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Joan Huiner Ranzini
Born 1961 Syracuse, New York
Education
1986 Master of Architectural History, University of Virginia
1983 Bachelor of Arts with High Honors, College of William and Mary (major in Fine Arts, with emphasis on architecture)
Additional art coursework at Beverley Street Studio School and Mary Baldwin College
Residencies
2022 Core Visual Arts Residency, Millay Arts, Austerlitz, New York, Mid Atlantic Arts Creative Fellowship recipient
2019 VCCA – Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Mt San Angelo, Amherst, Virginia
Jurying and Curatorship
2022 19th Annual VMRC National Juried Art Exhibition Park Gables Gallery, Harrisonburg, VA (1 of 3 jurors)
2020 2020 Vision: 17th Annual VMRC National Juried Art Exhibition Park Gables Gallery, Harrisonburg, VA (1 of 3 jurors)
2019 Academy of Fine Arts National Juried Art Exhibition Academy of Fine Arts, Lynchburg, VA
2018 Contemporary Women Artists of Virginia Shenandoah Valley Arts Center, Waynesboro, VA
Upcoming Exhibits
2022 Time and Space: Collage and Paintings by Joan H Ranzini September 23-November 13, Beverley Street Studio School Gallery, Staunton, VA
TBD Solo Exhibit Hunt Gallery, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA
Selected Solo and Small Group Exhibits
2022 Creating Space: Seven Contemporary Women Artists Hollins University, Roanoke, VA
2022 Explore, Observe, Respond: Collage and Paintings by Joan Huiner Ranzini Academy Center of the Arts Lynchburg, VA (rescheduled from 2020)
2022 Themes Over Time: Collage and Paintings by Joan H Ranzini Ox Eye Gallery, Staunton, VA (rescheduled from 2020)
2021 Source Materials: Collage and Paintings by Joan H Ranzini Beverly Perdue Art Gallery, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, VA
2019 In Dialogue: Four Women Artists Staunton Augusta Art Center Staunton, VA (four person show with Sally Bowring, Janly Jaggard and Sae A Lee)
2017 McCoy and Ranzini: Concept and Materials Carnegie Hall Gallery, Lewisburg, WV (two person show with Sue McCoy)
2014 More or Less: A Report from the Studio Shenandoah Valley Art Center Invitational Gallery, Waynesboro, VA
2012 Families in Translation WMRA Public Radio, Harrisonburg, VA (two person show with Fran Fevrier)
2007 Two Perspectives Nelson Fine Arts Gallery, Lexington, VA (two person show with Christine Rooney)
2006 Joan Huiner Ranzini: Recent Work Lynchburg College Daura Gallery, Lynchburg, VA (invitational)
2004 Joan Huiner Ranzini: Working in Series Bridgewater College Miller Gallery, Bridgewater, VA
2003 Joan Huiner Ranzini: Drawings and Paintings Shenandoah Valley Arts Center, Waynesboro, VA
2003 Chairs On and Off the Wall Lynchburg Fine Arts Center, Lynchburg, VA
2002 Joan H. Ranzini: Interior Landscapes Beverley Street Studio School Gallery, Staunton, VA
Selected Juried Group Exhibits
2022 Members Juried Art Exhbition Beverley Street Studio School Gallery, Staunton, VA
2022, 2018, 2017, 2010, 2008, 2007 Academy of Fine Arts National Juried Art Exhibition Lynchburg, VA
2021, 2019, 2017 Annual National Juried Show Riverviews Art Space Lynchburg, VA
2021 Little Gallery at the Fralin Museum University of Virginia Fralin Museum, Charlottesville, VA
2020 Breathe: Protections, Paradigms, and Pandemic, Shenandoah Valley Art Center, Waynesboro, VA
2020 Art Unlocked McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville, VA
2019, 2018 Annual National Juried Exhibition Oxford Arts Alliance Oxford, PA
2019, 2018, 2017, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2006, 2005, 2004 VMRC Juried National Art Exhibition Harrisonburg, VA
2018 3rd Annual National Juried Exhibition Larkin Arts Harrisonburg, VA
2018 12 Cubed Exhibit Todd Art Gallery MTSU Department of Art and Design Murfreesboro, TN
2018 31st Annual Northern National Art Competition Nicolet College Rhinelander, WI
2018 April Showers Bring May Flowers Gallery Flux Ashland, VA
2014 Exquisite Corpse Nelson Fine Arts Gallery, Lexington, VA (invitational)
2011 Downsizing Nelson Fine Arts Gallery, Lexington, VA (invitational)
2009, 2008, 2007, 2005, 2004, 2003 Annual Juried Show Nelson Fine Arts Gallery, Lexington, VA
2007 Double Bubble Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA
2004 Past, Present and Future Lynchburg Academy of Fine Arts, Lynchburg, VA (invitational)
2002 Peninsula Fine Arts Center Biennial, “Expect the Unexpected: Contemporary Realism” Newport News, VA (juror Phillip Pearlstein)
Publications
Portland Review Spring 2019 online edition
William and Mary Alumni Magazine Spring/Summer 2004
Pastel Journal “Joan Ranzini: Working Inside the Box” pp 22-26 November/December 2003
Art Calendar October 2003
Selected Public Collections
Eleanor D. Wilson Museum at Hollins University
Augusta Medical Center Permanent Collection and Medical Center Spa
Craddock-Terry Bluffwalk Center Hotel
Femme Care, Inc.
Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, Design for a New Chapel
Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, Sculptural Screen for the new columbarium
Lynchburg College Permanent Collection
Martha Jefferson Hospital Permanent Collection
Rockingham Memorial Hospital Permanent Collection
University of Virginia Health Systems Collection and UVA Heart Center