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🪞Two painters, two studies of interior life.

David Ralph and his nominee for HORIZON 26 - Jesse Chabrier-Pope - trace the intimate intersections between interior space and human experience.

In his new works, Ralph turns to shopfronts and living spaces as sites of personal and collective history. His painting ‘Kommunalka’ specifically references the communal apartment model - a legacy of post-war Eastern Europe housing - where artists, young families, and couples share apartments or repurposed shopfronts.

In turn, Chabrier-Pope weaves rich allegorical narratives of growth and memory, capturing figures during private, passing moments. On his painting for HORIZON, the artist reflects: “The work explores my partner’s navigation through a conflicting period of transition. Her temptations, her entanglements, are viewed without intrusion through a moment that feels like it could last forever.”

HORIZON 26 continues until 18 April 2026 🛋️

• Contact the gallery via DM or info@dominikmerschgallery.com to receive a catalogue •

@davidralph7803 @rrierr
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#davidralph #jessechabrierpope #contemporarypaintings #emergingartist #sydneygallery

🪞Two painters, two studies of interior life.

David Ralph and his nominee for HORIZON 26 - Jesse Chabrier-Pope - trace the intimate intersections between interior space and human experience.

In his new works, Ralph turns to shopfronts and living spaces as sites of personal and collective history. His painting ‘Kommunalka’ specifically references the communal apartment model - a legacy of post-war Eastern Europe housing - where artists, young families, and couples share apartments or repurposed shopfronts.

In turn, Chabrier-Pope weaves rich allegorical narratives of growth and memory, capturing figures during private, passing moments. On his painting for HORIZON, the artist reflects: “The work explores my partner’s navigation through a conflicting period of transition. Her temptations, her entanglements, are viewed without intrusion through a moment that feels like it could last forever.”

HORIZON 26 continues until 18 April 2026 🛋️

• Contact the gallery via DM or info@dominikmerschgallery.com to receive a catalogue •

@davidralph7803 @rrierr
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#davidralph #jessechabrierpope #contemporarypaintings #emergingartist #sydneygallery

🪞Two painters, two studies of interior life.

David Ralph and his nominee for HORIZON 26 - Jesse Chabrier-Pope - trace the intimate intersections between interior space and human experience.

In his new works, Ralph turns to shopfronts and living spaces as sites of personal and collective history. His painting ‘Kommunalka’ specifically references the communal apartment model - a legacy of post-war Eastern Europe housing - where artists, young families, and couples share apartments or repurposed shopfronts.

In turn, Chabrier-Pope weaves rich allegorical narratives of growth and memory, capturing figures during private, passing moments. On his painting for HORIZON, the artist reflects: “The work explores my partner’s navigation through a conflicting period of transition. Her temptations, her entanglements, are viewed without intrusion through a moment that feels like it could last forever.”

HORIZON 26 continues until 18 April 2026 🛋️

• Contact the gallery via DM or info@dominikmerschgallery.com to receive a catalogue •

@davidralph7803 @rrierr
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#davidralph #jessechabrierpope #contemporarypaintings #emergingartist #sydneygallery

🪞Two painters, two studies of interior life.

David Ralph and his nominee for HORIZON 26 - Jesse Chabrier-Pope - trace the intimate intersections between interior space and human experience.

In his new works, Ralph turns to shopfronts and living spaces as sites of personal and collective history. His painting ‘Kommunalka’ specifically references the communal apartment model - a legacy of post-war Eastern Europe housing - where artists, young families, and couples share apartments or repurposed shopfronts.

In turn, Chabrier-Pope weaves rich allegorical narratives of growth and memory, capturing figures during private, passing moments. On his painting for HORIZON, the artist reflects: “The work explores my partner’s navigation through a conflicting period of transition. Her temptations, her entanglements, are viewed without intrusion through a moment that feels like it could last forever.”

HORIZON 26 continues until 18 April 2026 🛋️

• Contact the gallery via DM or info@dominikmerschgallery.com to receive a catalogue •

@davidralph7803 @rrierr
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#davidralph #jessechabrierpope #contemporarypaintings #emergingartist #sydneygallery

Art Collector magazine Australia - October - December 2025.

