Sara Ransford, Artist
http://www.pyrogirlaspen.com
Education
1979-1984 -BFA in Art/Art Education, Minor in Spanish, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
1973-1977-Majored in Math/Science, Palisades High School, Pacific Palisades, CA
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Publications
2019 Salt magazine, article by Alec Peterson:
https://saltmag.online/2019/02/02/winter-contours-a-sara-ransford-gallery/
2017 ArtBeat Colorado Artist Film Series by Heather and Chris Macdonald,
http://pyrogirlaspen.com/art/colorado-artbeat/
2012 Ceramics Monthly, clay sculpture by Sara Ransford, Article on Juried shows, May Ed, Pg. 18
2012 Ceramics Monthly, clay sculpture by Sara Ransford, Residency Reflection, January Ed
2009 sliced revelations, clay sculpture by Sara Ransford, Book design/text by Barbara Seidel
2009 a fragile balance, the clay sculpture of sara ransford 1999-2008, Barbara Seidel
2008 Ceramic artist Sara Ransford’s work, May 1, 2008, Fruita Times article by Camille Silverman
Awards/Recognitions
2011-The Red Brick 2011 Artist Tribute, Red Brick Center for the Arts, Aspen, CO
2011-People’s Choice award Plinth Gallery and Anderson Ranch: A Ceramic Collaboration, Denver, Colorado
2011-Present Selected to be on the Exhibitions Committee, Western Colorado Center For The Arts,
Grand Junction, CO
2009-2rd Place, “From the Ground Up XXIV”, Las Cruces Museum of Art, Las Cruces, NM
Solo/two person Exhibitions
2021 “Feeling-Walls”, Sara Ransford with Guest Botanist,Artist Joey Glickman”, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
2019 “Winter Contours”, Michael Warren Contemporary Gallery, Denver, CO
2018 “Paper Trail”, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM
2016 “A Line To Follow”, Michael Warren Contemporary Gallery, Denver, CO
2015 “Finding Place”, 2 Person Show with Allegheny Meadows, Dows Gallery, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
2015 “Between the Lines”, 2 Person Show with Bunny Burson, Wyly Annex Gallery, Basalt,CO
2015 “Fractured Perspectives”, 2 Person Show with Brad Reed Nelson, Harvey/Meadows Gallery, Aspen,CO
2013 “The Eloquent Edge”, Invitational Solo Show, Wyly Community Art Center, Basalt, CO
2009-“Orchids and Other Abstractions”, Two Person Show, Lane Fine Art, Aspen, CO
Curated Exhibitions
2013-“Almost Familiar”, Mixed Media Group Show, Red Brick Center for the Arts, Aspen, CO
2012-“Confluences in Clay 2012”, Sculptural Group Show, Aspen Chapel Gallery, Aspen, CO
2011-“Confluences-Clay-Converging-Chapel-2011”, Sculptural Group Show, Aspen Chapel Gallery, Aspen, CO
2010-“Attention To Detail”, Mixed Media Group Show, Red Brick Center for the Arts, Aspen, -CO
2010-“Cross-sections in Clay”, Sculptural Group Show, Aspen Chapel Gallery, Aspen, CO
2009-“Extending Clay Boundaries”, Sculptural Group Show, Aspen Chapel Gallery, Aspen, CO
2008-“Extending Clay Boundaries”, Sculptural Group Show, Aspen Chapel Gallery, Aspen, CO
Selected Exhibitions
2021 “Pop up show with Nancy Lovendahl, Andrew Roberts Gray, Sara Ransford”, Michael Warren Contemporary Gallery, Denver, CO
2021 “Regeneration; A multimedia exhibition of art envisioning a positive path forward. This exhibition is in conjunction with CORE’s 3rd Annual Imagine Climate, creative perspectives on Climate Change, Colorado Mountain College Campus, Aspen, CO
2021 “The Art Base Circle Exhibition”, Art Base, Basalt, CO
2021 “Shared Earth; Ceramics of the Western Slope.” Aspen Colorado Mountain College Campus, Aspen, CO
2020 “Red Lodge Residency Group Show”, Curtis Gallery, Denver, CO
2020 “Winter Salon”, Harvey Preston Gallery, Aspen, CO
2019 “Lines”, Blue Sage Center for the Arts, Invitational group Show, Paonia, CO
2018 “Colorado ArtBeat FilmSeries + Art Exhibition”, Invitational group Show, Carbondale Arts’ R2 Gallery in The Launchpad, Carbondale, CO
2018 “New Work by Sara Ransford, Isa Catto, and Doug Casebeer”, Harvey/Meadows Gallery, Aspen,CO
2018 Contemporary Clay 2018, Grand Junction Art Center, juried group show, GJ, CO
2017 “Material Limits”, Invitational group Show, Grand Junction Art Center, Juried Group Show, Grand Junction, CO
2017 NCECA,” “Imaginary Border: Ceramics As A Trans-cultural Language”selected group NCECA show, Hoffman Gallery at Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR
2016 Contemporary Clay 2016, Grand Junction Art Center, juried group show, GJ, CO
2016 “A Collaborative Exhibition honoring 50 Years of Anderson Ranch Art Center”, juried group show, Colorado Mountain College Campus, Aspen
2016 NCECA,”Anderson Ranch Arts Center Legacy: Mentoring Artistic Excellence”,Kansas City, MO
2015 Harvey Meadows Gallery, Aspen Highlands, Colorado
2014 Michael Warren Contemporary group show, Denver, CO
2014 Exhibitor with Anderson Ranch, SOFA, Chicago, IL
2014-“ Playing with your Expectations: the Avant Garde of the Western Slope Past and Present”, Invitational Group Show, Western Colorado Center For The Arts, Grand Junction, CO
2014-“Beyond Representation-Abstract Exhibit”, Invitational Group Show,
Western Colorado Center For The Arts, Grand Junction, CO
2014-“2014 Colorado Clay”, Invited Artist, Foothill Art Center, Golden, CO
2013-“Creative Sojourn: An Artistic Journey by Women Artists of Colorado”, Invited Artist, Carbondale Council of Arts and Humanities, Carbondale, CO
2013-“CMC Faculty Exhibition: Past, Present, Future”, Faculty Show, Colorado Mountain College- Aspen Campus, Aspen, CO
