Shilo Ratner CV

EDUCATION

2003-06 MFA Painting, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, California
1996-00 BA Design, Curry College, Milton, Massachusetts

GALLERY REPRESENTATION

Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
Claire Carino Contemporary, Boston, MA
Candita Clayton Gallery, East Greenwich, RI
Embrace Creatives, Hazel Park, MI
GALLERyLABs, Buenos Aires and New Haven, CT
MIKA Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Saatchi Art, Los Angeles, CA

HONORS

2025 – Public Art Project, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT
2025 – Public Art Project, VCU Health Liver Transplant Units, Richmond, VA
2024 – Best in Show, “Fortune Favor Exhibition”, Aedra Fine Art, Jersey City, New Jersey, Curator: Michael Hanna
2020- Best in Show, “103 Bendheim Exhibit”, Greenwich, CT, Juror: Geaninne Gutierrez- Guimaraes
2017 – Ely Center of Contemporary Art, Artist-in-Residence, New Haven, CT
2017 – Weiss Sisters Award, “116th Annual Juried Art Exhibition”, New Haven Paint and Clay Club, New Haven, CT: Juror: Richard Klein
2016 – Award of Excellence, ”The Healing Power of ART 2016′′, Manhattan Arts International
2016 – Awarded Second Place, “The 105th Exhibition”, Mystic Museum of Art, Mystic, Connecticut: Juror: Darby Cardonsky, Will Lustenader
2015 – Award of Excellence, Four Point Contemporary, Online Gallery
2015 – Award of Merit, Four Point Contemporary, Online Gallery
2012 – Special Recognition Award, All Women Art Exhibition, Light Space & Time, Online Gallery
2009 – Awarded second place, “I’ll bet you can’t paint a portrait”, 712 Art Space, San Francisco, California: Juror: William Theophilus Brown

MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS

“Make Your Mark”, Museum of Contemporary Art, Marin, CA, 2018
“The 107th Exhibition”, Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, Mystic Museum of Art, Mystic, CT 2017
“Metro Montage XV”, Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art, Marietta, GA
“The 106th Exhibition”, Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, Mystic Museum of Art, Mystic, CT 2016
CWA 86th Annual National Open Juried Show, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT
“The 105th Exhibition”, Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, Mystic Museum of Art, Mystic, CT 2015
“Metro Montage XV”, Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art, Marietta, GA

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS  2009- 2025

2025

William Benton Museum of Art, Storrs, CT
Scottsdale-Ferrari Art Week, Scottsdale, AZ
Public Art Project, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT
Public Art Project, VCU Health Liver Transplant Units, Richmond, VA

2024

Fortune Favors Exhibition and Catalog, Online) Jersey City, New Jersey
Claire Carino Contemporary Summer Exhibit, Boston, MA
Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA
Winterlude, Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
Constructed Worlds, Perspective Gallery, Hamden, CT

2023

Celebrating Women Artist, George Billis Gallery, Fairfield, CT
106th Annual Exhibition, Group Show, Greenwich Art Society, Greenwich, CT
Affordable Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden
“Now is the Moment”, Solo Show, New Haven Lawn Club, New Haven, CT
“Art + Beauty”, Solo Show, Burton and Young, Greenwich, CT
“Conceptual Consciousness”, Solo Show, Claire Carino Contemporary, Boston, MA
Light Exhibition, Group Show, Jen Tough Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2022

Solo Show, Sorrelle Gallery, Westport, CT
Claire Carino Contemporary Summer Expo, Boston, MA
Affordable Art Fair, New York, NYC
Art Expo Dallas, Dallas, TX

2021

“Summer Abstraction”, Solo Show, Locust Grove Estate Museum, Poughkeepsie, NY
Member Show, Artist Alliance, Santa Fe, NM
Bendheim Gallery, Art to the Avenue, Greenwich, CT 
“Design Concepts”, Tailored Home, Greenwich, CT

2020

“Oteaferia”, Solo Show, Mexico City, Mexico
SeeMe “Art Takes Armory”, New York, NY
“Centered & Calm”, Solo Exhibition, Lawn Club, New Haven, CT
“Full of Possibility”, Solo Exhibition, DaSilva Gallery, New Haven, CT

2019 

Mika Gallery, Group Exhibition, Tel Aviv, Israel
Putnam and Mason, Art to the Avenue, Greenwich, CT 
Bryant Street Gallery, Discovery and Depth Solo Exhibition, Palo Alto, CA 
The Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich Art Society, 102nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Greenwich, CT Juror: Megan Fontanella 
Ely Center of Contemporary Art, “Our Bodies Our Selves”, New Haven, CT

2018

Mika Gallery, Group Exhibition, Tel Aviv, Israel
Putnam and Mason, Art to the Avenue, Greenwich, CT 
Bryant Street Gallery, Discovery and Depth Solo Exhibition, Palo Alto, CA 
The Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich Art Society, 102nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Greenwich, CT Juror: Megan Fontanella 
Ely Center of Contemporary Art, “Our Bodies Our Selves”, New Haven, CT
Ely Center of Contemporary Art, “Winter Showing”, New Haven, CT, Curator: Debbie Hess
DAB ART, “EGGIWEGS“, Ventura, CA, Curator: Yessica Torres 
Perspective Gallery, “IN FORMATION: GESTURE & GEOMETRY”, Hamden, CT 
Brooklyn Waterfront Coalition Gallery, “Color”, Brooklyn, NY, Juror: Marcela Guerrero 
Flinn Gallery, Greenwich Art Society, “Parallel Visions, Realism & Abstraction”, Greenwich, CT, Juror: Jenny Harris
Museum of Contemporary Art, Make Your Mark, Marin CA, Juror: Jen Tough 
Bendheim Gallery, Art to the Avenue, Greenwich Art Council, Greenwich, CT 
“The 107th Exhibition”, Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, Mystic Museum of Art, Mystic, CT, Juror: Robert Reynolds and Eric Aho

