Marek Ranis

Education

1995

M.F.A. with Honors, Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw, Poland, Studio Art/ Sculpture

1992

1994

Preservation of Monuments Course at the Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw, Poland

1988

Art and Design Diploma, Lyceum of Fine Arts Wroclaw, Poland

1989

Academy of Economy in Wroclaw, Major- Organization Of Management

Solo Exhibitions

2007

Melancholia, Baer Art Center, Iceland

2006

Albedo 2 , Joie Lassiter Gallery, Charlotte, NC (Ptg., Digital Images)

2005

Albedo 1 , Joie Lassiter Gallery, Charlotte, NC, (Painting)

2004

Corridor University of North Carolina in Charlotte, Cone Gallery, Charlotte, NC, (Drawing, Installation)

Portage , Art Park, Lewiston, NY (Site-Specific Installation)

2003

WAR , Gallery at Carillon and College of Architecture Gallery @Storrs, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC (Painting, Installation)

2000

Grand Teton , TransAmerica Square, Charlotte, NC

1999

Barriers , interactive installation, Jackson, WY (Site-specific Installation)

1998

NASCAR , Suffolk County College Gallery, Long Island, NY, (Installation)

1997

Natura , Pease Gallery, CPCC, Charlotte, NC (Installation)

1996

Christmas Tree , City Hall Lobby, Utica NY (Site-specific Installation)

Piney Creek Forest , Ucross Foundation, Ucross, WY (Site-specific installation)

Natural Landscape , Zamkowa Gallery, Lubin, Poland

1995

Heads and Lines , Historical Museum, Wroclaw, Poland (Sculpture, Installation)

1994

Clearing , Zamknieta Gallery, Academy of Fine Arts, Wroclaw, Poland (Site-specific installation)

Trees , Academy of Fine Arts, Wroclaw, Poland (Site-specific installations)

1993

Gate , Academy of Fine Arts, Wroclaw, Poland (Installation)

Group Exhibitions

2008

Breslau CV, Wroclaw, Poland

Woda, Part of Wroclaw Non Stop, Wroclaw Poland

Kielzog Project, Kielzog, Netherlands

River Docs , York County Museum, York, SC, invitational, (Curator: June Lambla, catalogue)

21st Century Landscape, Bank of America Plaza, Charlotte, NC (invitational, curator: Joie Lassiter, catalogue)

2007

NaturKunst Drenthe, Sleen, Netherlands

Guandu Park Art Festival, Taipei, Taiwan

River Docs , Light Factory, Charlotte, NC (Invitational, Curator: June Lambla, catalogue)

White , Joie Lassiter Gallery, Charlotte, NC, invitational

Wroclaw NONSTOP, Urban Potential , Wroclaw, Poland, invitational

Off Festival, Industrial art , Myslowice, Poland, invitational

Sculpture Key West, Key West, FL, catalogue

2006

Annual Show, Little Italy Arts Center, Charlotte NC (Invitational, Curator: Michael Godfrey, video screening)

Crosscurrents Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, (Curators: Linda Dougherty, Huston Paschal, Carla Hanzal; Painting and Tapestry; Catalogue)

2005

Contemporary Landscape: Crossing Boundaries , McColl Center for Visual Arts, Charlotte, NC (invitational, Curator: June Lambla, Catalogue, Site-specific Installation)

War , Light Factory, Charlotte, NC (Invitational, Curator: Crista Cammaroto, Installation)

Homegrown , SECCA, Winston- Salem, NC (Juried by South Eastern Center for Contemporary Arts Curatorial Staff, Installation, Catalogue)

Crosscurrents , North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC (Curators: (Curators: Linda Dougherty, Huston Paschal, Carla Hanzal, Painting and Tapestry, Catalogue)

2004

SPIER Sculpture Biennale, Cape Town, South Africa, (Juried, Catalogue, Site-specific Installation)

2002

Faculty Show, Peace Gallery, CPCC, Charlotte, NC (Sculpture)

Chemin d’Art International Sculpture Symposium, St. Flour, France (Juried, Site-specific Installation, Catalogue)

What’s New , Spirit Square Gallery, Charlotte, NC (Juried, Curator: Peter Richards, Sculpture, Installation)

Stick and Stones Art Festival, Woodford, Queensland, Australia (Invitational, Site-specific Installation)

2001

The Floating Land International Site-Specific Art Laboratory, Noosa, Queensland, Australia (Invitational, Site-specific Installation)

Vision in Site, Public Art+Landscape, The Gallery at Carillon, Charlotte, NC (Invitational, Curator: Jean Greer, Drawings and Models)

