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BIO INFO & EXHIBITIONS
Ranna's work: Contemporary artist, Ranna Lachlan possesses an expansive talent that defies convenient categorization and pushes contemporary art into new territory technically, conceptually, and visually. Originally from Australia but now based in Virginia, USA, and dividing her time between America and Australia, Ranna has been dedicated to contemporary art practice for almost forty years. Ignoring fashionable trends and art world expectations of a predictable genre or style she has produced ethereal cutting edge contemporary art that embraces abstract art, figurative art, ei-shodou art, and contemporary industrial materials. Ranna has exhibited in contemporary art galleries and contemporary art museums in America, Australia, and Europe.
Ranna - Dr Ranna-Lesley Lachlan (PhD), has exhibited in Australia, Japan, Europe, and the U.S.A. and "has produced a prodigious and significant body of work" (Thompson, F. 1998. Director's foreword in catalog to Walking into Light, Perc Tucker Gallery, Australia). Born in Moree, New South Wales, Australia, Ranna has been actively producing work as an artist for over thirty years and earned an inter-disciplinary PhD in the Creative Arts in 1995, the first studio-based PhD ever produced in Australia. She has travelled extensively in Asia, conducting artistic research throughout South East Asia, and long term research in India and Japan. She has lived in Australia, Thailand, Japan, and the USA where she now resides. Although her art studio is now based solely in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, USA - with a second base in Charlottesville, Virginia - Ranna divides her professional and private life almost equally between the U.S.A. and Australia. Ranna is a citizen of both.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS Ranna is currently working on a new series. Since 2007, her exhibition schedule has sustained some interruptions while she was in production for her yoga TV show, served on the national Board of the American Polarity Therapy Association, and while she has been and is assisting an elderly parent for whom she is primary carer. Artists have responsibilities, too... UPCOMING: The Park Group, Richmond, VA, 2010. 2007: 6th Dimension, Virginia, USA; annual showing. 2006: The Community Space, Charlottesville, VA, USA. 2004 - 2007: 6th Dimension, Virginia, USA; annual showing. 2004: Embassy of Australia, Washington D.C. USA.Views: Works by Ranna. 2004: Nemacolin Woodlands Galleries, PA, USA. 2003: Gallery 482, Brisbane, Australia. Hot Spots. 2002: Lord Fairfax College, Virginia, USA. Ranna at the Atrium: Large Scale Works 1997 - 2002. 2002: Gallery 482, Brisbane, Australia. Breathing with my Eyes: New Work from Ranna's American Years. 2002: Washington Project for the Arts/ Corcoran - open studio project. 2001 Gallery 1, Winchester, VA, USA. Ei-Shodou! 2000: Amerika Haus Museum, Munich, Germany. Three Artists from Axel Gallery; featuring Ranna, Jan Beekman, George Anderton. 2000: Island, Continent, AxelA Gallery, Washington D.C. 2000: Gallery 1, Winchester, VA, USA. Sh[Ch]im[m]er[a. 1998: Smith and Stonely on Stratton, Brisbane. Sh[Ch]im[m]er[a]. 1998: Pinnacles Gallery, Townsville, Australia. Essence of Memory: Unspoken Territory and the Kami Way. 1998: Perc Tucker Gallery, Townsville. Walking into Light, Mid-career survey show. 1997 Perc Tucker Gallery, Townsville. Shifting. 1995: James Cook University Theatre Space, Townsville. Homages to Chimerae.(Video documentary also available.) 1989: Faculty show, Atomi Gakuen, Tokyo. (Subsequent interruption for doctoral research and substantive change in direction.) 1987: Kali-Shiva series, Flinders Street Studio, Townsville. 1986: Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, Australia. Myth Woman Song, Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, Australia - touring solo show also at the following venues: Burdekin TAFE College Campus Gallery, Burdekin; Raintrees Community Arts Centre, Cairns. Accompanied by soundtrack by the artist - use of soundtracks composed by the artist continued through 1998. 1985: University Art Museum, University of Queensland, Brisbane. Queensland/Works 1950-1985: A Survey of 80 Painters. 1985: Raintrees Community Arts Centre, Cairns. One Woman's Work, . 1985: Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane.Brisbane Hot. 1985: Perc Tucker Gallery, Townsville. Women at Work, 1984: Perc Tucker Gallery, TownsvilleLaid Out in State & Hypatia suites. 1983: Graduates' exhibition, Perc Tucker Gallery, Townsville. 1980: Tonnoir's Gallery, Townsville. Images and Concepts. 1973: End of year exhibition, Queensland College of Art, Brisbane. Competition exhibitions in Townsville and Cairns, Australia, not listed. The artist has also received several awards and grants.
SELECTED REVIEWS and ESSAYS ABOUT THE ARTIST'S WORK (NOTE: Reviews, essays, and writings about the artist's work prior to 1993 refer to the artist as Ranna Hale. Subsequent articles after 1993 , published and unpublished, refer to her as Ranna Lachlan, or simply as Ranna.) Star Staff Report, 2003, Shimmer Artwork Exhibited at LFCC, Winchester Star, July 17, p. C8. Kennelly, E. April 2000, Island, Continent, catalogue essay, Axela Gallery, Washington D.C. Adlington, B. 1998, "Bridge between cultures", Townsville Bulletin, 6 February. p. 24. Gallagher, J. 1998, "Myriad plays on life", Townsville Bulletin, 23 January. p. 22. Ruinard, E. 1998, Walking into Light - The Bird Tracks of Calligraphy, catalogue for mid-career survey show, Perc Tucker Gallery, Townsville. Gallagher, J. 1997, "The shifting visions of a life in progress", Townsville Bulletin, 7 November. p. 26. Ruinard, E. 1997, review of Shifting, Perc Tucker Gallery, Townsville. Paroissien, L. 1995, This artist "...has threaded together an extraordinarily diverse range of sources through which original study of cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural concerns is constructed. The references are wonderfully rich, and terrain across quite disparate specialisations is traversed with great attention to accuracy and detail. [The artist's] research and thought processes within the studio are fascinating." (Leon Paroissien, 1995. Former Director, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia; Current Editor in Chief, Art & Culture, Sydney, Australia. Excerpt from Mr Paroissien's report on Lachlan's doctorate.) Bock, A. 1986, " 'Total Art' at Townsville", Brisbane Courier Mail, 31 May, Art Review. Bock, A. 1986, "Taking a look at exhibitions of Townsville artists", The Advertiser, Townsville, 29 May. Searle, R. & Hale, R., 1986, Myth Woman Song, catalogue essay, Perc Tucker Gallery, Townsville. Collins, K. 1985, "Behind the Queensland blockade for 35 years", Brisbane Courier Mail, 12 May, Reflections. Campbell, C. 1985, "Dual exposure for local artist", Townsville Daily Bulletin, April, The Arts. Rees, V. 1985, "A woman's work", Cairns Post, 24 April. Underhill, N.D.H. & Enright, M. 1985, Queensland/ Works 1950-1985: a survey of 80 painters, University Art Museum, University of Queensland, Brisbane. Woolcock, P. 1985. "Hot stuff at the institute [of Modern Art]", Brisbane Courier Mail, 27 March, Art Review. Chapple,
V. 1984, "Ranna to study art in Italy", Townsville Daily Bulletin,
October, The Arts [N.B. The artist has often been reported under
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