Shilo Ratner

About the artist

American Artist Shilo Ratner received her degree in design in 2000 from Curry College in Milton, MA.
She furthered her studies at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston as well as at Massachusetts College of Art.

Her pursuit of a career in the arts brought her out west to San Francisco where she earned her MFA in painting from the Academy of Art University in 2006.

Ratner’s life long pursuit has been for a deeper understanding of truths in spiritual
traditions and the common thread that unites humanity.

After earning her MFA, she traveled internationally with intention, intrigued by the symbols and practices of many religions. During her travels she visited Buddhist and Hindu temples in Malaysia and
Indonesia.

In a rural village in Brazil, she had a powerful shift in consciousness that continues to inspire her studio practice. These significant experiences have influenced her work, embracing various spiritual and cultural experiences through a visual language.

In 2009, Ratner was recognized with an award juried by Bay Area Figurative artist William Theophilus Brown in a San Francisco based exhibition. In, 2016 she was once again presented with an award at the “The 105th Exhibition”, Mystic Museum of Art by Jurors Darby Cardonsky and Will Lustenader in Connecticut.

In 2017, Ratner’s work was again awarded at the“116th Annual Juried Art Exhibition”, New Haven Paint and Clay Club by Juror Richard Klein. Ratner’s work has been exhibited in museums such as the Museum of Contemporary Art, Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art, Mystic Museum of Art and The Slater Memorial Museum. Ratner’s work can be found in myriad of private art collections in the United States and abroad. Shilo Ratner currently lives in New Haven, CT

Artworks

Résumé

EDUCATION
2003-06 MFA Painting, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, California
1996-00 BA Design, Curry College, Milton, Massachusetts

REPRESENTATION
Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
MIKA Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel

HONORS
2017 – Ely Center of Contemporary Art, Artist-in-Residence, New Haven, CT
2017 – Weiss Sisters Award, “116th Annual Juried Art Exhibition”, New Haven Paint and Clay Club, New
Haven, CT: Juror: Richard Klein
2016 – Award of Excellence, ”The Healing Power of ART 2016″, Manhattan Arts International
2016 – Awarded Second Place, “The 105th Exhibition”, Mystic Museum of Art, Mystic, Connecticut: Juror:
Darby Cardonsky, Will Lustenader
2015 – Award of Excellence, Four Point Contemporary, Online Gallery
2015 – Award of Merit, Four Point Contemporary, Online Gallery
2012 – Special Recognition Award, All Women Art Exhibition, Light Space & Time, Online Gallery
2009 – Awarded second place, “I’ll bet you can’t paint a portrait”, 712 Art Space, San Francisco, California:
Juror: William Theophilus Brown

MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
2018 – “Make Your Mark”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Marin, CA
2018 – “The 107th Exhibition”, Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, Mystic Museum of Art, Mystic, CT
2017 – “Metro Montage XV”, Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art, Marietta, GA
2017 – “The 106th Exhibition”, Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, Mystic Museum of Art, Mystic, CT
2016 – CWA 86th Annual National Open Juried Show, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT
2016 – “The 105th Exhibition”, Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, Mystic Museum of Art, Mystic, CT
2015 – “Metro Montage XV”, Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art, Marietta, GA

PUBLIC PROJECT
2013 – Hearts in San Francisco, San Francisco General Hospital Foundation, Project Purchased by Intel
Corporation

PUBLICATION HIGHLIGHTS
2019 – Feature in Serendipity Magazine, May/June 2019
2017 – Artwork Featured in The Daily Nutmeg, New Haven, CT October 2017 (online publication)
2016 – Mentioned in The Daily Connecticut, “Mystic Museum of Art celebrates 105 years of Connecticut Art”,
July 2016 (online publication)
2014 – Equilibrium Catalog, Chicago, IL
2013 – Diaspora Catalog, New York, NY
2012 – CBS News, Best Peninsula Area Artist, Online Publication
2012- “Face, Figure, Identity” (Sprocketbox Entertainment)
2012 -Momentum: 40 Years of the Women’s Caucus for Art Catalog, Los Angeles, CA
2012 – All Women Art Exhibition Catalog, Light Space & Time, Online Gallery

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2019
Putnam and Mason, Art to the Avenue, Greenwich, CT
Bryant Street Gallery, Discovery and Depth Solo Exhibition, Palo Alto, CA
The Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich Art Society, 102nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Greenwich, CT
Juror: Megan Fontanella
Ely Center of Contemporary Art, “Our Bodies Our Selves”, New Haven, CT

