Al Acar

Al (aka:ACAR) Razza was born in Providence, Rhode Island, USA in 1954. He moved to South Florida in 1979 where he currently resides.

ARTIST STATEMENT: Whether I am painting representational pictures or something purely abstract, I want the surface to be energetic and active enough to pull the viewer closer like a magnet. When I paint images my need to understand who I am as a person and the dynamics of the world around me is revealed in some expressive manner. When my work is abstract, I enter a subconscious world where expressive movement and color guide each gesture and shape to completion, and its essence seems to be captured from an endless sea of electronic impulses.

Educated in New England, he received a Bachelor of Fine Art Degree from Massachusetts College of Art in 1977. He also attended the Art Institute of Boston, the University of Rhode Island, and Florida Atlantic University. In 1982, while working on a Masters Degree at Pratt Institute in New York, he was awarded an assistantship and two fellowships. In 1991 he was one of the first artists in South Florida to receive the South Florida Art Consortium Fellowship, which was a $15000 grant awarded to area professional artists who have demonstrated artistic excellence.

Sweet Art Gallery Solo Showing, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, 2024
Sweet Art Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Naples, FL, March, 2020.
Sweet Art Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Naples, FL,
Coral Springs Museum of Art, Solo Exhibition, March - May, 2018
House of Art Exhibition, 4 person exhibition, Jupiter, Florida; 2018.
The Sweet Art Gallery, Solo exhibition, Naples, Florida; 2018.
The Sweet Art Gallery, Group Exhibition, Naples, FL, ongoing representation.
Artserve, Big Art Exhibition, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 2016
Coral Springs Museum of Art, Selected Works, The Art of Pop and Comics, Coral Springs, FL, 2015
Gallery Art, Selected Works, West Palm Beach, FL, 2015
Philharmonic Center for the Arts & Museum, Two Man Exhibition, Naples FL, April & May 2013
Art Gallery Modern, Solo Exhibition, West Palm Bch, FL, 2012,
Red Dot Exposition, Gallery Art acting agent, Wynwood Art District, Miami, 2011, & 2012
Knapp Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA, 2012
Sunrise Civic Center Art Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Sunrise, Florida, 2010
Coral Springs Museum of Art, Live Performance, The Living Art Project, January 7th 2010
Gallery Art, Solo Exhibition & Live Performance, Aventura, Florida, Nov., 30th-Dec.r4th, 2009
Gard Gallery, Solo Exhibition, ...