May 2011 - former Townsville artist, Ranna®,
has been invited to exhibit her art work at the Florence Biennale
Art Exhibition, selected due to cross-cultural and scientific
pulses in her art. Previously part of the Townsville visual
arts scene for over 25 years, contemporary artist, Ranna®
has already proved that artists from Townsville can succeed
in the international contemporary art world with art exhibitions
in the USA, Europe,
Japan, as well as Queensland-wide
and in Townsville.
After
establishing a second art studio in the USA in 1998, Ranna®
also maintained her Townsville art studio for many years,
from which she shipped art work south and overseas. She now
maintains a contemporary art studio in the USA and a seasonal
art studio in the Blue Mountains, Australia, near her son
and his family.
Illustrated
- some of Ranna's art work created in Townsville and exhibited
in a mid-career survey art exhibition at Perc Tucker Regional
Art Gallery, Townsville (1997).
Selected Townsville
exhibitions:
1998
Pinnacles Art Gallery, Townsville.
1998 Perc Tucker Regional
Art Gallery, Townsville.
1997 Perc Tucker Regional Art Gallery, Townsville.
1995 James Cook University Theatre Space, Townsville. (Video
documentary also available.)
1987 Flinders Street Art Studio, Townsville.
1986 Perc Tucker Art Gallery,
Townsville.
1985 Perc Tucker Art Gallery, Townsville.
1984 Perc Tucker Art Gallery, Townsville.
1983 Perc Tucker Art Gallery, Townsville.
1980 Tonnoir's Art Gallery, Townsville
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Art
work by
contemporary Townsville artist,
Ranna®,
"explores the profound
while serving as a portal to beauty"
(ARTnews
writer, 2000).*
Bio.
The
Townsville years: From 1978 to 1998,
contemporary Townsville, NQ, artist, Ranna Lachlan (formerly
Ranna Hale), exhibited at art galleries in Townsville,
Brisbane, Cairns, and Tokyo. While in Townsville,
she was the first Townsville (and Australian) artist
to submit a studio-based+dissertation PhD in the visual
arts and creative arts.
International:
Since establishing her art studio
in the Washington D.C. area, Ranna® has presented
art exhibitions in Brisbane, Europe, and various USA
art galleries. In 2003 she formed Ranna
Arts Incorporated (LLC) and in 2005 successfully
filed the international trademark "Ranna®"
with the U.S.P.T.O. for her art work. The trademark achieved incontestable status in 2015.
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In Washington DC at the Embassy of Australia's art gallery: Townsville artist, Ranna®
with her art work.
Current
work: www.ranna.com |
Also
dedicated to the movement arts, Ranna® has hosted a successful
TV yoga series (USA). |