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About the Exhibition:

Raphael Sassi’s art communicates his deep and abiding respect and commitment to traditional technique as well as constant innovation in drawings, paintings, and sculpture. Works in this exhibition span nearly his entire life, from early works on paper to his most recently completed works in painting and drawing. Raphael committed to practicing art seriously from a young age, declaring his intentions to his father who was an art teacher and working at it almost daily until his death in 2019.

Sassi’s talent was apparent to those around him from youth, coupled with a drive to create art that pushed his work to among the highest caliber in representational and figurative drawing and painting circles. He received numerous awards and accolades across his lifetime and was a teacher as well as a sought after portrait artist. This exhibition asserts his place as a critically important Colorado artist, and honors his legacy as both an artist and as a friend to so many in this region. Curated by Daisy McGowan, with thanks to Gretchen and Doug Sassi for their work to realize the exhibition.

About the Artist:

Raphael Sassi’s deep and lifelong commitment to the study and practice of art resonates profoundly through his drawings, paintings and sculpture created during his lifetime. Works in this exhibition span nearly his entire practice, from early works on paper to his most recently completed works in painting and drawing.

Sassi dedicated himself the life of a serious artist from a young age, declaring his intentions to his father who was an art teacher and working at his practice almost daily as the integral fiber of his life, culminating in a terminal degree from the renowned New York Academy of Art, considered the creative and intellectual center at the vanguard of representational art.
Raphael Sassi’s white hot talent was apparent to those around him from his earliest years, coupled with a drive to create art that brought recognition in representational and figurative drawing and painting circles as well as numerous awards and accolades across the art world.

This exhibition asserts that Raphael Sassi was one of Colorado’s most significant contemporary artists and honors his legacy as both an artist and a friend to many in the western region, nationally and internationally. Raphael Sassi was born in Pennsylvania on Oct. 29, 1976, and was raised in Maryland. Sassi died tragically on April 5, 2019, in Colorado where he had lived for some time. He began his art studies in his early teens, receiving a Maryland Artists Equity Distinguished Scholar Finalist Award in 1995. Subsequently he enrolled at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. Including a semester studying abroad in Italy at the Syracuse University in Florence, he graduated from MICA in 1999.

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