Rani Garner oil paintings home
1980-1984 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, Arizona State University
summa cum laude “Outstanding Graduating Senior in Drawing,” 1984
E X H I B I T I O N S
Dec 2011 Paintings of Rural Georgia, Joseph House Art Gallery, Columbus, GA (two-person show)
2011, 2012 Let There Be Art!, Columbus Museum, Columbus, Georgia
July 2010 Featured Artist, Lagerquist Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
June 2009 Summer Solstice, Fountainside Gallery, Wilmington, North Carolina
2007, 2008 Featured Artist, Red Bird Gallery, Seaside, Florida
2006-2011 Open Spaces, Green Places, Two Sisters Gallery, Columbus, Georgia
2008 Snapshots invitational show, Fountainside Gallery, Wilmington, North Carolina
2006 Introductions[06], Lagerquist Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2004 Southern Skies, Joseph House Art Gallery, Columbus, Georgia (solo show)
2001, 2004 Flying Colors, Columbus Museum, Columbus, Georgia
2000 Golden Hours, Gardner Galleries, Columbus, Georgia (solo show)
2000 museum store Featured Artist, Fayetteville Museum of Art, Fayetteville, NC (solo show)
1998 Maternal Instincts, Campbell House Gallery, Southern Pines, North Carolina (solo show)
1998 A Coordinated Effort, The Arts Center, Fayetteville, North Carolina
1996 Women Artists Invitational, Broadhurst Gallery, Pinehurst, North Carolina
J U R I E D S H O W S
2012 Art of Trees 2012, Corse Gallery & Atelier, Jacksonville, Florida
2010,2011 Southworks national art competition, Watkinsville, Georgia
2009 1st annual national Trees in Art exhibition, Trees Atlanta HQ, Atlanta, Georgia
2011 Best of Spring into Art, Turner Center for the Arts, Valdosta, GA
2003-2005 Southwest Georgia Regional Art Competition, Albany Arts Council, Albany, GA
2001-2005 Riverfest Fine Arts Exhibition, Studio of Garry Pound, Columbus, GA
2001 21st Annual July National Exhibition, Franklin Square Gallery, Southport, NC
2001 9th International Miniature Art Show, Seaside Art Gallery, Nags Head, NC
1999 Boundless Expressions, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, University of South Florida, Tampa
1997 Neolandscape, Union Street Gallery, Chicago Heights, Illinois
1997,‘98,‘00 Annual Competition for North Carolina Artists, Museum of Art, Fayetteville, NC
1997 Southern Representational Painters, Comer Museum, Sylacauga, Alabama
1995, ‘97 Recent Works by Cape Fear Area Artists, Museum of Art, Fayetteville, NC
A W A R D S
Award of Excellence, Columbus Artists' Guild Annual Competition, Columbus GA 2011.
Best of Show & First Place, Georgia National Fair Fine Arts Exhibit, Perry, Georgia, 2007
Patron Award, Columbus Artists’ Guild Annual Competition, Columbus, Georgia, 2006, 2007, 2009
First Place, Columbus Artists’ Guild Annual Competition, Columbus, Georgia, 2002
Citation of Merit Award, The New Show, Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County, NC, 2000
Best of Show, 19th Ann. Arts Council Juried Competition, Fayetteville, North Carolina, 1996
Finalist, The Artist’s Magazine’s 1996 Annual Art Competition, “landscapes” category
Merit Award, 1997 CCA National Competition, Kinston, North Carolina
Regional Artist Project Grant, Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County, 1997
C O L L E C T I O N S (p a r t i a l l i s t)
Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
Bank of America corporate art collection, Atlanta, Georgia
Wachovia Financial Services, Atlanta, Georgia
Marriott Hotel, Columbus, Georgia
hayes/howell architects, Southern Pines, North Carolina
GEN & Mrs. Eric Shinseki, Washington, D.C.
G A L L E R Y R E P R E S E N T A T I O N
Red Bird Gallery, Seaside, Florida Two Sisters Gallery, Columbus, Georgia
Lagerquist Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia Joseph House Art Gallery, Columbus, Georgia
Fountainside Gallery, Wilmington, North Carolina Daniel's Wood Den at Coca Lake, Cataula, Georgia
The District Gallery, Knoxville, Tennessee