Daniel Ranalli



Work in Permanent Museum Collections (partial list):

Museum of Modern Art                                                                                New York, New York
Boston Museum of Fine Arts                                                                         Boston, Massachusetts
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art                                                          San Francisco, California
Rose Art Museum (Brandeis University)                                                        Waltham, Massachusetts
Minneapolis Institute of Arts                                                                          Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mead Art Museum (Amherst College)                                                           Amherst, Massachusetts
DeCordova Museum                                                                                     Lincoln, Massachusetts
International Museum of Photography, Eastman House                                   Rochester, NY
Baltimore Museum of Fine Arts                                                                   Baltmore, Maryland
Boston Public Library                                                                                    Boston, Massachusetts
National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian                                             Washington, DC
Polaroid Europa (Amsterdam)                                                                        Netherlands
Worcester Art Museum                                                                                 Worcester, Massachusetts
Fuller Art Museum                                                                                         Brockton, Massachusetts
St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts                                                               St. Petersburg, Florida
Davis Art Museum, Wellesley College                                                            Wellesley, Massachusetts
Addison Gallery of American Art                                                                    Andover, Massachusetts
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University                                                            Cambridge, Massachusett
Boston Public Library                                                                                     Boston, MA

Fellowships, Grants & Honors:                  

1999            Massachusetts Cultural Council - Fellowship Finalist - Photography
1997            Outer Cape Artists Residence/National Seashore: Dune Shack Residency
1995            Visual Artists Sea Grant, national fellowship through University of Rhode Island
1992-93       EARTHWATCH.  Artist’s Fellowship.
1991            The Artists Foundation, Artists Fellowship Finalist (Interarts)
1990            Awards in the Visual Arts, national nominee.
1990,88       Lesley College, Distinguished Faculty Award.
1983,91       Massachusetts Arts Lottery Council, individual artist grant.
1982,81       The Artists Foundation, Artists Fellowship Finalist (Photography)
1981            National Endowment for the Arts, Individual Artist Fellowship (Photography).
1981            Massachusetts Council on the Arts/Photographic Resource Center: NEW WORKS Grant.
1978            National Endowment for the Arts: Visual Arts in the Performing Arts grant.

Exhibitions -One Person Shows:

2007           artSTRAND                                                                                    Provincetown, MA
2006           artSTRAND                                                                                    Provincetown, MA
2005           artSTRAND                                                                                    Provincetown, MA
2004           DNA Gallery                                                                                   Provincetown, MA
2003           Clark University –University Art Gallery                                           Worcester, MA  
2003           DNA Gallery                                                                                   Provincetown, MA
2002           DNA Gallery                                                                                   Provincetown, MA    
2001           DNA Gallery                                                                                   Provincetown, MA    

one person shows continued:

1999             DNA Gallery                                                                                  Provincetown, MA
1998             DNA Gallery                                                                                  Provincetown, MA
1997             DNA Gallery                                                                                  Provincetown, MA
1996             DNA Gallery                                                                                  Provincetown, MA
1994             Alfred University Art Gallery                                                           Alfred, NY      
1994             Fitchburg State College Art Gallery                                                 Fitchburg, MA 
1991             Zoe Gallery                                                                                     Boston, MA     
1991             Chandler Gallery                                                                             Provincetown, MA
1989             Bradford College –Laura Knott Gallery                                           Bradford, MA
1984             Images Gallery                                                                                Edinburgh, Scotland
1984             Smith College                                                                                  Northampton, MA
1983             Vision/Brent Sikemma Gallery                                                         Boston, MA     
1983             Bradford College Art Gallery                                                           Bradford, MA
1982             GH Dalsheimer Gallery                                                                    Baltimore, MD
1982             Carl Siembab Gallery                                                                       Boston, MA
1980             Exposure Gallery                                                                             Wellfleet, MA  
1979             Carl Siembab Gallery                                                                       Boston, MA
1978             Foto Gallery                                                                                    New York, NY
1978             Carl Siembab Gallery                                                                       Boston, MA
1977             MIT Photography Gallery                                                                Cambridge, MA
1977             St. Botolph Club                                                                              Boston, MA
1976             University of Maine Art Gallery                                                        Orono, ME
1976             Bridgewater State College                                                                Bridgewater, MA
1976             Maine College of Art                                                                        Portland, ME
1974             Panopticon Gallery                                                                           Boston, MA     