Reconstructing Eden-Looking at the Contemporary American Landscape , Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, NC (Invitational, Sculpture)

Faculty Show, Peace Gallery, CPCC, Charlotte, NC (Sculpture)

Re –Tire , The Gallery at Carillon, Charlotte, NC, (Invitational, Drawings)

2000

Works on Paper , Weatherspoon Art Gallery, UNC Greensboro, NC, (Juried, Curator: Ron Platt, Drawings, Catalogue)

Trouble Shooting – Gun Violence , Joie Lassiter Gallery, Charlotte, NC, (Invitational, Curator: June Lambla, Sculpture)

From the Ground Up , Environmental Outdoor Sculpture Show, Jackson, WY (Invitational, Curator: Karen Stuart, Catalogue, Site-specific, interactive installation)

Turning Point: South , Bank of America Plaza, Charlotte, NC (Invitational, Curator: Joie Lassiter, Site-specific Installation)

Works in Progress , Show of Affiliate Artists at Tryon Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC, (Invitational, Curator: Peter Richards, Installation)

1999

Connemara Sculpture Park, Dallas TX, (Juried, Site-specific Installation, Catalogue)

1998

Le Vent des Forets , Lahaymeix, Sculpture Park, France, (Juried, Site-specific Installation)

CPCC Faculty Show, Queens College Gallery, Charlotte, NC (Installation)

Winthrop University, Faculty Show, Rock Hill, SC (Sculpture)

1997

Inter/Change, Sculpture for Changing Landscape , Stone Quarry Hill Art Park, NY (Juried, Site -specific Installation)

1996

Faehrstationen , International Sculpture Symposium, Wehningen/Elbe, Germany (Juried, Site-specific Installation)

1995

Gallerie 7, Nogent le Rotrou, France (Invitational, Sculpture)

Kunst und Natur , International Sculpture Symposium, Wigry, National Park, Poland (invitational, Catalogue, Site-specific Installation)

Kunst und Natur , Mueritz Natonal Park, Germany (Juried, Catalogue, Site-specific Installation)

Week- Art , Gallerie du Pilier Rouge, Le Mans, France (Invitational, Curator: Lucien Ruimy, Sculpture, Site-specific Installation)

1994

Week- Art , Inernational Art Exhibition, Le Mans, France (Invitational, Curator Lucien Ruimy, Catalogue, Drawings)

National Ceramic Symposium , State Gallery Boleslawiec, Jelenia Gora, Wroclaw, Poland (Invitational, Curator: Krystyna Kutchenreiter, Catalogue, Ceramic Sculpture)

1993

Grenzgaenger-Internationl Sculpture Symposium , Haeidmuehle, Germany (Invitational, Catalogue, Site-specific Installation)

Polish-Slovak Sculpture Symposium , Center of Polish Sculpture, Oronsko, Poland (Invitational, Site-specific Installation)

1992

Young Wroclaw Artists , State Gallery, Kamienna Gora, (Invitational, Sculpture)

Collections

2003

Hugh McColl Collection, Charlotte, NC

2002

2006 Andreas Bechtler Collection, Charlotte, NC USA

Chemin d’Art , Art Foundation, St. Flour, France

2000

Cotter Communications, Co., Davidson, NC

1998

Le Vent des Forets , Sculpture Park, Lahaymeix, France

1996

Sculpture Park, Wehningen/Elbe, Germany

Sculpture Space Inc, Utica N.Y., installation

Ucross Foundation, Ucross WY, installation

Amt Neuhaus/Elbe, Germany, installation

1995

Wigry National Park, Poland, installation

Mueritz National Park, Germany, installation

1994

WEEK- ART President Mr. Lucien Ruimy, Le Mans, France, installation

1993

Grenzgaenger , Sculpture Park, Haeidmuehle, Germany

Awards

2009

American Scandinavian Foundation, Visual Arts Grant

2006

Americans for the Arts Public Art Network Recognition for Art in Transit Project, in Charlotte, NC

Regional Artist Project Grant of Arts & Science Council – Charlotte/Mecklenburg, Inc.

2005

Best Artist Award, Charlotte Magazine, Charlotte, NC

2003

The Best Show , Creative Loafing, Charlotte, NC

1999

Regional Artist Project Grant of Arts & Science Council – Charlotte/Mecklenburg, Inc.

The 13th Rosen Outdoor Sculpture Competition, Finalist

1997

ArtsLink Grant, Soros Foundation NY, USA

1996

UNESCO- ASHBERG Grant, Paris, France