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

• Scottsdale-Ferrari Art Week, Scottsdale, AZ

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
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• 2012 – All Women Art Exhibition Catalog, Light Space & Time, Online Gallery