Exhibitions - Group Shows:

2007            Fine Arts Work Center, Monument                                                                Provincetown, MA
2006            Gallery Kayafas, Pictures Outside the Box                                                    Boston, MA
2005            DeCordova Museum, New Acquisitions for the Permanent Collection        Lincoln, MA
2005            New Bedford Art Museum, Provincetown’s Art                                           Provincetown, MA
2004            DeCordova Museum, Abstract Photography in the Permanent Collection  Lincoln, MA
2004            Photographic Resource Center, Concerning the Spiritual in Photography    Boston, MA
2002            Fine Arts Work Center gallery, Stop Time                                                      Provincetown, MA
2001            Museum of Fine Arts, Some Boston Photographers:1960s-90s                     Boston, MA
2001            College of the Holy Cross Art Gallery, Imaging Time                                     Worcester, MA
2001            LFL Gallery, Altered Landscape                                                                    New York, NY
2000-’01       DeCordova Museum, Boston Photography: 1955-1985                               Lincoln, MA
1999            New England School of Art & Design,  Hatdance                                           Boston, MA
1998            University of Rhode Island, Main Gallery, First 10 Years of the Sea Grant     Kingston, RI
1998            The Boston Center for the Arts,  The Drawing Show                                      Boston, MA
1998            Fine Arts Work Center, Five Artists Inspired by the Dunes                           Provincetown, MA
1995            DNA Gallery (four person show)                                                                     Provincetown, MA
1994            Barbara Krakow Gallery, In Pursuit of Lost Time                                          Boston, MA
1994            DNA Gallery, Evolution                                                                                 Provincetown, MA
1993             Berta Walker Gallery, Collaborations II                                                        Provincetown, MA
1993             Earthwatch  Artist Fellows                                                                            Watertown, MA
1993             Cape Cod National Seashore, Artists' Map Project                                       Provincetown, MA
1992             Rose Art  Museum (Brandeis U.),  Breakdowns                                             Waltham, MA

Group Shows (continued):

