Rainer Andereesen

Rainer Andreesen was born in 1963 and was raised on a remote island on the northwest coast of Canada. He began drawing at a young age, and later became obsessed with the works of the old masters, including Rembrandt and John Singer Sargent. An arts-based education landed him in the advertising arena where he created designs and illustrations for corporate clients. His career shifted when he was approached by a talent scout and offered a job as a model in Italy. For the next few years, he traveled all over Europe modeling, sketching, and painting, until he settled in New York in 1994.

In 2023, a selection of his primarily black and white portraits and East End landscapes were featured at MM Fine Art Gallery in Southampton, NY. The solo exhibition — Rainer Andreesen: The Space Between — was an iconic expression of the artist’s thoughtful and sophisticated oeuvre, one that strives to let the viewer create their own story behind each image.