Marek Ranis

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

1994

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

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

1989

Academy of Economy in Wroclaw, Major- Organization Of Management

Melancholia, Baer Art Center, Iceland

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

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

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

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

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

Grand Teton , TransAmerica Square, Charlotte, NC

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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)

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)

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

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)

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)

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)

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

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)

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

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

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)

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)

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)

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

Hugh McColl Collection, Charlotte, NC

2006 Andreas Bechtler Collection, Charlotte, NC USA

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

Cotter Communications, Co., Davidson, NC

Le Vent des Forets , Sculpture Park, Lahaymeix, France

Sculpture Park, Wehningen/Elbe, Germany

Sculpture Space Inc, Utica N.Y., installation

Ucross Foundation, Ucross WY, installation

Amt Neuhaus/Elbe, Germany, installation

Wigry National Park, Poland, installation

Mueritz National Park, Germany, installation

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

Grenzgaenger , Sculpture Park, Haeidmuehle, Germany

American Scandinavian Foundation, Visual Arts Grant

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.

Best Artist Award, Charlotte Magazine, Charlotte, NC

The Best Show , Creative Loafing, Charlotte, NC

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

The 13th Rosen Outdoor Sculpture Competition, Finalist

ArtsLink Grant, Soros Foundation NY, USA

UNESCO- ASHBERG Grant, Paris, France