1992             Artists Foundation Gallery Artists & The Environment                                  Boston, MA
1992             Duxbury Art Museum/Complex Human/Nature                                             Duxbury, MA
1991             Fitchburg Art Museum  The Object                                                                Fitchburg, MA
1989             Fogg Art Museum -MFA Capturing an Image: 150 Years of Photography       Cambridge, MA
1989             Baltimore Museum of Art  Masterpieces from the Photography Collection        Baltimore, MD
1988             Bradford College Art Gallery,  Branching Out                                               Bradford, MA
1987             St. Petersburg Museum F.A.  Selections From the Permanent Collection    St. Petersburg,  FL
1987            DeCordova Museum, New Work By Old Friends                                           Lincoln, MA
1986            Tyler School of Art, Three Photographers                                                     Philadelphia, PA
1985            SF Museum of Modern Art, Light: From Illumination to Pure Radiance      San Francisco, CA
1984            DeCordova Museum, Old Friends-New Work                                                Lincoln, MA
1984            IBM Gallery of Science & Art,  Lensless Photography                                   New York, NY
1984            New Arts Center,  Five Boston Photographers                                             Newton, MA
1984            Pace/McGill Gallery                                                                                        New York, NY
1984            Project Gallery, Local Abstraction                                                                 Cambridge, MA
1983            SF Museum of Modern Art , Selections from the Permanent Collection       San Francisco, CA
1983            Boston Museum School, Finalists & Fellows in Photography                       Boston, MA
1983            Brockton Art Museum, Discovering Photography: A Private Collection      Brockton, MA
1983            Franklin Institute, Lensless Photography                                                         Philadelphia, PA
1982            Montserrat School of Art, Sixteen Photographers                                          Beverly, MA
1982             Photographic Resource Center NEW WORKS (touring):                                 Boston, MA
                          Boston University Art Gallery                                                                    Boston, MA
                          University of Massachusetts Art Gallery                                                     Amherst, MA
                          Provincetown Art Museum                                                                        Provincetown, MA
                          Fitchburg State College                                                                             Fitchburg, MA
1981             Visual Studies Workshop, Form as Content                                                  Rochester, NY
1981             Baltimore Museum of Fine Arts, Selections From the Collection                   Baltimore, MD
1981             Words & Images  (touring):
                            Philadelphia Art Alliance                                                                          Philadelphia, PA 
                            Pittsburgh Center for the Arts                                                                   Pittsburgh, PA
                            Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art                                                        Loretto, PA
1981             Cumberland Gallery, Images in Photography                                                 Nashville, TN
1981             Museum of Fine Arts, Selections From the Permanent Collection                 Boston, MA
1981             Institute of Contemporary Art, Carl Siembab: A Photographic Patron          Boston, MA
1981             RE:PAGES Artists Books (touring):
                             Hera Art Gallery                                                                                     Providence, RI
                             Smith College                                                                                         Northampton, MA
                             University of Massachusetts Gallery                                                        Amherst, MA
                             Hampshire College                                                                                 Amherst, MA
                             Wheaton College                                                                                    Norton, MA
                             Bridgeport Museum                                                                                Bridgeport, CT
1981             Mendola Gallery, Photography                                                                      Boston, MA
1980             Addison Gallery of American Art                                                                    Andover, MA
1980             N.E. Foundation for the Arts,   Into the Eighties  (touring): 
                              Thorne-Sagendorf Gallery Keene State College                                     Keene, NH
                              R.H. Fleming Museum - U. of Vermont                                                 Burlington, VT
                              Phoenix Hall Gallery - NH Commission on the Arts                               Concord, NH
                              College Art Gallery - Plymouth State College                                        Plymouth, MA
1980             Skidmore College Art Gallery, Contemporary Photographs                         Saratoga Spgs, NY

Group Shows (continued):

1979             Camerawork Gallery                                                                                     San Francisco, CA
1979             Thomas Segal Gallery, Light Drawings, Photograms, Photogenics              Boston, MA
1978             Worcester Art Museum                                                                                Worcester, MA
1978             U. of Arizona, International Self Portrait Invitational                                   Tempe, AZ
1978             Columbia Gallery of Photography, Photograms                                              Chicago, IL
1977             Washington State College, New Photographics                                            Ellensburg, WA
1977             Boston Visual Artists Union Gallery, Seven Artists                                         Boston, MA
1976             DeCordova Museum, Patrons Choice: NE Artists Under 35                        Lincoln, MA
1976             Modesto College, Color II                                                                            Modesto, CA
1975             Boston Visual Artists Union Gallery, Spectrum BVAU Photography             Boston, MA
1975             Thayer Gallery, Five Photographers                                                             Braintree, MA

Visiting Artist:

