CURRICULUM VITAE
ANN TARANTINO
(814) 321-4574
studio@anntarantino.com
Born 1975, Boston, MA
Lives and works in Pennsylvania
EDUCATION
2001 MFA Painting, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
1997 BA Visual Arts (with honors), BA American Civilization, Brown University, Providence, RI
PUBLIC PROJECTS
2025 (forthcoming)
Field Trip, permanent interior installation for University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Dentistry, Lincoln, NE
2024
Full Circle, permanent exterior installation for One Columbia Arts and Culture, Columbia, SC
2023
Terrain Park, 23 exterior streetscape murals for Downtown Brooklyn Partnership and New York City Department of Transit, Brooklyn, NY
There You Are, permanent glass windscreens for City of Ogden, UT Rapid Transit
2022
Whirl Winds, public-scale exterior mural for Department of Arts & Cultural Development, Morgantown, WV
2021
You Are Here, exterior ceiling mural for 3Dots Downtown, State College, PA
Light Bright, interior mural for Pat Croce and Company, State College, PA
Color Block, exterior mural for Borough of State College, PA
Future Forward, exterior mural for State College Area School District, State College, PA
Line Weight, interior mural for KCF Technologies, State College, PA
2019
Jump Cuts, window installation for Diamond District Association and Chashama, New York, NY
2018
Flag Futures, installation for Satellite Art Show, Miami, FL
Razzle Dazzle, traffic barrier mural for Metropolitan Transit Authority DOT Art, New York, NY
Cloud Countries, installation for Pittsburgh International Airport, Pittsburgh, PA
2017
Watermark, public art project commissioned by Neighborhood Allies in collaboration with the Office of Public Art, Millvale, PA
2014
Shine a Light, light installation for Millbrook Marsh Nature Center, State College, PA
2013
Ghost Trees, exterior video installation for Pittsburgh Zoo, Pittsburgh, PA
SOLO/TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2025
Field Trip, Juniata College Museum of Art, Huntingdon, PA
2020
Land Lines, Davis Editions, Phoenix, AZ
Panoramas (with Paul Manlove), Ejecta Projects, Carlisle, PA. Curated by Shannon Egan, Curator, Trout Gallery, Dickinson College, Gettysburg, PA
2015
Moon, Shine, Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Molded Rivers, Borland Project Space, University Park, PA
2014
Jump Cuts, Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington, Arlington, VA
Full Bloom, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023–24
Symposium, Rothko Museum, Daugavpils, Latvia
2022
Inside Out and Everything in Between, Artport Kingston, Kingston, NY
2021
CO/Commonwealth, HUB-Robeson Galleries, University Park, PA
2020
The Ripple Effect, ArtPort Kingston, curated by Laurie De Chiara, Kingston, NY
2019
Un/Common, The Yard, curated by Audra Lambert/ANTE Mag, Williamsburg, NY
2018–20
Plastic Entanglements: Ecology, Aesthetics, Materials, curated by Joyce Robinson, Jennifer Wagner-Lawlor, and Heather Davis. Originating at the Palmer Museum of Art, The Pennsylvania State University, and traveling to Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon; Smith College Museum of Art; and the Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2017
Carte Blanche, Adah Rose Gallery, Kensington, MD
2016
Expanded Practice, Palmer Museum of Art, University Park, PA
Small Works, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY2013
Written in the Czech Landscape, National Czech and Slovak Museum, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
2011
Vyšehrad: Re-Visions and Re-Collections, Galerie Vyšehrad, Prague, Czech Republic
2010
Eight-Hour Projects, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA
Painting Zombies, Katherine Nash Galleries, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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
Drawing No Conclusions: A Survey of Contemporary Drawing, Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, MI
SELECTED PRESS
Rafacz, Sarah, “Creating Spaces,” State College Magazine, January 2022
Drey, Abbie, “Volunteer Effort Brings Color Block Mural to Life,” Centre Daily Times, October 2021.
Rosenblum, Chris. “Cool Colors.” State College Magazine, September 2021.
Lambert, Audra, “Land Lines at Davis Editions: New Work by Ann Tarantino,” ANTE Mag, December 2020
Budds, Diana, “NYC’s Coolest Public Art is Making Streets Safer,” Curbed.com, February 2020
Jenkins, Mark, “Four Curators Share One Spotlight,” The Washington Post, March 2017
Iacovone, Mike, “A Conjunction of Curators,” BMore Art (online edition), March 2017
Van Ryzin, Jeanne Claire, “Artists’ New Tools Present Fact, Fancy in a Fresh Light,” Austin 360, January 2013
Newhall, Edith, “Linear Forays,” Philadelphia Inquirer, June 2011
Jacobson, Louis, “SuperNatural at Curator’s Office,” Washington City Paper, June 2011
McCaw, Heather, “‘SuperNatural’ Most Natural Thing,” Pinkline.org, June 2011
Regan, Sheila, “It’s Alive! ‘Painting Zombies’ Challenges the Death of Painting,”
Minneapolis City Pages, November 2010
Dawson, Jessica, “Where Has the Optimism Gone?,” Washington Post, Washington, DC, October 2008
Utter, Douglas Max, “A Time of Bones.” Cleveland Free Times, Cleveland, OH, October 2007
Pimia, Garin, “Lloyd Dobler Gallery Takes on Drawing,” Newcity Chicago, April 2007
Raynes, Maria, “(Un)Restricted” exhibition review, Centerstagechicago.net, April 2007
Mast, Audrey, “(Un)Restricted” exhibition review, Flavorpill Chicago, April 2007
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Rothko 2023. Rothko Museum, Daugavpils, Latvia, 2023
10 anos do Ateliê Alê, Ateliê Alê, Saõ Paulo, Brazil, 2023
WWW Drawing: Architectural Drawing From Pencil to Pixel. Actar Publishers, 2019
New American Paintings No. 69. Open Studios Press, Boston, MA, April 2007
Bijutsu Techou, Kyoto, Japan, 2006
New American Paintings No. 56, Open Studios Press, Boston, MA, 2005
AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
2024
Artist in Residence, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY
2022
Artist in Residence, Rothko Museum, Daugavpils, Latvia
2017
Fulbright Core Scholar Award for artistic practice in Brazil
Artist in Residence, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA
2015
Artist in Residence, Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
2007
Artist in Residence, Ora Lerman Charitable Trust
Artist in Residence, Vermont Studio Center (Artist’s Grant Award)
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Rothko Museum (Daugavpils, Latvia)
Shook, Hardy & Bacon (New York, NY)
DC Commission for the Arts and Humanities
Art Bank (Washington, DC)
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and College of Medicine (Hershey, PA)
Private Collections worldwide