‘Plaster’ 2025.Just 3 more days to see my new exhibition -‘Closed Shop’- at the Dominik Mersch Gallery in Sydney. All thanks to Dominik and his wonderful team for this first solo exhibition with them. And many thanks to Allan Cooley at Gallery 9 for his support representing me for 14 years until the gallery’s closure this year. ‘Closed Shop’ continues until 5pm this Saturday!

🪟 “The closed shop window appears to me as a site of informal public art: part painting, part collage, alive with layers of graffiti, street art, stickers, and billposters.”

Explore the layers of David Ralph’s painted shop fronts, serving as metaphors for a society in transition. His solo exhibition ‘Closed Shop’ continues until 11th October.

• Contact the gallery via DM or email to request a catalogue •

@davidralph7803
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#davidralph #contemporarypaintings #closedshop #sydneygallery #texturedpainting

🪟 “The closed shop window appears to me as a site of informal public art: part painting, part collage, alive with layers of graffiti, street art, stickers, and billposters.”

Explore the layers of David Ralph’s painted shop fronts, serving as metaphors for a society in transition. His solo exhibition ‘Closed Shop’ continues until 11th October.

• Contact the gallery via DM or email to request a catalogue •

@davidralph7803
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#davidralph #contemporarypaintings #closedshop #sydneygallery #texturedpainting

🪟 “The closed shop window appears to me as a site of informal public art: part painting, part collage, alive with layers of graffiti, street art, stickers, and billposters.”

Explore the layers of David Ralph’s painted shop fronts, serving as metaphors for a society in transition. His solo exhibition ‘Closed Shop’ continues until 11th October.

• Contact the gallery via DM or email to request a catalogue •

@davidralph7803
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#davidralph #contemporarypaintings #closedshop #sydneygallery #texturedpainting

🔭As the centrepiece of his solo exhibition, David Ralph’s painting ‘View From Mars’ explores the psychology of architectural spaces.

Ralph blues the lines between memory and imagination, rendering an uncanny scene that feels both distant and familiar - like a postcard from a parallel world.

Please contact the gallery via DM or email to request an exhibition catalogue.

@davidralph7803
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#davidralph #contemporarypaintings #sydneygallery #uncannypainting

🔭As the centrepiece of his solo exhibition, David Ralph’s painting ‘View From Mars’ explores the psychology of architectural spaces.

Ralph blues the lines between memory and imagination, rendering an uncanny scene that feels both distant and familiar - like a postcard from a parallel world.

Please contact the gallery via DM or email to request an exhibition catalogue.

@davidralph7803
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#davidralph #contemporarypaintings #sydneygallery #uncannypainting

🔭As the centrepiece of his solo exhibition, David Ralph’s painting ‘View From Mars’ explores the psychology of architectural spaces.

Ralph blues the lines between memory and imagination, rendering an uncanny scene that feels both distant and familiar - like a postcard from a parallel world.

Please contact the gallery via DM or email to request an exhibition catalogue.

@davidralph7803
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#davidralph #contemporarypaintings #sydneygallery #uncannypainting

Step inside David Ralph’s urban façades through two new textured paintings, currently on show in his solo exhibition ‘Closed Shop’ 🚧

“This new series considers the shopfront as a kind of physical, anthropomorphic skin - a façade we see ourselves in and relate to on a personal level. In this context, the closed shopfront becomes a metaphor for a time in flux.”

‘Closed Shop’ continues until 11th October. Contact the gallery via DM or email to receive a catalogue.

@davidralph7803
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#davidralph #contemporarypaintings #closedshop #sydneygallery

Step inside David Ralph’s urban façades through two new textured paintings, currently on show in his solo exhibition ‘Closed Shop’ 🚧

“This new series considers the shopfront as a kind of physical, anthropomorphic skin - a façade we see ourselves in and relate to on a personal level. In this context, the closed shopfront becomes a metaphor for a time in flux.”

‘Closed Shop’ continues until 11th October. Contact the gallery via DM or email to receive a catalogue.