2005             Universitat Pompeu Fabra, lecture                                                            Barcelona, Spain
2004             Brandeis University (symposium)                                                              Waltham, MA
2004             Photographic Resource Center, slide lecture                                              Boston, MA
2003             Clark University guest lecturer                                                                 Worcester, MA
2002             Fine Arts Work Center (photography panel)                                              Provincetown, MA
2001             Holy Cross College guest lecturer                                                            Worcester, MA
2000             Wellesley College guest lecturer                                                               Wellesley, MA      
1998             University of Rhode Island, Panel on environmental art                                Kingston, RI
1997             Art Institute of Boston guest lecturer                                                         Boston, MA
1996             Boston Museum School visiting critic                                                       Boston, MA
1994             NE   Artists Congress - Opening/Plenary Session speaker                          Providence, RI
1992             Yale University, guest lecturer                                                                  New Haven, CT
1991             Massachusetts College of Art, guest lecturer                                             Boston, MA
1991             Cambridge Center for Adult Ed.  Special Lecture Series                            Cambridge, MA
1991             Fuller Art Museum, featured speaker, Trustees Annual Meeting                   Brockton, MA
1990             Harvard University, guest lecturer, Museum  Studies Program                    Cambridge, MA
1990             DeCordova Museum, Symposium leader: Rethinking Roles of the Artist    Lincoln, MA
1989             New England Conservatory of Music, guest lecturer                                  Boston, MA
1988             The Museum School, guest lecturer                                                           Boston, MA
1988             Massachusetts College of Art, guest lecturer                                              Boston, MA
1988             New England Conservatory of Music, guest lecturer                                  Boston, MA
1987             The Museum School, guest lecturer                                                           Boston, MA
1986             Massachusetts College of Art, visiting portfolio critic                                Boston, MA
1985            Museum of Fine Arts, public slide lecture                                                   Boston, MA
1984             Harvard University / Carpenter Center, guest lecturer                                  Cambridge, MA
1983             Wellesley College Art Museum, guest slide lecture                                    Wellesley, MA
1983             Massachusetts College of Art, visiting portfolio critic                                Boston, MA
1983             Bradford College, visiting artist                                                                 Bradford, MA
1982             Photographic Resource Center, public slide lecture                                    Boston, MA
1982             Maryland Institute of Art, guest slide lecture                                              Baltimore, MD
1982             Boston University Art Gallery, guest lecture                                               Boston, MA
1982             Provincetown Art Association & Museum, guest slide lecture                    Provincetown, MA
1981             Institute of Contemporary Art, public artist lecture                                    Boston, MA
1981             Visual Studies Workshop, visiting artist                                                    Rochester, NY
1981             Rochester Institute of Technology, visiting artist                                        Rochester, NY

Employment Chronology:

1991 -          Boston University, Associate Professor of Art                                            Boston, MA
                     Founding Director, Graduate Program in Arts Administration;
                     & Coordinator, Undergraduate Art History Program (evening division)
1984 - 92      Lesley University Graduate School; Director, Arts Administration                Cambridge, MA
                     Program, and Associate Professor
1988 - 90      Boston U. CAS Associate Professor (adjunct),                                           Boston, MA
                     Art History/Museum Studies  
1982 - 83      Boston University Art Gallery; Director (Acting)                                          Boston, MA
1979 - 81      Truro Center for the Arts - Castle Hill; Executive Director                           Truro, MA
1975 - 79      The Artists Foundation; Program Director,                                                  Boston, MA
                      NEA Artists-in-Schools (visual arts, media, literature & dance)

Related Professional Activities:

2006-           Urban Arts, Board of Trustees
2005-           artSTRAND, Founding member of experimental artists collaborative (Provincetown)
2001-           Provincetown Art Association & Museum, Board of Trustees; Collection Committee
1999            FORUM 99 Provincetown Art Association & Museum, Moderator Visual Arts Panel
1998            Cambridge Arts Council. Selection Committee,  Public Art at Cambridge Hospital
1997            Dowling College, Consultant for new Graduate Program in Arts Administration    
1995            National Endowment for the Arts, Peer Panelist - Visual Arts Program Grants
1994-95       National Endowment for the Arts,  consultant/site evaluator for Visual Arts Program
1993-94       Massachusetts Cultural Council (state arts agency), Artists’ Advisory Council
1993            Bradford College (MA), visiting evaluation team, Creative Arts Division              
1993            N.E. Art Exposition Exhibition, Juror.
1993            Massachusetts Cultural Council, Artist’s Support Advisory Panel
1988-93      City of Newton, Chairman, Arts Lottery Council - Mayoral appointment
1992            ProARTS Consortium (Boston), Juror, student exhibition                         
1990 -94      President,  Mayoral Appointee; City of Newton Arts Council
1989            Boston University Art Gallery, Guest Curator: Terra Firma? Earth Works/Sites
1984            Outer Cape Performance Co. (Wellfleet), Managing Director (consulting)
1984            Art New England Summer Workshops (VT), Consultant & Photography Workshop Instructor
1983            Boston University Art Gallery, Guest Curator: Elements of Landscape
1983            Outer Cape Performance Co. (Wellfleet), consultant (MCAH Tech. Asst.)
1982-83       Cultural Education Collaborative (Boston), consultant
1980-81       The Artists Foundation, panelist/seminar leader
1980            Mass. Council on the Arts; Artists’ symposium leader
1979            National Assembly of State Arts Agencies (DC), symposium leader/presentation
1979            City of Brockton (MA), public art project consultant
1979            James Cunningham’s Acme Dance Co. (NY), fund raising consultant
1979            Cambridge Arts Council (MA), Red Line Public Art Juror (temporary projects)
1979            ARTWEEK Boston (open studio project), Advisory Committee
1978-79       DeCordova Museum School, U.S. Office of Education Project/Advisory Committee
1978-79       National Endowment for the Arts, Artists-in-Schools Fed-State Advisory Committee
1977-79       Massachusetts Alliance for Arts in Education, Board of Trustees
1977             Institute of Contemporary Art (Boston); Red Line MBTA public art, Advisory Committee
1977             Boston Visual Artists Union Gallery, Guest Curator: Artists Books
1976-77       Boston Visual Artists Union, Vice President