2013-“3rd Annual Workhouse Clay National Exhibit 2013”, Juried Group Show, Juror Virginia Scotchie, Lorton, VA
2013-“Almost Familiar”, Mixed Media Group Show, Red Brick Center for the Arts, Aspen, CO
2013-“Longing For Repetition”, Juried Group Show, Juror Heather Mae Erickson, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
2013-“Art of the State”, Juried Group Show, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, CO
2012-“Women of Influence, Colorado Artists and Curators”, Invitational Group Show, Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities, Arvada, CO
2012-“2nd Annual Workhouse Clay National Exhibit 2012”, Juried Group Show, Juror Peter Held, McGuire Woods Gallery, Lorton, VA
2012-“Contemporary Clay Biennial 2012”, Juried Group Show, Juror Brad Miller, Western Colorado Center For The Arts, Grand Junction, CO
2012-“Nineteenth San Angelo National Ceramic Competition”, Juried Group Show, Jurors Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas
2011-“Landscape as Inspiration”, Invitational Group Show, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
2011-“Workhouse Clay National Exhibit 2012”, Juried Group Show, Juror Ellen Shankin
McGuire Woods Gallery, Lorton, VA
2011-“Plinth Gallery and Anderson Ranch: A Ceramic Collaboration”, Invitational Group Show, Plinth Gallery, Denver, CO
2011-“2011 Artist Tribute ”, Solo Show, Red Brick Center for the Arts, Aspen, CO
2010-“Presenting Aspen Chapel Artists”, Invitational Group Show, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
2010-“Abstraction From the Permanent Exhibit: Plus 12”, Invitational Group Show, Western Colorado Center For The Arts, Grand Junction, CO
2010-“Contemporary Clay Biennial 2010”, Juried Group Show, Western Colorado Center For The Arts, Grand Junction, CO
2009-“Continental Divide”, Juried Group Show by NCECA, Arvada Center for the Arts, Denver, CO
2009-“From the Ground Up XXIV”, Juried Group Show, Las Cruces Museum of Art, Las Cruces, NM
2009-“James Surls Sculpture Exhibit”, Invitational Show, Red Brick Center for the Arts, Aspen, CO
2009-“Political Landscape Show”, Juried Group Show, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO
2008-“Organic Abstraction”, Group Ceramics Show, Carbondale Clay Center, Carbondale, CO
2008-“Parallel”, Four Person Group Show, Red Brick Center for the Arts, Aspen, CO
2008-”Contemporary Clay 2008”, Juried Show, Western Colorado Center For The Arts, Grand Junction, CO
2008-“Pouring Vessels”, Juried Group Show, Red Brick Center for the Arts, Aspen, CO
2007-“In Search of Duende”, Invitational Show, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO
2006-“Organics”, Two Person Show, Red Brick Center for the Arts, Aspen, CO
2005-Roaring Fork Open, Group Show, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
2005-“Wyly Wares”, Group Show, Wyly Community Art Center, Basalt, CO
2005-Artist in Residence Group Show, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
2004-Artist in Residence Group Show, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
2003-Artist in Residence Group Show, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
2003-Roaring Fork Open, Group Show, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO
2002-Castle Creek Gallery, Two Person Show with Jill Oberman, Aspen, CO
2000-Anderson Ranch Art Center Show, Evelyn Siegel Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas
Workshop/Teaching Experience
2020- Paper Clay Workshop, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Aspen, Co 2016- Paper Clay Workshop, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Aspen, Co 2015- Paper Clay Workshops, Aha Hana Lima-A Gathering of Crafts, Oahu and Kauai, HI
2014- Paper Clay Workshop, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Aspen, Co
2012- Paper Clay Workshop, Colorado Mountain College, Aspen, Co
1999- Ceramics Workshop, Colorado Mountain College, Aspen, Co
1989-91 Art Instructor, Grades K-4, Carbondale Elementary School, Carbondale, CO
1988-89 Spanish Instructor, Glenwood Springs High School, Glenwood Springs, CO
1986-90 Art Instructor, Carbondale Middle School, Carbondale, CO
1985-86 Spanish Instructor, Grades 9-12, Levels I-IV, Steamboat Springs High School, CO
1984-85 Art Instructor, Grades 8-12, Sorocco High School, Oak Creek, CO
Professional Experience
2006-Artist in Residence, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO
2005-Artist in Residence, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO
2003 -Artist in Residence, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO
2002 Invited Solo Student w/Visiting Artist Andrea Gill, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO
2001-Special Student, Alfred University, Alfred, NY
2000-Invited Solo Student with Visiting Artist John Gill, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO
1997- “Bugs”, Children’s Workshop w/ Eddie Dominguez, Permanent tile piece installation for Children’s Building, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO
1995-“Art Tells A Story”, Children’s Workshop, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO
1994-“Our Town”, Children’s Workshop, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO
Galleries
2014-Present Michael Warren Contemporary, Denver, Colorado
2006-Present Harvey Meadows Gallery, Aspen Highlands, Colorado