Rana Rochat

Representation
David Lusk Gallery, Memphis TN. and Nashville TN
Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum ID
Hidell Brooks Gallery, Charlotte NC

Statement

My idea is that explicit narratives tend to overshadow intuition, gut feelings and the profound experience of mystery and joy that a painting has the potential to provide. My forms and marks, with their apparent weight, particular vitality, and inertia live in an environment I try to render luminous and transparent. I inscribe, blot, stroke, scrape and drip. The primary focus is to convey rhythm and cadence through color, line, and forms. As such, they are purely expressive or lyrical, with no other intended narration. My paintings are there for viewers to run their mind free.

My most recent paintings are moving toward a desire for increased openness, letting color and space within the piece play a more prominent role in achieving a balanced and lively visual environment, where forms, line and marks coexist. My focus is on the complex relationship between forms, marks, color and depth; how they interact to form and balance the painting. The encaustic medium involves a lot of scraping through multiple layers of wax. The final product is what remains, getting to the essence of the piece.

Bio

Education:
1983 BFA Rhode Island School of Design

Solo exhibitions:
2021 Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum ID
2020 Hidell Brooks Gallery, Charlotte NC
2019 David Lusk Gallery, Memphis TN
2017 David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
2016 Alan Avery Art Company
2012 David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
2011 Newzones Contemporary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2011 Arden Gallery, Boston,MA
2010 David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
2009 Winston Wachter, Seattle, WA.
2008 Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum , ID
2008 David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
2007 Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum , ID
2006 Paintings, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Paintings, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
2005 Lyon College, Batesville AR
Paintings, Gail Severn, Ketchum, ID
2004 Paintings in Encaustic, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
2003 Gallery of Contemporary Art, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR
(Rana Rochat and Ed Moses)
Recent Works, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2002 David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
2001 David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2000 Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Group exhibitions:
2016 Art MRKT San Francisco
2015 Art MRKT San Francisco2014 Art MRKT San Francisco

2014 Abstraction Alan Avery Art Company
2013 Art MRKT San Francisco
2013 Paper-works on Alan Avery Art Company
2012 Art MRKT San Francisco
2012 Dallas Art Fair
2012 Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
2011 Art Miami
2011 Dallas Art Fair
2012 Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
2011 Art Miami
2011 Dallas Art Fair
2010 Art Miami
2010 Hidell Brooks, Charlotte, SC
2010 Guthrie Contemporary, New Orleans, LA
2010 Newzones, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2010 Art Chicago
2010 Dallas Art Fair
2010 Flanders Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2009 Works on Paper. The Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY
2008 Works on Paper. The Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY
Los Angeles Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Hidell Brooks Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Chicago Art Fair, Chicago, IL
Works on Paper, New York, NY
Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2006 Chicago Art Expo Scope, Miami, FL
San Francisco International Art Fair
Scope Art Fair, New York, NY
Gallery Artists, David Lusk Gallery, Memphis, TN
Selected Artists, Gail Severn Gallery, Ketchum, ID
2005 Convergence of Contemporary Painting, Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art, Jacksonville, FL.
Fay Gold 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Scope, New York, NY
Palm Beach Contemporary Art Show, Palm Beach, FL
2004 Gallery Artists, Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta,GA
San Francisco International Art Exposition, San Francisco,CA
2003 The Armory Show, New York, NY 15th Anniversary
Works on Paper, The Park Avenue Armory, NY
Palm Beach Art Fair, Palm Beach, FL
2002 San Francisco International Art Fair, San Francisco, CA
2001 Palm Beach International Art Fair,
Palm Beach, FL Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Selected Collections:
Dubai Consulate
The Landers Firm (law), Memphis, TN
Pacific Peninsula Group (development), San Francisco CA
Clark & Clark (corporate real estate), Memphis, TN
Kevin Hyneman Co. (residential development), Memphis TN
Cannon Wright Blount (CPAs), Memphis, TN
Odom Land Management (hotels), Shreveport, AL
Mercer Capital (investments), Memphis, TN
NSA Corporation, Memphis, TN
Paragon National Bank, Memphis,TN
Alston & Bird, Atlanta, GA
Blue Point Restaurant, Atlanta, GA
FedEx Forum, Memphis, TN
Hyatt Hotels, Washington, DC
Intercontinental Hotel, Atlanta, GA
Neiman Marcus, Dallas, TX; Los Angeles, CA; San Francisco, CA; Las Vegas, NV; King of Prussia, PA; Atlanta, GA
Nordstrom, Charlotte, NC; Austin, TX; Atlanta, GA
Pfizer, Memphis, TN
Saks Fifth Avenue, Miami, FL
Safeco Insurance Company, Atlanta, GA
Southern Energy Corp., Atlanta, GA
Bureau of Cultural Affairs, Atlanta, GA
Equifax, Atlanta, GA
Fidelity Investments, Memphis, TN
Hyde Foundation, Memphis, TN
Cummins Mid-South Headquarters, Memphis, TN
Paragon Bank, Raleigh, NC
Winston and Strawn Law Firm, San Francisco, CA
Barry Real Estate, Atlanta, GA
Isakson Barnhardt Developers, Atlanta,GA
Publications and Catalogs:
Memphis Commercial Appeal, February 2008
Atlanta Journal Constitution, November 2006
Memphis Commercial Appeal, February 2006
Memphis Flyer, February 2006
Vessels of Meanings, an essay by Jerry Cullum, September 2006
New American Paintings, July 2003
Memphis Business Journal
Abstraction: Ed Moses and Rana Rochat, Gallery of Contemporary Art,
Lewis and Clark College, November 2001
New American Paintings 2001