painted before. What he calls Megarealism is part of the contemporary global art movement of Hyperrealism, and Sparnaay is now considered one of the most important painters working in that style.

His original works are exhibited and sold by art dealers in three countries: OK Harris Works of Art in New York, PlusOne Gallery in London, and the Collectie Harms Rolde Art Gallery in the Netherlands. These dealers represent him worldwide, generating interest amongst collectors and attracting attention from museums.
Prices of the original oils are between 10.000 en 45.000 euro
The Limited Edition were introduced to allow the images created by Sparnaay to live on as intensely and broadly as possible. A very limited number of reproductions are available for each Limited Edition.

In an image-saturated era where anything can be reproduced anywhere in unlimited quantities, it has become apparent that rare, unique, powerful images are cherished more deeply than ever before.





O.K. Harris Works of Art, New York, has been representing the artist in the USA since 2002. O.K. Harris is a prestigious gallery in Soho, representing such artists as leading American pioneers of hyperrealism Ralph Goings, Robert Bechtle, John Salt and others.
Sparnaay had his first solo show there in 2007 and is featured in the annual group shows.

OK Harris was founded by Ivan C. Karp in 1969 in the SoHo district of Manhattan. After having been co-director of Leo Castelli Gallery from 1959-1969 during which time he was instrumental in launching the careers of pop artists such as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg, Claes Oldenburg, Tom Wesselmann and John Chamberlain, Ivan broke away and decided to launch his own gallery. Its establishment in SoHo as the first gallery on West Broadway helped inspire the development of the area's fine arts character.







Plus One Gallery represents the artist in the UK.
'Plus One Gallery has over the past decade established itself as one of the worlds leading specialists in modern contemporary British and International photorealist and hyperrealist art.'

Sparnaay had a solo show of 9 paintings there in 2009, and his work is also presented at the annual group shows.

Collectie Harms Rolde, The Netherlands, has been presenting his work in the Netherlands since 2006. This art dealership represents wellknown contemporary artists as Sam Drukker, Henk Helmantel, Wim Heldens, Enrice Colar and Willem van Veldhuizen. Along with the Mokum gallery, they offer the very best in realistic painting in the Netherlands. The Collectie Harms Rolde displays artworks every year at De PAN Amsterdam, as well as a number of other art fairs in the Netherlands and abroad.

Work has been part of exhibitions at:

• Hudson River Museum, New York
• Fresno Metropolitan, California
• Besthof Collection, New Orleans
• Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Fransisco
• Scott Richards Contemporary Art, SanFransisco
• Meisel.Bernaducci, New York
• National Arts Club, New York
• Museum 'De Buitenplaats, Eelde


The book Exactitude: Hyperrealistic Art Today was published in 2009 in cooperation with Plus One Gallery. This standard reference work, published by Thames & Hudson and written by John Russell Taylor, includes an extensive section on Sparnaay's work, which also features prominently on the cover. Exactitude describes and illustrates the work of fifteen contemporary international hyperrealists and is a worthy successor to the widely acclaimed standard work entitled Photorealism, by Louis K. Meisel, New York.

TJALF SPARNAAY Born: 1954, Haarlem, The Netherlands Resides: Hilversum, The Netherlands Education: Selftaught Solo Exhibitions: 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: 2012    Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, Canada ' Beyond Realism', a Photorealism retrospective show 2012    Reinisch Contemporary Art, Graz, Austria 'Stillive' 2012    OK Harris Works Of Art, New York, annual review of the season 2012    Plus One Gallery London, London's Calling 2012    Collectie Harm Rolde, Pan Amsterdam 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, Amstedam, 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 'Daphne's Diary', 2012 Dutch lifestylemagazine

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