Exhibition Catalogs:

2003            Daniel Ranalli: Asian Work, Clark University Art Gallery.
2001            Imaging Time. College of the Holy Cross Art Gallery.
2000            Boston Photography: 1955-1985.  MIT Press & DeCordova Museum.
1998            The Visual Arts Program of Sea Grant Rhode Island.  The First Ten Years. U. of Rhode Island
1994            Daniel Ranalli:  Projects + Photographs
1993            Cape Cod National Seashore - Artists Map Project
1992            BREAKDOWN! Stoops, S.  Rose Art Museum, Brandeis.
1982            LENSLESS PHOTOGRAPHY. Franklin Institute, PA.
1981            A PHOTOGRAPHIC PATRON. Chiarenza, C. ICA - Boston
1981            RE:PAGES. NE Foundation for the Arts
1980            INTO THE EIGHTIES: N.E. Photography. N.E. Foundation for the Arts
1976            Patron’s Choice, DeCordova Museum

Reviews, Interviews, Etc (subject of):

2005          Arts Media. Veronica, M. Natural Obsession, Review. July
2004          BOSTON GLOBE. Cate McQuaid, Review of DNA show w/reproduction. Aug13
2004          BOSTON GLOBE, Feeney, M Review. February 6.
2004          Arts Media,  Nigrosh, L. A Mystic’s Art, November
2004          IN THE LOUPE, Brown, L. Concerning the Spiritual in Photography  March
2003          BOSTON GLOBE. Cate McQuaid. Meditating on Eastern Disciplines in Provincetown. Aug. 16.
2001          Arts Media. Two Artists, Eileen Kennedy, August.
1999          BOSTON GLOBE. Cate McQuaid. Ranalli & Vevers: A Creative Partnership. Aug.
1998         BOSTON GLOBE. Temin, C. Drawing with a Loose Definition at BCA; (group review) 12/6.
1998          BOSTON HERALD. Silver, J.  BCA Drawing Show…; (group review), November 21.
1998          boston.sidewalk.  (Microsoft online city guide) Giuliano, C.  The Drawing Show.  December 18.
1997          BOSTON COMMON, WGBH TV. Principal guest. Art Theft at the Gardner. September 8.
1997          PROVINCETOWN ADVOCATE,     Daniel Ranalli & Tabitha Vevers at DNA Gallery, Aug. 28
1996          ORION.  Gablik, Suzi.  Arts & the Earth.   Article w/reproductions. Autumn, 1995
1994          BOSTON GLOBE. Temin, Christine   Critic's Tip - Ranalli at DNA Gallery, (July)
1994          ART NEW ENGLAND.  Aude, Karen.  Ranalli at DNA Gallery,  (Sep-Oct)
1993          PROVINCETOWN ARTS - reproductions of site works,  (Summer)
1993          WOMR - public radio interview on artwork; (Sep 15).
1993          WBZ TV, Evening News, brief interview for story on art theft, (May)
1992         BOSTON SUNDAY GLOBE. Stapen, Nancy.  Bringing Nature Inside the Museum; (Mar 29).
1992          CAPE COD ARTS & ANTIQUES. Aude, K. Daniel Ranalli and Conceptual Art; (Aug).
1991          ART NEW ENGLAND. Unger, Miles , Nature Morte; review (Apr-May).
1991          BAY WINDOWS. Hill, Shawn  Lays of the Land, review + reproduction (Jan 31).
1990          PROVINCETOWN ARTS. reproductions of site works (Summer).
1989          BOSTON GLOBE. Temin, C. ..Scientific Detachment & Personal Passion; review, (Dec 7).
1989          ARTFORUM INTERNATIONAL. reproductions of site works, (Apr).
1987          BOSTON GLOBE. Taylor, Robert  DeCordova Contrasts, review (Jul 19).
1987          BOSTON PHOENIX.  Bonnetti, David; review (Jul 19).
1983          BOSTON MAGAZINE. Peary, Gerald, Boston Photography (Dec)

