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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

TBD Solo Exhibit Hunt Gallery, Mary Baldwin University, Staunton, VA
2025 Group 6 Academy Center of the Arts, Lynchburg, VA (August 2025)

Selected Solo and Small Group Exhibits

2023 Group 6 McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville, VA
2022 Time and Space: Collage and Paintings by Joan H Ranzini Beverley Street Studio School Gallery, Staunton, VA
2022 Creating Space: Seven Contemporary Women Artists Eleanor D. Wilson Museum at 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

2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2017 Annual National Juried Show Riverviews Art Space, Lynchburg, VA
2023 Teeny, Tiny Trifecta Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
2022 Members Juried Art Exhibition Beverley Street Studio School Gallery, Staunton, VA
2022, 2018, 2017, 2010, 2008, 2007 Academy of Fine Arts National Juried Art Exhibition 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

30×30 Beverley Street Studio School essay collection January 2021
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