2018
Ely Center of Contemporary Art, “Winter Showing”, New Haven, CT, Curator: Debbie Hess
DAB ART, “EGGIWEGS“, Ventura, CA, Curator: Yessica Torres
Perspective Gallery, “IN FORMATION: GESTURE & GEOMETRY”, Hamden, CT
Brooklyn Waterfront Coalition Gallery, “Color”, Brooklyn, NY, Juror: Marcela Guerrero
Flinn Gallery, Greenwich Art Society, “Parallel Visions, Realism & Abstraction”, Greenwich, CT,
Juror: Jenny Harris
Museum of Contemporary Art, Make Your Mark, Marin CA, Juror: Jen Tough
Bendheim Gallery, Art to the Avenue, Greenwich Art Council, Greenwich, CT
“The 107th Exhibition”, Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, Mystic Museum of Art, Mystic, CT, Juror: Robert
Reynolds and Eric Aho

2017
“116th Annual Juried Art Exhibition”, New Haven Paint and Clay Club, New Haven, CT Juror: Richard Klein
“Small Works Summer 2017”, National Association of Women Artists, Inc., New York, NY
“Metro Montage XV”, Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art, Marietta, GA
“The 106th Exhibition”, Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, Mystic Museum of Art, Mystic, CT, Juror: Emilia
Dubicki and Deborah Quinn-Munson

2016
“CWA 86th Annual National Open Juried Show”, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT, Juror: Min Jung
Kim
“The Healing Power of ART 2016” online juried competition., Manhattan Arts International, Juror: Renee
Phillips
“The 105th Exhibition”, Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, Mystic Museum of Art, Mystic, CT: Juror: Darby
Cardonsky, Will Lustenader
“Contemporary Woman 2016”, Chico Art Center, Chico, CA: Juror: Ruth Von Jahnke Waters

2015
“Annual Contemporary Art Survey”, Fort Collins Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO: Juror: Dean Sobel
“Metro Montage XV”, Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art, Marietta, GA: Juror: Robmat Butler
“The Healing Power of ART” online juried competition., Manhattan Arts International, Juror: Renee Phillips
“4th Biannual Competition”, Four Point Contemporary, Online Gallery: Juror: Ahyor Thompson
“Impulse”, Bay Area Juried Exhibition, ARC Gallery, San Francisco, CA: Juror: Michael Yochum,
Priscilla Otani, Stephen C. Wagner, & Matthew Frederick

2014
“The F Word: Feminism Now”, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL: Juror: Jeanne Dunning
“The Figure: A Bay Area Legacy”, Gary Francis Gallery, Alameda, CA

2013
“Small Work – Big Deal”, Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
“Women’s Rights: An Artists Perspective”, Women United, Online Gallery: Juror: Karen Gutfreund
“Diaspora”, New Artists Gallery, New York, NY: Juror: Laura Kruger
“Hearts in San Francisco Exhibition & Gala Event”, AT&T Park, San Francisco, CA

2012
“Bay Area Women Artist”, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA: Juror: Donna Seagar
“2012 National Juried Exhibition”, First Street Gallery, New York, NY: Juror: Dore Ashton
“Momentum: 40 Years of the Women’s Caucus for Art”, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA: Juror: Rita Gonzalez
“All Women Art Exhibition”, Light Space & Time, Online Gallery
“Pacific Art League Faculty Show”, Norton Gallery, Pacific Art League Faculty Show, Palo Alto, CA

2011
“The Guerrilla Show”, ARC Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Beyond the Visible”, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
“Pacific Art League Faculty Show”, Norton Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
Soma Art Gallery, Art Span Live Auction, San Francisco, CA

2010
Hang Art Gallery,Group Showing, San Francisco, CA
“Ocean Rescue”, Driftwood Salon, San Francisco, CA
Artist X-Change Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Spring Garden Theme Show”, Norton Gallery,Pacific Art League Faculty Show,Palo Alto, CA
“Bay Area Educators Invitational”, Louie Meager Art Gallery, Ohlone College, Fremont, CA

2009
“I bet you can’t paint a portrait”, Art Space 712, San Francisco, CA, Juror: William Theophilus Brown
“Simply Nina”, African American Culture Complex, San Francisco, CA
Sixth Street Gallery and Salon Show, Oakland, CA