Marilyn Ranker
42 Roberts Road – Cambridge, MA 02138
617-233-9143 – marilynranker@ yahoo.com
| Education | ||
| 1978-1980 | M.F.A. The University of Kentucky | |
| 1974-1978 | B.F.A. The Pennsylvania State University with distinction | |
| Exhibitions – One and Two Person | ||
| 2011 | • | Marilyn Ranker –Recent Work, Denise Malis-The Fabric of Narrative, Burning Bush Gallery, 450 Harrison Avenue Suite 314, Boston, MA |
| 2008 | • | Marilyn Ranker, Open Doors, ‘Solo 08’, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA Katherine French – juror |
| 2004 | • | Marilyn Ranker and Gwen Strahle, Recent Work, Lenore Gray Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island |
| • | Object/Artifact, Marilyn Ranker and Rebecca Seeman, Fort Point Arts Community Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, Barbara O’Brien – juror |
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| 2002 | • | Marilyn Ranker: Recent Sculpture and Drawings, 55 Mercer Gallery, New York, New York |
| • | Sculpture and Drawings: Marilyn Ranker, Emison Art Center Gallery, Depauw University, Greencastle, Indiana |
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| • | Marilyn Ranker, Jaffe-Friede & Strauss Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire |
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| 2001 | • | Marilyn Ranker: Drawing and Sculpture, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts |
| 1999 | • | Marilyn Ranker, Recent Work, Nesto Gallery, Milton Academy, Milton, Massachusetts |
| 1998 | • | Marilyn Ranker: Regarding Existence, Lillian Immig Gallery; Emmanuel College, Boston, Massachusetts |
| 1995 | • | Brenda Garand/Marilyn Ranker, New Faculty Exhibition Jaffe-Friede & Strauss Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire |
| • | Marilyn Ranker/Gwen Strahle Lenore Gray Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island |
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| 1982 | • | Two Sculptors, Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio |
| • | Marilyn Ranker Sculpture, Lynn Mayhew Gallery, Humphreys Hall, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio |
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| Exhibitions – Group | ||
| 2011 | • | Off the Wall, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham Massachusetts, Susan Stoops – juror – Honorable Mention |
| 2009 | • | Tufts Sixth Annual Juried Exhibition, Tufts University Art Gallery, Aidekman Arts Center, Medford, Massachusetts, Amy Schlegel – juror |
| 2006 | • | Environments…A Sense of Place, Bryan Gallery, Rocky Neck Art Colony, Gloucester, Massachusetts, Best of Show, Katherine French – juror |
| • | Summer Show, Gallery Penumbra, Gloucester, Massachusetts | |
| 2005 | • | Tufts Second Annual Juried Exhibition, Tufts University Art Gallery, Aidekman Arts Center, Medford, Massachusetts, Amy Schlegel and Pascal Spengemann – jurors |
| 2004 | • | Winter Show, Lenore Grey Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island Washington Art Association Gallery, Washington Depot, Connecticut |
| 2003 | • | Faculty Exhibition, Jaffe-Friede & Strauss Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire |
| 2001 | • | 2001 National Competition, Provincetown Art Association & Museum, Provincetown, Massachusetts, Rachel Rosenfield Lafo – juror |
| • | Summer Show, Lenore Grey Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island | |
| 2000 | • | Vital Signs: Drawing as Inquiry, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, Connecticut, Robert Reed – juror |
| • | Sum and Substance, Widener Gallery, Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, Felice Caivano – juror |
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| • | New Art Y2K, Kingston Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, Susan Stoops – juror |
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| • | Faculty Exhibition, Jaffe-Friede & Strauss Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire |
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| 1999 | • | Convergence, Memorial Hall Center for the Arts, Wilmington, Vermont, Rachel Rosenfield Lafo – juror |
| 1999 | • | Marilyn Ranker, Recent Work, Nesto Gallery, Milton Academy, Milton, Massachusetts |
| • | Prince Street Gallery Invitational, New York, New York | |
| 1997 | • | Mixed Media-1997, Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, Natalie Charkow – juror |
| • | New Work 97, ARTSPACE, New Haven, Connecticut, Marian Griffiths, The Sculpture Center – juror |
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| • | 97 National Juried Competition, No.B.I.A.S. Gallery, North Bennington,Vermont, Beth Handler, MOMA – juror |
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| • | Faculty Exhibition, Jaffe-Friede & Strauss Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire |
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| 1996 | • | Metaphor for the 20th Century: Personal Perspectives Hera Gallery, Wakefield, Rhode Island, Rachel Rosenfield Lafo – juror |
| • | New England/New Talent, Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, Massachusetts |
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| • | The Irene Leache Memorial Exhibition 1996, The Chrysler Museum of Art; Norfolk, Virginia, Jock Reynolds – juror |
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| • | Expo 15, national juried competition, b.j. Spoke Gallery, Huntington, New York Tracy Bashkoff, Curator, Guggenheim Museum, New York – juror |
