Carla Raadsveld

Born (1952) Rotterdam- Holland,

Education Rotterdam Academy of Fine Art- a 5 year study,

1970 scholarship Rotterdam Art Foundation for Italy
1972 international scholarship for a 2 year stay in South Africa

1973-1987 international exhibitions
1987 the start of a publishing and printing company,

over the years exhibiting at international trade fairs e.g.
Buchmesse Frankfurt, Ambiente Frankfurt,
Art Expo New York, Galleria Londen, Lineart Belgium,
Art Buyers Caravan Long Beach, Dallas, Atlanta, Cork Art Fair,

2001 moving to Ireland and concentrating on painting original canvases

"I prep my canvases with a black "skin" which gives the work a very special structure".

for the last 16 years living and working in Ireland

Willem de Kooning academy of fine art in rotterdam