Selected
Exhibitions and Series
2024: Snow = Happiness
2020-2023: Space, Plane, Line. Ongoing extallations.
2015 - 2019: Ongoing Snoga ex-stallation artworks series.
2015: Ongoing Spirit
Lines series - in progress. Mixed and refractive media
on canvas. Commentary.
2014: Snoga
ex-stallation artworks series - continuing.
2014: Ongoing Spirit
Lines series - continuing.
2013:
Snoga ex-stallation artworks
series - continuing.
2013:
Spirit Lines series - continuing.
2012:
Ranna worked on two series. "Hold
the Line" series and "Doorway"
series.
2011:
Invited to exhibit at Florence Biennale (Italy).
2011:
Bush
ex-stallation project, Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia.
Exterior installation project. Film & stills documentation.
2010: First First, Virginia USA. Exterior installation project.
Film & stills documentation.
2010:
B&W series, works on paper.
(Note:
From late 2007 through 2010 Ranna's studio and exhibition schedule
suffered some disruptions as a result of her assuming full
responsibility for her elderly mother's health and housing
needs after her mother's "carer" defrauded
her mother of her assets and belongings, notably the home
which Ranna had provided her. Protection of the elderly and
raising awareness of the signs of elder exploitation - particularly
elder financial exploitation, remains a cause dear to Ranna's
heart.)
2007:
6th Dimension, Virginia, USA.
2006: The
Community Space, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
2006:
6th
Dimension, Virginia, USA.
2005:
6th Dimension, Virginia, USA.
2004:
Embassy of Australia, Washington D.C. USA.
2004:
Nemacolin Woodlands Galleries, PA, USA.
2004:
6th Dimension, Virginia, USA.
2003:
Gallery 482, Brisbane, Australia.
2002:
Lord Fairfax College,
Virginia, USA.
2002:
Gallery 482, Brisbane, Australia.
2002: Washington Project for the Arts/ Corcoran - open studio
project (Winchester location).
2001 Gallery 1, Winchester, VA, USA. Ei-Shodou!
2000:
Amerika Haus Museum, Munich, Germany.
Featuring Ranna®, Jan Beekman, George Anderton.
2000: AxelA Gallery, Washington D.C.
2000: Gallery 1, Winchester, VA, USA.
1998:
Smith and Stonely on Stratton, Brisbane.
1998:
Pinnacles Gallery, Townsville, Australia.
1998:
Perc Tucker Gallery, Townsville. Mid-career survey show.
1997: Perc Tucker Gallery, Townsville.
1995:
James Cook University Theatre Space, Townsville. (Video documentary
available.)
1989:
Faculty show, Atomi Gakuen, Tokyo. (Subsequent interruption
for doctoral research and substantive change in direction.)
1987:
Flinders Street Studio, Townsville.
1986:
Perc Tucker Regional Gallery, Townsville, Australia. Touring
solo show also included Burdekin TAFE College Campus Gallery,
Burdekin and 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.
1985:
Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane. Brisbane
Hot.
1985:
Perc Tucker Gallery, Townsville.
1984:
Perc Tucker Gallery, Townsville.
1983:
Graduates' exhibition, Perc Tucker Gallery, Townsville.
1980:
Tonnoir's Gallery, Townsville.
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.
Scholarly Research
Thesis (1989) - Painted Designs on Rainforest Aboriginal Shields of North Queensland
Thesis (PhD 1995) - Transcultural Synaesthesia: Visual and Musical Experiment Across Cultural and Sensory Planes (2 Volumes).
Other information
Environmental causes
Social
conscience causes
Movement
Arts
Early Reviews of the artist's work
PROVENANCE
NOTE: It is common that authors writing about an artist's
work unilaterally employ variants of the artist's name, regardless
of the correct name. Over time, numerous variants of Ranna's
name have been employed by reviewers and arts writers: In
particular, reviews, essays, and writings about Ranna's work
prior to 1993 generally refer to her as Ranna or Ranna Hale.
Articles after 1993, published and unpublished,
refer to her as Ranna, Ranna Lachlan, Ranna-Lesley Lachlan,
or Dr Ranna-Lesley Lachlan (PhD), or variants of these depending
on authors' unilateral preferences.
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 "Ranna" and "Ranna Hale", her former surname.]
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