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Biography: Born: Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan |
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Recent Exhibition Record: 2010 Faculty Art Show, North Hennepin Community College, MN 2010 Annual Juried National Exhibit, Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, IA 2010 Foot in the Door, Minneapolis Institute for the Arts, MN 2009 Iowa Exhibited, Juried Exhibit, Polk County Heritage Gallery, Des Moines, Merit Award 2009 Solo Exhibit, Sanford Museum, Cherokee, IA 2008 State of Iowa Juried Fine Art Exhibit, Des Moines State Fair, Merit Award and Honorable Mention 2008 Community of Artists Juried Exhibit, Octagon Art Center, Ames, IA 2008 Gallery in the Round, Iowa State Design Faculty Exhibit, Ames, IA 2008 Annual Michigan Statewide Fine Arts Competition Birmingham Bloomfield Hills Art Center 2007 27th Annual Juried Fine Arts Exhibition, Crooked Tree Art Center, Petosky, MI, First Place 2007 Bridges, Juried Exhibit, Alberta Art House, Sault Ste. Marie, MI 2007 Solo Exhibit, Scenes of Summer, Olive Craig Gallery 2007 Group Exhibit, Sault Stars Performing Arts Gallery 2007 Art in the Park, Alberta Art House, Sault Ste. Marie, MI 2007 New Work, Solo Exhibit Lake Superior State University Library Gallery 2006 Alberta Art House December Exhibition and Demonstration 2006 Michigan Landscapes, Lake Superior State University Library Gallery 2006 Summer Arts Festival, Sault Area Arts Council 2005 Solo Exhibit, Lake Superior State University Library Gallery 2005 Studies in Black and White, Alberta Art House, Sault Ste. Marie, MI 2005 and 2006 Sault Realism Gallery, Sault Ste. Marie, MI 2004 Faculty Show, Gallery 2, Ann Arbor Art Center 2004 and 2003 Gifts of Art, University of Michigan Health System, Taubman Center 2002 MFA Exhibition, Ruskin School of Drawing, Oxford England 2002 Diversity Exhibition, New York Academy of Art, New York City 2002 Three Girls and a Guy, New York Academy of Art, New York City |
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Teaching: North Hennepin Community College: Tenure Track Faculty Iowa State University Lake Superior State University Ann Arbor Art Center Washtenaw Community College Private Workshops and Lessons |
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Education: M.F.A. New York Academy of Art Ruskin School of Drawing, Oxford, England B.F.A. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Lake Superior State University |
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E-mail: rantaportraits@yahoo.com |