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One of my artworks was selected for Women’s Rights: An Artist’s Perspective, an online juried exhibition by UniteWomen.org. In today’s political climate, the parallels are impossible to ignore — and the importance of platforms for women artists has never felt more urgent.

Nine years later, Shilo Ratner reflects on her fall 2017 artist residency at the Ely Center of Contemporary Art (ECOCA) in New Haven — three months that shaped the geometric abstract work she creates today.

Reflections on the Ruth Asawa Retrospective at MoMA in NYC. Exploring her intricate wire sculptures, dedication through adversity, and lessons in artistic experimentation that inspire my geometric abstract practice.

A reflection on Hidden Depth, my May 2019 solo exhibition at Bryant Street Gallery in Palo Alto, and what geometric abstraction, constraint, and sustained looking meant to my practice at the time.

Shilo Ratner's geometric abstract paintings will be featured at the inaugural Scottsdale Ferrari Art Week 2025 with +GalleryLABS, Booth H15. Discover original contemporary art at Arizona's premier art event.

The question I get asked most often isn’t about color or style — it’s about size. Here’s how I think about scale, and what I tell collectors who aren’t sure where to start.

Meeting Fields didn't feel like encountering a distant figure from art history. It felt grounded, human. He wasn't performing the role of "artist." He was simply someone who had spent a lifetime looking, really looking, at color, and following it as far as it could go.

Artist Shilo Ratner's climate change-inspired painting Arctic Lands was selected by Guggenheim Curator David Max Horowitz for the Greenwich Art Society's 106th Annual Open Exhibition.

Vista is a 30x30 original geometric mountain painting by Shilo Ratner. Inspired by mountain hiking and the quiet strength of open terrain, it brings earthy calm to modern interiors.

Shilo Ratner's geometric abstract paintings will be featured at the Affordable Art Fair NYC, September 22-25, 2022, at Booth A14 in the Metropolitan Pavilion. Discover original contemporary art at accessible prices.

Shilo Ratner's geometric abstract paintings will be featured at the Affordable Art Fair Stockholm in October 2025 with +GalleryLABS. Discover original contemporary art from this Connecticut artist at Nacka Strandsmässan.

I still remember the first painting I bought for myself. I was in my early 20s, standing in a small gallery, going back and forth on whether I should do it. It felt like a big deal, because it was. I was excited, but also nervous about spending the money. I didn't fully understand yet what it meant to live with a piece of original art, only that I wanted my apartment to feel more like mine, more considered, more complete.

How studying Josef Albers' color theory, twice and in two different academic contexts, permanently changed the way I see, build, and teach color.

Art is connection. Discover the creative philosophy behind minimalist landscape paintings that transform nature's impressions into expansive, meditative works designed to bring quiet sophistication and grounding to your space.

Explore the quiet luxury of slowing down. As both artist and collector, I share how abstract landscape art creates visual pauses that invite presence, breath, and mindful living.

Large-scale public art installation: Pockets Filled With Hope, a 5x10ft geometric abstract painting by Shilo Ratner, installed at Southern Connecticut State University School of Business.