RINELLA ALFONSO b. 1995, Curaçao Lives and works in Amsterdam
EDUCATION
2019 BFA, Royal Academy of Art (KABK), The Hague
2015 Instituto Buena Bista, Curaçao
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
Deep Nap, Project Native Informant, London (UK)
A Forgotten Space, Magic Stop, Lausanne (CH)
Protect the meat from the flies, Park View / Paul Soto, Los Angeles (USA)
2020
A Beaded Curtain, Maison de Rendez-Vous, Brussels (BE)
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
Presentation, Park View / Paul Soto, Los Angeles (USA)
Royal Prize for Painting, Royal Palace, Amsterdam (NL)
The Threshold Of Being Seen, D.Y.A.D, Amsterdam (NL)
Bloom, Park View / Paul Soto, Los Angeles (USA)
2020
Royal Prize for Painting, Royal Palace, Amsterdam (NL)
Octagon, Milan (IT)
2019
Generation Pink and Blue, KABK, The Hague (NL)
A docking station, KABK, The Hague (NL)
2018
A foreign affair, Billy Town, The Hague (NL)
2015
Finalisá, Instituto Buena Bista, Curaçao (CW)
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2022
_____. “Rinella Alfonso at Project Native Informant,” Art Writing Daily, August 8
_____. “Rinella Alfonso at Project Native Informant,” Contemporary Art Daily, August 8
_____. “Rinella Alfonso at Project Native Informant,” Art Viewer, July 26
_____. “Rinella Alfonso at Park View / Paul Soto,” Contemporary Art Daily, June 3
2021
van den Eijkel, Wouter, “Royal Award for Modern Painting 2021,” Gallery Viewer, July 17
Staff., “Winners of the Royal Prize Show Courage to Join the Painting Canon,” Ruetir, July 15
van Leeuwen, Anna, “Figuratief, abstract, geëngageerd of dromerig: alles komt langs bij de Koninklijke Prijs voor Vrije Schilderkunst,” de Volkskrant, July 14
RESIDENCIES
2019-21 De Ateliers, Amsterdam
AWARDS AND HONORS
2021 Royal Prize for Painting, The Netherlands, Winner
2010 Royal Prize for Painting, The Netherlands, Nominee
2019 Sluijters Paintings Prize, Nominee
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
ICA Miami
The Netherlands State Collection
