Ann Tarantino

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  SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2009 Workbook (with Kate McGraw), Flashpoint, Washington, DC
2008 Potential Energy (with Kate McGraw), Curator’s Office, Washington, DC
2007 Breath Portraits, Schlow Centre Region Library, State College, PA
2006 Near Maps, neutron, Kyoto, Japan
New Paintings, Kisara-do, Kyoto, Japan
New Paintings, Carinho, Kyoto, Japan
2001 Matrices, McLanahan Gallery, The Pennsylvania State University, Altoona, PA
The Spring Collection, Zoller Gallery, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011 Vysehrad: Re-Visions and Re-Collections, Vysehrad Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2010 Eight-Hour Projects, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA
Painting Zombies, Katherine E. Nash Galleries, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Art House Library Sketchbook Project, Atlanta, GA
2009 X, Mixed Greens, New York, NY
Summer Dock, Curator's Office, Washington, DC
Chi-Yun, Breath Resonance, University of Richmond Art Museums, Richmond, VA
2008 Mixology I, Curator's Office, Washington, DC
2007 Drawing Invitational, Kent State University Galleries, Kent, OH
Road Trip, Mixed Greens, New York, NY
On Your Mark: Contemporary Drawing, Spencertown Academy Arts Center, Spencertown, NY
Unrestricted, Lloyd Dobler Gallery, Chicago, IL
New American Painters, Keystone Art and Cultural Center, Lancaster, PA
2006 Pool Art Fair featured artist, Miami, FL
Drawing No Conclusions: A Survey of Contemporary Drawing, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
Opening, Drawing Room, Portland, ME
2001 Full Rotation, Gallery 734, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
Intersections, Adam & Art, Bellefonte, PA
Graduate Student Research Exhibition, Robeson Center Galleries, University Park, PA
Where Are They Now?, Sarah Doyle Women’s Center Gallery, Providence, RI
2000 Exit 24: Paradigm Lost, Adam & Art Gallery, Bellefonte, PA
Three, Sarah Doyle Women’s Center Gallery, Providence, RI
1999 Brittany to Boston, French Art and Cultural Center, Boston, MA
Summer in the City, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
2008 Ragdale Foundation, Artist Residency
2007 Soaring Gardens, Artist Residency
Vermont Studio Center, Artist Residency (Artist’s Grant Award)
1999–2001 Graduate Assistantship Award, School of Visual Arts, Pennsylvania State University
Committee for Excellence in Teaching Award, Pennsylvania State University

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Dawson, Jessica, "Where Did the Optimism Go?," Washington Post, October 2008
Washington Post Express, Critics Picks, October 2008
Utter, Douglas Max, “A Time of Bones,” Cleveland Free Times, Cleveland, OH, October 2007
New American Paintings No. 69, Featured Artist, Open Studios Press, Boston, MA, April 2007
Pimia, Garin, “Lloyd Dobler Gallery Takes on Drawing,” Newcity Chicago, April 2007.
Raynes, Maria, “(Un)Restricted” exhibition review, Centerstagechicago.net, April 2007.
http://centerstage.net/art/galleries/lloyddoblergallery.html
Mast, Audrey, “(Un)Restricted” exhibition review, Flavorpill Chicago, April 2007
http://chi.flavorpill.net/mailer/issue129/index.html
Sakai, Chiho, “Near Maps” exhibition review, Bijutsu Techou, April 2006
New American Paintings No. 56, Featured Artist, The Open Studios Press, Boston, MA, December 2005

COLLECTIONS
2007 DC Commission for the Arts and Humanities

EDUCATION
2001 MFA Painting, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
1997 BA Visual Arts (Honors), BA American Civilization, Brown University, Providence, RI
1995 Coursework in painting and sculpture, Pont-Aven School of Art, Brittany, France

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2006–present Instructor, The Pennsylvania State University School of Visual Arts and School of Landscape Architecture, University Park, PA
2003–present Freelance Editor and Art Writer, New York, NY
2004–2006 Instructor, English as a Second Language, Kyoto, Japan
2001–2004 Publications Coordinator and Assistant to the Director, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
1998–2001 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
2001 Instructor, Art Alliance of Central Pennsylvania, Lemont, PA