@davidralph7803
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#davidralph #contemporarypaintings #closedshop #sydneygallery

Step inside David Ralph’s urban façades through two new textured paintings, currently on show in his solo exhibition ‘Closed Shop’ 🚧

“This new series considers the shopfront as a kind of physical, anthropomorphic skin - a façade we see ourselves in and relate to on a personal level. In this context, the closed shopfront becomes a metaphor for a time in flux.”

‘Closed Shop’ continues until 11th October. Contact the gallery via DM or email to receive a catalogue.

@davidralph7803
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#davidralph #contemporarypaintings #closedshop #sydneygallery

Dominik Mersch Gallery is excited to announce David Ralph’s solo exhibition ‘Closed Shop’. Please join us to celebrate the opening on Saturday 20th September from 3-5pm, alongside Pier Greville’s exhibition ‘Entropic Baroque’.

David Ralph examines how built environments and their interiors can shape human experience. His new series of paintings focus on the closed shopfront as a metaphor for shifting identity in an increasingly virtual society. The paintings reflect a transitional moment - where commerce, memory, and creative expression intersect in the face of cultural and economic change.

🔗Priority access is now open. Please contact the gallery via email, phone, or DM to receive the catalogue.

@davidralph7803
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#davidralph #contemporarypaintings #sydneygallery #sydneyexhibition #closedshop #shopfront

Dominik Mersch Gallery is delighted to announce the representation of David Ralph.

Working between Melbourne and Leipzig, David reflects on how built environments, cities, and domestic dwellings can shape human experience and identity. His surreal, psychologically-charged paintings address what the artist refers to as “anthropomorphic space” - environments that act as portraits of their absent occupants. Inspired by the pre-modern genre of Interior Portraiture, David transforms personal spaces into outward expressions of an inner world.

The artist holds a PhD in Fine Art and has exhibited widely since the early 2000s, with solo shows in Melbourne and Sydney and group exhibitions in cities like New York, London, Berlin, and Paris. An Anne and Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholar and recipient of the Australia Council Arts Development Grant, his work is held in major collections including the NGV, TMAG, Artbank, and British Airways.

David will debut as a DMG represented artist with a curated selection of paintings in our upcoming group show ‘The Uncanny’, opening 23 August 2025.

Contact the gallery to discuss available works or to sign up for the artist’s waitlist and be the first to receive new information.

@davidralph7803
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Image caption: David Ralph in his studio at the LIA, Leipzig. Photograph by Margret Hoppe.
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#davidralph #contemporarypainting #artistrepresentation #sydneygallery #melbourneartist

Dominik Mersch Gallery is delighted to announce the representation of David Ralph.

Working between Melbourne and Leipzig, David reflects on how built environments, cities, and domestic dwellings can shape human experience and identity. His surreal, psychologically-charged paintings address what the artist refers to as “anthropomorphic space” - environments that act as portraits of their absent occupants. Inspired by the pre-modern genre of Interior Portraiture, David transforms personal spaces into outward expressions of an inner world.

The artist holds a PhD in Fine Art and has exhibited widely since the early 2000s, with solo shows in Melbourne and Sydney and group exhibitions in cities like New York, London, Berlin, and Paris. An Anne and Gordon Samstag International Visual Arts Scholar and recipient of the Australia Council Arts Development Grant, his work is held in major collections including the NGV, TMAG, Artbank, and British Airways.

David will debut as a DMG represented artist with a curated selection of paintings in our upcoming group show ‘The Uncanny’, opening 23 August 2025.

Contact the gallery to discuss available works or to sign up for the artist’s waitlist and be the first to receive new information.

@davidralph7803
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Image caption: David Ralph in his studio at the LIA, Leipzig. Photograph by Margret Hoppe.
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#davidralph #contemporarypainting #artistrepresentation #sydneygallery #melbourneartist

Please join me at BANG Project Space, Prahran, for ‘Interland’, a mini survey exhibition of my work over the past 10 years.

During this time I’ve exhibited mainly in Sydney, Perth, Berlin and Leipzig, and completed my PhD - ‘Anthropomorphic space: The interior as a portrait of it’s absent subject in painting’. This small but demonstrative exhibition is a good opportunity for people to see my work in Melbourne again after many years. Looking forward to seeing you in Prahran on Sat 3 and Sun 4 May.

All works will be for sale.