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| 1994 | • | Hardly Academic, Rose Art Museum Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts |
| • | The Sculpted Image, The Mills Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts | |
| 1993 | • | South End Connects II, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, Massachusetts |
| 1990 | • | Myth or Legend, Atwood Gallery, Worcester, Massachusetts |
| 1989 | • | Miniature Show, Atwood Gallery, Worcester, Massachusetts |
| 1988 | • | Northeast Open, Grove Street Gallery, Worcester, Massachusetts |
| 1986 | • | Invitational, Zeus Trabia Gallery, New York, New York Gracie Mansion – juror |
| 1982 | • | Faculty Show, Mayhew Gallery; Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio |
| • | National All on Paper, Terrance Gallery, Palenville, New York |
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| 1981 | • | Three Sculptors, Spark Gallery, Denver, Colorado |
| • | Magic Silver Photography Show, Wooster Community Center, Wooster, Ohio, Best of Show, Mark Schwartz – juror |
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| 1980 | • | Faculty Exhibition, Severance Gallery, The College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio |
| Reviews | ||
| 2009 | • | Cook, Greg.’Breakthroughs’, Tufts Sixth Annual Juried Exhibition The Boston Phoenix, July 8, 2009 |
| 2004 | • | McQuaid, Cate. Galleries, Object/Artifact: Marilyn Ranker and Rebecca Seeman, The Boston Globe, August 27, 2004 Fort Point Arts Community Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts |
| • | Silver, Joanne. Abandoned ‘Artifacts’ are objects of affection, The BostonHerald, September 3, 2004, Fort Point Arts Community Gallery,Boston, Massachusetts |
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| 2000 | • | Little, Carl.‘Marilyn Ranker: Recent Work,’ Art New England, January/February 200, Marilyn Ranker: Recent Work, The Nesto Gallery, Milton, Massachusetts |
| 1998 | • | McQuaid, Cate. ‘New faces, brooding spheres, otherworldly art,’ The Boston Globe, February 5, 1998 Marilyn Ranker: Regarding Existence, Lillian Immig Gallery, Emmanuel College, Boston, Massachusetts |
| 1996 | • | Harrison, Helen A. ‘Expo 15,’ The New York Times, March 17, 1996 Expo 15, b.j. Spoke Gallery, Huntington, New York |
| • | McQuaid, Cate. ‘New England proves its talent,’ The Boston Globe, May 13, 1996, New England/New Talent, Fitchburg Art Museum; Fitchburg, Massachusetts | |
| 1994 | • | Stapen, Nancy. ‘The Sculpted Image,’ The Boston Globe, October 23,1994, The Sculpted Image, The Mills Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts |
| Awards | ||
| 1998 | • | The Dartmouth College Junior Faculty Fellowship |
| 1996 | • | The Andrew Mellon Two Week Residency Grant, Dartmouth College |
| 1995 | • | Walter and Constance Burke Initiation Award, Dartmouth College |
| • | The Louis, Frances and Jeffery Sachar Fund for Academic Aid, Brandeis University |
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| 1987 | • | Finalist – Sculpture Massachusetts Artists Fellowship |
| Artist – Lecturer | ||
| 2005 | • | Rocky Neck Art Colony, Gloucester, MA |
| 2002 | • | Montserrat College of Art, Beverly MA |
| • | Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts | |
| • | Depauw University Art Center Gallery, Greencastle, Indiana | |
| • | Marilyn Ranker, Jaffe-Friede & Strauss Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire | |
| 1999 | • | Milton Academy, Milton, Massachusetts |
| 1996 | • | Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, Massachusetts |
| 1998 | • | Hope College, Holland, Michigan |
| 1994 | • | Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, ‘Hardly Academic’, moderator, Carl Belz |
| 1981 | • | Hope College, Holland, Michigan, ‘From Model to Monumental’ |
| 1980 | • | Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio |
| Residencies | ||
| 2005 | • | Rocky Neck Arts Colony, Gloucester, Massachusetts |
| 1998 | • | Dorland Mountain Arts Colony, Temecula, California |
| Academic Experience | ||
| Summer 2010 | • | Sculpture Instructor College Academy, Winchester High School 3 week intensive program for gifted kids grades 4-8 |
| Summer 2004 | • | Assistant Professor Pre-College Program, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, Massachusetts Sculpture 1, 6 sections |
| Summer 2003 | • | Assistant Professor Pre-College Program, Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, Massachusetts Sculpture 1, 6 sections |
| 1995 -2003 | • | Assistant Professor Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire Sculpture 1, 12 terms; Drawing 1, ¬2 terms; Design 1 term Sculpture 2/3 3 terms; Figure Sculpture 1 term; |
| • | Senior Seminar 2 terms, Drawing 3 Independent Study 1 term | |
| 1990 – 1995 | • | Saltzman Visiting Artist Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts Beginning Sculpture, 8 semesters; 3D-Design, 10 semesters; |
| • | Introduction to Drawing, 6 semesters | |
| Spring 1988 | • | Saltzman Visiting Artist Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 2D/3D, Intro to Drawing, 3D Design |
| 1981 – 1983 | • | Assistant Professor Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio Ceramics, 2D Design, 3D Design |
| 1980 – 1981 | • | Visiting Assistant Professor The College of Wooster, Wooster, Ohio Ceramics, Painting, Photography, Media/Methods Independent Study in Drawing |
| Collections | ||
| 2000 | • | Emison Art Center, Depauw University, Greencastle, Indiana |
| Gallery Affiliations | ||
| • | Lenore Grey Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island | |
| • | Burning Bush, Boston, MA | |