Reviews, Interviews, Etc. (continued):
1983          ART NEW ENGLAND. Ranalli at Vision, review + reproduction (Dec)
1983          CAMERA ARTS. Lensless Photography, review + reproduction (May)
1981          AFTERIMAGE. Caslin, Jean  A Boston Tradition, review + reproduction (Summer)
1981          ARTNEWS. Allara, Pam  The Boston Art Party; group review (Nov).
1981          NEWS TRIBUNE. Moskow, S.  Photographer Without A Camera; profile + photo (Jul 8)
1981          PROVINCETOWN ADVOCATE. Russell, J. profile; (Jul 3)
1981          CAPE COD TIMES. Little, C.; profile + reproduction (Jul 11)
1981          BOSTON GLOBE. Bethoney, J.; group review (Apr 16)
1981          ART NEW ENGLAND. Pretzer, M.; group review (May)
1980          VIP Newspaper. Erickson, A; Art & Politics Dan Ranalli Style; profile + photo (Feb 27)
1980          BOSTON GLOBE - CALENDAR. Temin, C. Artists at Work: Daniel Ranalli, (Oct 16).
1979          THE TAB.  Ranalli’s Photograms, review + reproduction (Nov 7).
1979          AFTERIMAGE.  C. Finkel, Lightlines (May/Jun).
1977          BOSTON GLOBE. Robert Taylor, Expressions of Finesse, group review (Apr 26).:

Published Articles/General:

1998-2001    ART NEW ENGLAND , Occasional feature articles.
1982-1995    ART NEW ENGLAND, Contributing Editor; columnist Forum; contributed over 85 articles primarily                       focusing on examining relationships between artists and institutions. This influential column was widely cited                       by other arts writers in New England. List of articles on request.
1990-1993    PROVINCETOWN ARTS, Contributing Editor, writer. Articles on Gyorgy Kepes;
                      Peter Hutchinson.
1995            Tony Vevers at Long Point Gallery, exhibition catalog essay, Long Point Publishing
1992            CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, occasional reviews & artist profiles.
1988            TERRA FIRMA?, exhibition catalog essay, Boston University Art Gallery
1983            LANDSCAPES OF THE MIND; Carl Chiarenza exhibition catalog essay, Polaroid exhibit.
1982            WOVEN< PAINTED/BUILT; exhibition catalog essay, Boston University Art Gallery.
1977            DARKROOM DYNAMICS, contributing author, photography textbook; Curtin & London Pub.
1977            TRAIL POUCH; creator-author, artist book; Right Hemisphere Publishing.
                    Frequent appearances and commentary on WBZ, WCVB news and WGBH
                    public affairs programs

Biographical Listings:

                          Who’s Who in America                         Who’s Who in American Art
                          Biography International                           Who’s Who in International Art                                                                                   
Education:                        
                          M.A.  Boston University                         Boston, MA
                          B.A.  Clark University                            Worcester, MA

Personal:         


                          Born:  New Haven, Connecticut.          Live and work in Cambridge and Wellfleet, Massachusetts.
                          Extensive travel including: Mexico, Guatemala, Cuba, Costa Rica, Belize, England, Ireland,
                          Italy, Spain, Nepal, Thailand.     



 
 
         
 
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