2005, 2006
Solo exhibition: Veo Gallery, de Waterkant, Cape Town
2007
Solo exhibition: Worldart Gallery, Johannesburg
2008
Solo exhibition: Kizo Gallery, Heritage festival, Kwazulu-Natal
2009
African Wave exhibitions: Treviso, Trieste, Venice and Milan
2010
Miart Art Now, Milan
2011
Art Chicago, Art Accessibile Milan, 54th Venice Biennale
2013
55th Venice Biennale - Bangladesh Pavilion "Supernatural"
2013
Solo exhibition: "Supernatural part 1" Bugno Art Gallery, Venice (IT)
2016
Icons, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Houston
2016
Bugno Art Gallery, Venice
2016
Michael Laube & Gavin Rain: Illusion, Laura Rathe Fine Art, Dallas
2017
Smith-Davidson Gallery, Amsterdam
2017
Neopointillism, Visual Arts Committee, A & M University, College Station
2018
Iconic Dots, Simon Bart Gallery, Portu Quatu,
2019
One Step Back, Smith-Davidson Gallery, Amsterdam,
2019
WorldArt Gallery, Cape Town
Influences: Seurat & Russian avant garde (1900s)
Education: University of Cape Town and Ruth Prowse Art School
Burning passions: Art + Mathematics = Architecture
Having painted from a young age, Rain only arrived at his neo-pointillist style in 2004. In various interviews, Rain cites two main narratives in his work:
Hidden in plain sight
The main purpose for Rain developing a new style was to force viewers to acknowledge that part of the narrative of each painting is 'hidden in plain sight', whereby it is impossible to see the subject of the painting until the viewer takes a few steps back.
Visit Gavin Rain: www.gavinrain.com
