Vicki Ragan, 2009 Award Recipient

Fourth Harold Jones Distinguished Alumni Award Ceremony

Vicki RaganThe Harold Jones Distinguished Alumni Committee proudly announces UA Photography Program Graduate (MFA,1981) Vicki Ragan as the 2009 recipient of the Harold Jones Distinguished Alumni Award.

Vicki Ragan will give a lecture “From Public to Intimate: A Journey in Photography,” discussing her photographic work and career on Friday, October 16, at the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona, in Tucson, Arizona.

EXHIBITION

“Measuring the Ineffable”
ArtsEye Gallery, 3550 East Grant Road, Tucson
October 14 through December 2, 2009

Thursday, October 15, 2009

6–9 pm: Artist Reception at ArtsEye Gallery

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LECTURE

“From Public to Intimate: A Journey in Photography”
Center for Creative Photography, 1030 North Olive Road, Tucson
Center For Creative Photography Lobby and Auditorium

Friday, October 16, 2009

5–6 pm: Reception and Book Signing
6 pm: Award and Lecture

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About Vicki Ragan

Ms. Ragan, a graduate of both the Art Institute of Chicago and the University of Arizona in Tucson, has exhibited in major venues around the world, including the Museum of Modern Art in Moscow, the Museum of Modern Photography in Tokyo, the Museum of Natural History in Paris, Photokina in Cologne, Germany, the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, Arizona, the Brooklyn Museum of Fine Art, FotoFest in Houston, the Houston Center for Photography, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, and the Southeastern Museum of Photography in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Her work is in the permanent collections at the High Museum, the Center for Creative Photography, the Brooklyn Museum, the Houston Museum of Fine Art, and Polaroid Corp.’s International Art Collection. It has also appeared on the covers of Smithsonian Magazine and The British Journal of Photography. Profiles of Ms. Ragan and articles about her work have appeared in a variety of publications, including The New York Times, Houston Center for Photography’s Spot magazine, and Woodstock Center for Photography’s Photography Quarterly.

She has received numerous public art commissions, and has permanent installations in Jackson- Hartsfield International Airport, the Adamsville Community Center and the historic Block Candy Building in Atlanta, as well as in the Island Grove Community Center in Greeley, CO.

Ms. Ragan has published four books: Changing Dreams (2007: Museum of New Mexico Press), Oaxacan Clay (2000: Chronicle Books), The Edible Alphabet Book (1996: Bulfinch Press), and Oaxacan Wood Carving: The Magic in the Trees (1993: Chronicle Books).

Bio (from Vicki’s website)

Vicki Ragan has exhibited as an artist photographer in major venues around the world, including the Museum of Modern Art in Moscow, the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, FotoFest in Houston, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Photokina in Cologne, Germany, the Southeastern Museum of Photography in Daytona Beach, Florida, and the Houston Center for Photography.

Her work is in the permanent collections at the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, Arizona, the Brooklyn Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and Polaroid Corp.’s International Art Collection at the Musee de l’Elysee in Lausanne, Switzerland. It has also appeared on the covers of Smithsonian Magazine and The British Journal of Photography.

Profiles of Ms. Ragan and articles about her work have appeared in a variety of publications, including The New York Times, Houston Center for Photography’s SPOT magazine, and Woodstock Center for Photography’s Photography Quarterly.

Ms. Ragan has published three books: Oaxacan Wood Carving: The Magic in the Trees (1993: Chronicle Books), The Edible Alphabet Book (1996: Bulfinch Press), and Oaxacan Ceramics (2000: Chronicle).

She has received numerous public art commissions and has permanent installations in Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the Adamsville Community Center in Atlanta, and the Island Grove Regional Park Community Building in Greeley, Colorado. She lives in Atlanta with her family.

BOOKS

  • Changing Dreams. By Shepard Barbash. Photographs by Vicki Ragan  Museum of New Mexico Press. Santa Fe, NM.  2007. 95 black and white photographs.
  • Oaxacan Ceramics. By Lois Wasserspring. Photographs by Vicki Ragan. Chronicle Books, San Francisco.  2000. 90 color photographs.
  • The Edible Alphabet Book.  By Vicki Ragan. Limericks by Shepard Barbash.  Bulfinch Press, Boston. 1995.  30 color photographs.
  • Oaxacan Wood Carving: The Magic in the Trees.  By Shepard Barbash. Photographs by Vicki Ragan.  Chronicle Books.  1993.  100 color photographs.
  • Margarito’s Carvings. By Shepard Barbash. Photographs by Vicki Ragan. Celebration Press, Parsipanny, NJ. 1996. 18 color photographs.

MAGAZINE COVER PHOTOGRAPHS

  • Stratos magazine. April 1998. Cover photo with profile.
  • Smithsonian magazine.  May 1991.  Cover story on wood carvers of Oaxaca, Mexico. 14 color photos.
  • British Journal of Photography.  November 1984, cover photo.

ANTHOLOGIES

  • Art of Seeing.  1993.  Zerlanski and Fisher.  Calmann & King, London.
  • Selections II.   1984.  Verlag Photographie, Schaffhausen, Switzerland, and Polaroid Corp., Cambridge, MA.   For Photokina convention.
  • The New Photography.  1983.  Prentice-Hall, Englwood Cliffs, NJ.
  • Selections I.  1982. Verlag Photographie and Polaroid Corp.
  • In/Sights. Self-portraits by Women. 1978.  ed. Joyce Tenneson Cohen. David Godine, Boston.

