William Ransom

William Ransom is an artist and educator living and working in Vermont and Los Angeles. 

Contact

wjransom@gmail.com

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Education

Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA, Master of Fine Arts, 2008

Bennington College, Bennington, VT, B.A. Sculpture and Architecture, 2004

Union College, Schenectady, NY, 1993-1996

Professional Experience

2023-present Regular Faculty in the Art Program, CalArts, Valencia, CA

2021   Visiting Faculty, Bennington College, Bennington, VT

            Lecturer, Dept. of Studio Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

2020   Visiting Artist Lecture, Bennington College, Bennington, VT

Guest Artist, Weber State University, Ogden, UT

2018-2020 Professor of Sculpture, Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT

2016-2017 Visiting Assistant Professor in Studio Art, Middlebury College,     

          Middlebury, VT

2013   Practicum Instructor, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA 

2011   Visiting Professor in Sculpture, Pomona College, Claremont, CA

Solo Exhibitions

2021    Keep Up/Hold Up, Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, Brattlboro, VT

            Solastalgia:On Hold, Staniar Gallery, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA

2019  Hold Everything, Drury Gallery and Snyder Center for Visual Arts,

          Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT

2015    Hem n’ Haw, John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY

2010    William Ransom at Chime and Co., Los Angeles, CA

2009  hold back/hold forth, John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY

William Ransom, Artist-in-residence, Lenzner Family Gallery, Pitzer College,

Claremont, CA

2008  the source, Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont, CA.

          spring, The Atrium, Claremont, CA

Select Group Exhibitions

2021    Marlboro Art Faculty Tribute, Marlboro Community Center, Marlboro, VT

2020  Social Justice Billboard Project, George Floyd Square, Minneapolis, MN

2018  Inaugural Show at Marlboro Community Center, Marlboro, VT

2017   On Edge, Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

All the Small Things, Steve Turner, Los Angeles, CA

2016   Conglomerate Objects, Chan Gallery, Claremont, CA

Travl’rs Inn, The Bothy, Los Angeles, CA

2016  Go Big or Go Home, Brand Library Art Center, Glendale, CA

2015  From Here, Bolinas Art Museum, Bolinas, CA

2014  Open House Exhibition, Chan Gallery, Pomona College, Claremont, CA

LA Wood, Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

2013  Multifarious Architecture, Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

          VA DERS, Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA

2012  Small Loop, Fellows of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA

          In Spite of their Own Defeat, Greene Exhibitions, Culver City, CA

          Make It Out, Chime and Co., Los Angeles, CA

2011  The Loop Show, Beacon Arts Building, Los Angeles, CA

          All the World’s Riches, 2325, Los Angeles, CA

Telephone, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA

Loads and Allowances, Rio Hondo College, Whittier, CA

The February Show, Ogilvy & Mather New York, NY, NY

Past Present, Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont, CA

2010  Baseline, Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, MN

The Imaged Word, Albany International Airport, Albany, NY. 

2009  Set the Controls to the Heart of the sun, Greenleaf Gallery, Whittier, CA

LA:2019: Cults, Collectives & Cocooning, 18th St. Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA

          Sustainability, Woodbury Hollywood Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA

          Supersonic 2009, LA Art Show, LA Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA

2008 Don’t be shy, Peggy Phelps and East Gallery, Claremont, CA   

          MashUp, Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA. 

          Animal Magnetism, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art

NOW, Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

          Political Disco, Los Angeles, CA        

2007 Inaugural Show, Treehouse Gallery, Riverside, CA

         The Fourth Leg, Peggy Phelps and East Gallery, Claremont, CA

         Super Lucky #4, Art For Humans Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

         Liminal, Phantom Galleries, Pasadena, CA

2006 In the Spirit of the Tree, Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, OH

2005  All About Me: A Self-Portrait Exhibition, Open End Gallery, Chicago, IL 

and Forum Gallery, Bloomfield Hills, MI

2004    Duluth 1920, Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, MN

Awards/ Residencies/Conferences

2021  Vermont Arts Council Creation Grant

          Gold OBIE for The Gospel of George

Wanderlust, Seydisfjordur, Iceland (postponed to 2022)

2020 Marlboro College Professional Development Grant

2019  Black Artists Retreat, NYC

2015  Windgate Fellow, Vermont Studio Center

2010    Franconia Open Studio Fellowship

2009    Pitzer College Emerging Artist-In-Residence

2008    Claremont Graduate University Art Department Fellowship