Rani Garner  oil paintings                    home

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    1980-1984    Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, Arizona State University,
                         summa cum laude
                         Award for Excellence in Drawing, ASU School of Art, 1984

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       July 2010     Featured Artist, Lagerquist Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia.
      June 2009   Summer Solstice, Fountainside Gallery, Wilmington, North Carolina
      Aug 2008     Spotlight Artist, Red Bird Gallery, Seaside, Florida
    July 2008     Featured Artist, Lagerquist Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia.
    2008            Snapshots invitational show, Fountainside Gallery, Wilmington, North Carolina
    2006-2009   Open Spaces, Green Places, Two Sisters Gallery, Columbus, Georgia           
    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, North Carolina (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


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    2009              1st annual national "Trees in Art" Exhibition, Atlanta, Georgia
    2005,'07-'09  “Best of Spring into Art,” Turner Center for the Arts,  Valdosta, Georgia
    2003-2005     Southwest Georgia Regional Art Competition, Albany Arts Council, Albany, Georgia
    2001-2006     Riverfest Fine Arts Exhibition, Studio of Garry Pound, Columbus, Georgia
    2001              21st Annual July National Exhibition, Franklin Square Gallery,  Southport, North Carolina
    2001              9th International Miniature Art Show, Seaside Art Gallery, Nags Head, North Carolina
    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, Fayetteville Museum of Art, Fayetteville, North Carolina
    1997             “Southern Representational Painters,” Comer Museum, Sylacauga, Alabama
    1996              National Oil & Acrylic Painters Society Exhibition, Osage Beach, Missouri
    1996              Lafayette National Juried Show, Lafayette Art Gallery, Lafayette, Louisiana
    1995, ‘97      “Recent Works by Cape Fear Area Artists,”  Museum of Art, Fayetteville, North Carolina


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    Best of Show & First Place, Professional Division, Georgia National Fair, Perry, Georgia, 2007
    Merit Award, Georgia National Fair, Perry, Georgia, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009.
    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 Annual 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
    First Place,  Annual Juried Visual Arts Competition, Raeford, North Carolina, 1995 & 1997