2017

“116th Annual Juried Art Exhibition”, New Haven Paint and Clay Club, New Haven, CT Juror: Richard Klein 
“Small Works Summer 2017”, National Association of Women Artists, Inc., New York, NY 
“Metro Montage XV”, Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art, Marietta, GA
“The 106th Exhibition”, Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, Mystic Museum of Art, Mystic, CT, Juror: Emilia Dubicki and Deborah Quinn-Munson

2016

“CWA 86th Annual National Open Juried Show”, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT, Juror: Min Jung Kim 
“The Healing Power of ART 2016” online juried competition, Manhattan Arts International, Juror: Renee Phillips 
“The 105th Exhibition”, Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts, Mystic Museum of Art, Mystic, CT: Juror: Darby Cardonsky, Will Lustenader 
“Contemporary Woman 2016”, Chico Art Center, Chico, CA: Juror: Ruth Von Jahnke Waters

2015

“Annual Contemporary Art Survey”, Fort Collins Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO: Juror: Dean Sobel
“Metro Montage XV”, Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art, Marietta, GA: Juror: Robmat Butler 
“The Healing Power of ART” online juried competition., Manhattan Arts International, Juror: Renee Phillips
“4th Biannual Competition”, Four Point Contemporary, Online Gallery: Juror: Ahyor Thompson
“Impulse”, Bay Area Juried Exhibition, ARC Gallery, San Francisco, CA: Juror: Michael Yochum, Priscilla Otani, Stephen C. Wagner, & Matthew Frederick

2014

“The F Word: Feminism Now”, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL: Juror: Jeanne Dunning
“The Figure: A Bay Area Legacy”, Gary Francis Gallery, Alameda, CA

2013

“Small Work – Big Deal”, Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA 
“Women’s Rights: An Artists Perspective”, Women United, Online Gallery: Juror: Karen Gutfreund
“Diaspora”, New Artists Gallery, New York, NY: Juror: Laura Kruger 
“Hearts in San Francisco Exhibition & Gala Event”, AT&T Park, San Francisco, CA

2012

“Bay Area Women Artist”, O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA: Juror: Donna Seagar
“2012 National Juried Exhibition”, First Street Gallery, New York, NY: Juror: Dore Ashton
“Momentum: 40 Years of the Women’s Caucus for Art”, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA: Juror: Rita Gonzalez
“All Women Art Exhibition”, Light Space & Time, Online Gallery

“Pacific Art League Faculty Show”, Norton Gallery, Palo Alto, CA

2011

“The Guerrilla Show”, ARC Gallery, San Francisco, CA 
“Beyond the Visible”, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA 
“Pacific Art League Faculty Show”, Norton Gallery, Palo Alto, CA

Soma Art Gallery, Art Span Live Auction, San Francisco, CA

2010

Hang Art Gallery, Group Showing, San Francisco, CA 
Ocean Rescue”, Driftwood Salon, San Francisco, CA 
Artist X-Change Gallery, San Francisco, CA  “Spring Garden Theme Show”,

Norton Gallery, Pacific Art League Faculty Show, Palo Alto, CA
“Bay Area Educators Invitational”, Louie Meager Art Gallery, Ohlone College, Fremont, CA

2009

“I bet you can’t paint a portrait”, Art Space 712, San Francisco, CA, Juror: William Theophilus Brown
“Simply Nina”, African American Culture Complex, San Francisco, CA

Sixth Street Gallery and Salon Show, Oakland, CA

PUBLIC PROJECTS / PUBLICATIONS

2021 – Studio Visit Magazine, Volumes 47&48, (Online publication/ print)
2020 – Feature Article in Daily Nutmeg, January (Online publication)
2017 – Artwork Featured in The Daily Nutmeg, October (online publication) 
2016 – Mentioned in The Daily Connecticut, “Mystic Museum of Art celebrates
2016 – 105 years of Connecticut Art”, July 2016 (online publication)

2015 – Overcoming Creative Frustration, Art Square Online Article 
2013 – Hearts in San Francisco, San Francisco General Hospital Foundation, Project Purchased by Intel
2013 – Equilibrium Catalog, Chicago, IL 
2013 – Diaspora Catalog, New York, NY  2012
2012 – CBS News, Best Peninsula Area Artist, Online Publication

2012 – “Face, Figure, Identity” (Sprocketbox Entertainment) 
2012 – Momentum: 40 Years of the Women’s Caucus for Art Catalog, Los Angeles, CA   PUBLIC PROJECTS / PUBLICATIONS
2020 – Feature Article in Daily Nutmeg, January (Online publication)
2017 – Artwork Featured in The Daily Nutmeg, October (online publication)
2016 – Mentioned in The Daily Connecticut, “Mystic Museum of Art celebrates
105 years of Connecticut Art”, July 2016 (online publication)
2015 – Overcoming Creative Frustration, Art Square Online Article 2014
2013 – Hearts in San Francisco, San Francisco General Hospital Foundation, Project Purchased by Intel
2012 – Equilibrium Catalog, Chicago, IL 2013 – Diaspora Catalog, New York, NY
CBS News, Best Peninsula Area Artist, Online Publication  2012
2012 – “Face, Figure, Identity” (Sprocketbox Entertainment)
2012 – Momentum: 40 Years of the Women’s Caucus for Art Catalog, Los Angeles, CA 2
2012 – All Women Art Exhibition Catalog, Light Space & Time, Online Gallery