Alessandro Raho had an instantaneous start to his career. Born in Nassau, Bahamas, he later moved to London and graduated from Goldsmith College of Art in ’94. The following year his work was selected for the Young British Artist showcase, ‘Brilliant!’, at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, exhibiting alongside some of the YBA trailblazers. While being determined never to do commissioned portraits he eventually gave in when approached by the National Portrait Gallery in London in 2005 for a portrait of the British actor, Judi Dench; a portraits which today is part of the museum primary collection. His works have been widely exhibited and is held in several museum collections such as Tate Modern, London; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; and the Berardo Collection, Lisbon. Raho lives and works in the United Kingdom.