SELECTED PHOTOGRAPHS IN COLLECTIONS

  • High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA.
  • Brooklyn Museum of Fine Art,  Brooklyn, NY.
  • Houston Museum of Fine Art, Houston, TX.
  • Center for Creative Photography,  Univ. of Arizona, Tucson.
  • International Collection of Polaroid Corp.,  Lucerne, Switzerland.
  • Helmut Gernsheim Collection, University of Texas at Austin.
  • Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ.
  • Islip Art Museum,  Islip, NY.

COMMISSIONS AND AWARDS

  • Permanent installation. Island Grove Regional Park Community Building. Greeley, CO. 2007
  • Permanent installation. Island Grove Building. 2002.
  • Permanent installation. Adamsville Recreation Center. Atlanta, GA. 2002.
  • Permanent installation, Block Candy Company Building. Means Street, Atlanta, GA. 2000.
  • Permanent installation, Hartsfield International Airport, Atlanta, GA.  1996.
  • Finalist, Dorothea Lange-Paul Taylor Prize, Center for Documentary Studies. 1995.
  • SAF/NEA Regional Photography Fellowship Finalist. 1995.
  • Polaroid support grant, 20 x 24 program. 1983-87.
  • Polaroid materials grant. 1981-83.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

  • Louis Carlos Bernal Gallery, Pima College, Tucson, AZ. “Constructed Works.” Group show. January 2009.
  • Soho Photo, New York, NY. “A Tribute to Polaroid: Photographs From the Polaroid Collections.” Group show. Nov 2008.
  • Mingei World Arts, Decatur, GA. “Day of the Dead.” Group show. October 2008.
  • Lorin Marsh, New York, NY. “Emerging Art Collection.” Group Show. October 2008.
  • Fine Arts Gallery, Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw GA. “Vicki Ragan, Recurring Visions: 30 years of Photography.” October 2008.
  • Tointon Gallery for the Visual Arts, Greeley, CO. “Recurring Visions.” Solo exhibition. August 2008.
  • Davis/Waldron Gallery, Atlanta, GA. “A Retrospective: Vicki Ragan.” Solo exhibition. January 2008.
  • Virginia Intermont College Photography Gallery, Bristol, VA. “Planes of Perception.” Solo exhibition. May 2007.
  • Albany International Airport, Albany, NY. “Foreign Affair.” Group show. June 2006.
  • Lightzone Studio, Atlanta, GA. “Made in Mexico.” Group show. October 2006.
  • Center for Photography, Woodstock, NY. “Foreign Affair.” Group show. January 2005.
  • Airport Atrium Gallery, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Atlanta, GA.
  • “Recurring Visions.” Solo exhibition. October 2004.
  • Museum of Modern Art, Moscow. “Highlights from 20 Years of Fotofest.” Group show. July 2004.
  • PureLight Gallery, Turners Falls, MA.  “Counter Clockwise.” Photographs from the Polaroid Collections.  May 2004.
  • Rialto Theatre Gallery, Atlanta, GA. “Retrospective.” Solo exhibition. October, 2003.
  • Museum of Natural History, Paris. “Natural Histories.” Group show. January 2003.
  • Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, MA.  “American Perspectives.”  Group show.  November 2002.
  • Center for Photography, Woodstock, NY. “Measuring the Ineffable.”  Solo exhibition. July 2001.
  • High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA.  “Recent Acquisitions.” January 2001.
  • Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography.  “An American Perspective: Photographs from the Polaroid Collection.”  September 2000.
  • Photos Do Not Bend Gallery, Dallas, TX. “Recent Developments.” July 2000.
  • Society For Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, MO.  “Constructions.”  Group show.  April 2000.
  • Schneider Gallery, Chicago.  “Reveries.” Group show.  January 2000.
  • Houston Center for Photography. “Visitor Center.” One-woman installation.  March 1999. Reviewed in SPOT Magazine.
  • The Print Center, Philadelphia. “Measuring the Ineffable.” One-woman show.  March 1999.
  • Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach, FL. Installation.  “Fresh Work 2.” Summer 1998.
  • FotoFest, Houston TX. Three-person show. “Spirits and Construction.” February 1998.
  • William King Regional Arts Center, Abingdon, VA. Group show. “Forging the New Aesthetic.” Winter 1998.
  • Anthony Giordano Gallery, Dowling College, Oakdale, NY.  Two-woman show. “Common Elements.” Reviewed in The New York Times. January 1998.
  • The Light Factory, Charlotte, NC. One-woman show. “The Navigation Project.” November 1997.
  • Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA. Group Show. “Multiple Identities.” Summer 1997.
  • Airport Atrium Gallery, Atlanta, GA. One-woman show.  “Planes of Perception.” Spring 1997. Reviewed.
  • Callanwolde Fine Arts Center, Atlanta, GA. One-woman show. “Eye of the Beholder.” Winter 1997.  Reviewed.
  • Cummings Art Center, Connecticut College. New London, CT. One-woman show. “Navigation.” November-December 1996. Reviewed.
  • Center for Creative Photography, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson. “Enthusiasm Strengthens.” 1992.
  • Brooklyn Museum of Fine Art. “Recent Acquisitions.”  1989.
  • Galeria Kahlo-Coronel,  Mexico City. “Ventanas Ocultas.” One-woman show.  1988.
  • DeCordova Art Museum, Lincoln MA.  “The Big Picture.”  1986.
  • Photokina ‘84, Cologne, West Germany.  “Selections II.”
  • Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego.  “The Big Picture.” 1983.
  • Art Institute of Boston.  “Polaroid Images.”  1983.

EDUCATION

  • 1978-81  |  University of Arizona, Tucson.  MFA in photography and printmaking.
  • 1977-78&  |  School of Art Institute of Chicago.  BFA.
  • 1972-73  |  Colorado Mountain College, Glenwood Springs.  AS degree.
  • 1969-72  |  Kansas City Art Institute.