1971 born in California (USA) 1997 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine Lives and works in Rangeley, Maine (USA))

2010 "Disperse / Displace", Galerie Voss, Düsseldorf "Title TBD", June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland, ME "Title TBD", Zero Station, Portland, ME "Intersect", Craftland Gallery, Providence, RI "It Takes Two", Artstream, Rochester, NH 2009 "December", Nahcotta Gallery, Portsmouth, NH "Over and Under", Yard Dog Gallery, Austin, Texas "Aggregate", Alumni Biennial, ICA at MECA, Portland, ME "You’ve Got Light in Your Eyes", Needles & Pens, San Francisco, CA "Double Vision", Luke & Eloy Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA "At Last", Ken Jones Jr. Fine Art, Easton, PA "Enormous Tiny Art Show", Nahcotta, Portsmouth, NH "Forget Me-Not", Gallery Hanahou, New York, NY 2008 "Itty/Bitty", Yes Gallery, Warren, RI "Pulling Ideas", Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME Biennial Juried Exhibition, CMCA, Rockport, ME "Devotion to Thread", Woodland Pattern, Milwaukee, WI "Linear Perspectives", CMCA/June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland, ME 2007 "Etsy", Pocket Utopia, Brooklyn, NY "The Kindness of Strangers", The Helm Gallery, Tacoma, WA "101 Dresses", Artspace, New Haven, CT 2006 "Papercut", Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA

Shannon Rankin's works are installations, collages and drawings that use the language of maps to explore the connections among geological and biological processes, patterns in nature, geometry and anatomy. Using a variety of distinct styles she intricately cuts, scores, wrinkles, layers, folds, paints and pins maps to produce revised versions that often become more like the terrains they represent. These new geographies explore notions of place, perception and experience, suggesting the potential for a broader landscape and inviting viewers to examine their relationships with each other and the world we share.