Shannon Christine Rankin
b. California
Lives and works in New Mexico
www.shannonchristinerankin.com

Honors and Awards
2017 Studios at MASS MoCA, North Adams, MA
2016 Roswell Artist in Residence, Roswell, NM
2014 A.R.T. Fund Award, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation
2011 Bemis Center for the Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE
2010 Vermont Studio Center (Full Fellowship), Johnson, VT
2010 Good Idea Grant, Maine Arts Commission
2010 Center for Maine Contemporary Art Biennial Juror’s Award

Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
2017 Unearthed, Press Gallery, Portland, ME
2016 Overview, RMAC, Roswell, NM
2013 Crux, June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland, ME
2011 Fathom, CMCA, Rockport, ME
2010 Disperse / Displace, Gallery Voss, Düsseldorf, Germany
2006 Papercut, Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA

Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 11th Biennial Portland Show, Greenhut Galleries, Portland, ME
2022 Far X Wide: Project for Ukraine, Brooklyn, NY (virtual)
2021 January Show, Mayo Street Arts Pop-Up Gallery, Portland, ME
2021 Flowers of Life, Big Island, Hawaii (virtual)
2021 Counter Mapping, 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM
2021 Tactile Sublime, Dodumu, Brooklyn, NY (virtual)
2021 Mayo Street Arts Pop-Up Gallery, Portland, ME
2020 Postcards of Positivity, Artrinity, Dallas, TX
2020 Exquisite Corpse, Conduit Gallery, Dallas, TX
2020 Topographies, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2019 Simulacrush, CMCA, Rockland, ME (virtual)
2019 What is Holiness?, Santa Maria de la Vid Abbey, Albuquerque, NM
2019 Mapping Out, Studios on the Park, Paso Robles, CA
2017 Water is Everything, Drive-By Projects, Watertown, MA
2017 Materiality, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockland, ME
2017 Go Where the Map Takes You, Osher Map Library, Portland, ME
2017 RAIR at 50: Beyond the Gift of Time, RMAC, Roswell, NM
2017 Deep Cuts, Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH
2015 Beyond Boundaries, Flinn Gallery, Greenwich, CT
2015 Excavations, New Art Center, Newton, MA
2014 U.S. Embassy, Doha, Qatar
2014 CMCA Biennial Exhibition, Rockport, ME
2014 Making A New Whole: The Art of Collage, UNE Gallery, Portland, ME
2014 Collage X 10, Lewis Gallery, Portland, ME
2014 Portland Show, Greenhut Galleries, Portland, ME
2013 Point of View, Cynthia Winings Gallery, Blue Hill, ME
2012 Cartographics, Gladstone, Toronto, Canada
2012 Santorini Biennale, Pyrgos, Greece
2012 Portland Show, Greenhut Galleries, Portland, ME
2012 Here today gone tomorrow, NG Art, Chippendale NSW, Australia
2011 Nature’s Keep, Harlow Gallery, Hallowell, ME
2011 Moving Maps, EPFL Rolex Learning Center, Lausanne, Switzerland
2010 Maps, June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland, ME
2010 Constructed Territory, Robert & Elaine Stein Galleries, Dayton, OH

Curatorial Projects
2018 Curious Nature, Alumni Triennial Exhibition, Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, ME

Selected Bibliography
Grimason, Maggie, “Artist Shannon Christine Rankin works with maps to depict new, reimagined, and ever-changing geographies”, 12 NM Artists to Know Now, Southwest Contemporary, May, 2021

Ruymann, Mallory A., “Water is Everything at Drive-By Projects”, The Rib, January, Web, 2018

McAvoy, Suzette, “Where the Dragons Lie”, Hawk and Handsaw, April, Web, 2017

Manuel Lima, Manuel, “The Book of Circles”, Princeton Architectural Press, May, 2017

Weisgall, Deborah, “Overview”, Roswell Museum and Art Center, Exhibition Catalog, October, 2016

Großmann, Dave and Friedrich, Hartmut, Kwer Magazine, Issue No. 1, 2016

Hanus, Julie K., “Origin Stories”, American Craft Magazine, May, 2016

McQuaid, Cate, “New routes, old unknowns”, Boston Globe, April, 2015

Kany, Daniel, “CMCA 2014 Biennial a gritty, refreshing...”, Portland Press Herald, October, 2014

Verzosa, Andres Azucena, “CMCA Biennial Brings Emerging...", Art New England, November, 2014

Chou, Jenny, “The Map Art of the World”, DPI Magazine, May, 2014

Krysa, Danielle, “Creative Block”, Chronicle Books, p. 244-249, February, 2014

Vanhemert, Kyle, “Gorgeous Collages Made Entirely Of Old Maps”, Fast Co. Design, May, 2013, Web

Jakubik, Amanda, “Maps by Shannon Rankin”, Trendland, April, 2013, Web

Estrada, Sylvie and Sala, Federica, Geo Graphic: A Book for Map Lovers, Index Book, Spring, 2013

Ibarra, Ana, “Cosmologies of the Self”, Elephant Magazine, Issue No. 7, Summer, 2011

Konau, Britta, “The Canvas: Elemental Patterns”, Maine Home and Design, August, 2011

Klanten, R., Bourquin, N., Ehnmann, S., and Tissot, T., “Papercraft 2”, Gestalten, April, 2011

Kany, Daniel, “With ‘Fathom’ and ‘Counterpoint,’ CMCA has...”, The Portland Press Herald, July, 2011

Weisgall, Deborah, “See”, Maine Magazine, July, 2010

Kany, Daniel, “Follow MAPS on a journey of wit, grace...”, Portland Press Herald, November, 2010

Larmon, Annie, “Moving Forward”, The Phoenix, June, 2010

Manaugh, Geoff, “New World Order”, BLDG BLOG, March, 2010, Web

Klanten, R., Bourquin, N., Ehnmann, S., and Tissot, T., “Data Flow 2”, Gestalten, February, 2010

Collections
Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art, Roswell, NM
Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA
Private Collection, New York, NY
Private Collection, Bala Cynwyd, PA
Nancy and Jonathan Aldrich, Cape Elizabeth, ME
Private Collection, Düsseldorf, Germany
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
Portland Public Library, Portland, ME
Joanne Waxman Library, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME

Education
1997 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine