Danielle Rante
Danielle Rante's work explores our personal relationships to landscape, communicating a deep sense of contemplation and awe. She has a strong dedication to working on traditional washi papers, creating large scale yet intimate environments. Her unique approach to image making blurs boundaries between drawing, painting, alternative photography and print. She has participated in exhibitions nationally and internationally, notably K. Imperial Fine Art (San Francisco, CA), International Print Center New York (NY, NY) and both the China Art Museum and University of Art Museum in Shanghai.
Her practice has been enriched by artist residencies at Headlands Center for the Arts (Marin, CA); Fine Arts Work Center (Provincetown, MA); Nes (Skagastrond, Iceland); Kala Art Center (Berkeley, CA); and Jentel (Banner, WY); Arteles (Haukijärvi, Finland), among others. She is a three-time recipient of the Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award, and her work has been featured and reviewed in significant publications such as New American Paintings and San Francisco Arts Quarterly. She is represented by K. Imperial Fine Art in San Francisco and The Schoolhouse Gallery in Provincetown, MA.
Rante, midwestern raised and educated, now lives and works in southwest Utah, on the high desert of Nuwuvi ancestral lands. When not in the studio, she teaches printmaking at Southern Utah University and explores the landscape on her mustang Willow and with her weimaraner, Kiki.
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Moon Blush, 2026 -
The Sky Is a Prism, the Ground Breathes Her In, 2025
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Horses in a Field of Wild Grasses, 2024
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Two Travellers
Education
MFA, Printmaking, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 2006
BFA, Drawing, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, 2003
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Elusive Terrains, K. Imperial Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2020 K. Imperial Fine Art, San Francisco CA, Between Two Skies
2019 Lemmon Art Gallery, Kent State University Stark Campus, Canton OH, Double Visions
2018 Indiana University East Gallery, Richmond IN, The Blue of Distance
2018 Fischer Gallery, Otterbein College, Westerville OH, Supernatural
2017 Danielle Rante: the distance between two points, K. Imperial Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2015 CIRCADIAN, K. Imperial Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2014 Neon Heater, Findlay, OH, From Under The Edge
2013 Danielle Rante: Held In The Air, K. Imperial Fine Ar, San Francisco, CA
2012 Mt. Comfort, Indianapolis IN: Pieces + Prints
2008 Hartnett Gallery, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY: You Are Full of Magic
2007 Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA: This Day
Group Exhibitions
2026 Intersect Aspen Art Fair, Maybaum Gallery, Aspen CO
2026 Boston Printmakers 2026 North American Print Biennial, Boston, MA
2026 Dorato 806 Projects, California Dreaming, Santa Monica, CA
2025 Art Miami, K. Imperial Fine Art, Miami FL
2025 Scottsdale Ferrari Art Week Fair, K. Imperial Fine Art, Scottsdale AZ
2025 Southern Utah Museum of Art, Cedar City, UT
2025 The Gallery at Mountain Shadows, curated by Cece Cole, Scottsdale AZ
2025 Bryant Street Gallery, It Happened One Night, Palo Alto CA
2024 San Francisco Art Fair, K. Imperial Fine Art, San. Francisco, CA
2024 Riffe Gallery, Sequence, Columbus OH
2024 Brandt-Roberts Gallery, Unearthed, Columbus OH
2024 Dutoit Gallery, Radiant Reaching, Dayton OH
2024 Tyger Tyger, I Will Tell You Mine, Asheville NC
2024 The Schoolhouse Gallery, Provincetown MA
2023 Art Market San Francisco, K. Imperial Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2023 Scope Miami, K. Imperial Fine Art, Miami , FL
2023 Ohio Decorative Arts Center, It’s An Honor To Be Here, Lancaster OH
2022 K. Imperial Fine Art, Natural Curiosities, San Francisco Ca
2021 Bryant Street Gallery, Luna, Palo Alto CA
2021 K. Imperial Fine Art, Paper Every Which Way, San Francisco CA
2020 42nd Annual Whitewater Valley Art Competition, Indiana University East, Richmond IN (online)
2019 Pier 36 NYC, Art on Paper Fair, K. Imperial, NYC, NY
2019 Pulse Miami Beach Art Fair, K. Imperial Fine Art, Miami FL
2018 Dayton Society of Artists, Jane Reece Photography Invitational, Dayton OH
2018 Deiglan Gallery, NES Alumni Exhibition, Akureyi, Iceland
2018 K. Imperial Fine Art, Minnesota St. Projects, Now You See It, Now You Don’t, San Francisco, CA
2018 Seattle Art Fair, K. Imperial Fine Art, Seattle WA
2018 Pulse Miami Beach Art Fair, K. Imperial Fine Art, Miami FL
2017 Inner Circle, K. Imperial Fine Art, San Francisco, CA
2017 China Art Museum, Capacity and Tension, 2017 Shanghai International Print Exhibition, Shanghai, China
2017 University Art Museum, Shanghai Sipo Polytechnique Institute, International New Prints, Shanghai, China
2017 Dayton Society of Artists, 12th Annual Print Show, Dayton OH
2016 Pier 36 NYC, Art on Paper Fair, K. Imperial, NYC, NY
2016 Elizabeth Holden Art Gallery at Warren Wilson College, A Place in Space, Swannanoa, NC
2015 Eastern Michigan University Gallery, Atmosphere, Ypsilanti MI
2015 Ann Arbor Art Center, Allegorical Space, Ann Arbor MI
2014 Context International Contemporary Art Fair, K Imperial Fine Art, Maimi FL
2014 So Close, So Far, Home Away From Home, Huangpu Art Space, Guangzhou, China
2014 Sky High, Riffe Gallery, Columbus OH
2013 Aqua13 International Contemporary Art Fair, K.Imperial Fine Art, South Beach FL
2013 Poetics of Pattern, Riffe Gallery, Columbus OH
2013 Reimaging the Landscape and the Future of Nature, Grand Rapids Art Museum, ArtPrize, Grand Rapids MI
2013 Trace + Gesture, Greymatter Gallery, Milwaukee MN
2013 Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition, Cox Fine Arts Building, Columbus, OH *2nd Best of Show and Ohio Arts Council Award
2013 Trace + Gesture, Fine Arts Center Gallery, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL
2013 Trace + Gesture, Proyecto ‘Ace, Dialogo Space/Central Hall, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2013 Trace + Gesture, King Family Exhibition Space, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
2013 Dayton/Kyoto Invitational Print Exchange, Glen Helen Atrium Gallery, Yellow Springs OH
2012 Dayton Matrix, Robert and Elaine Stein Galleries, Wright State University, Dayton OH
2012 Inked Surfaces (Juror award), Diablo Valley College Galleries, Pleasant Hill CA
2011 Paper Moon II: Personal/Political, Wehrle Gallery, Ohio Dominican University, Columbus OH
2011 Under Pressure: Current Trends in Printmaking, Kresge Gallery, Lyon College, Batesville, AR
2011 Collab for Awareness: Lauren Sleat and Collaborators, ArtFix Gallery, Georgia College, Milledgeville GA
2011 Infinite Line: Danielle Rante and Nichole Maury, Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, OH
2011 Listen to the Quiet Voice: Danielle Rante and Phillip Miller, Times Club, Iowa City IA
2011 Danielle Rante, Diane Fitch, Tracy Longley-Cook, Robert and Elaine Stein Galleries, Wright State University, Dayton OH
2010 Under Pressure: Printmaking Invitational, curated by Anita Jung, Southeastern Louisiana University Contemporary Art Gallery, Hammond, LA
2010 Oblique Patience, Scene MetroSpace, East Lansing, MI
2010 Regionalism: New Art by North American Printmakers, Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts, Eugene, OR
2010 OH + 5, Dairy Barn Arts Center, Athens, OH
2010 SGC Juried Portfolios, Regis Art Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN
2009 International Printmaking Exhibition, Shanxi University Art Gallery, Taiyuan, China
2009 2nd Sanbao International Printmaking Exhibition, Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute Gallery, Jingdezhen, China
2007 - 2009 New Prints, International Print Center New York, NY, NY
2006 Revolution no. 10, Luther College, Decorah, IA
2006 MFA Exhibition, University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA
2004 A Curious Assortment of Calamities and Cradlesongs, Eve Drewelowe Gallery, Iowa City, IA
2004 New Works, Armature Gallery, Iowa City, IA
2002 84th Annual Toledo Area Artists, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
2001 83rd Annual Toledo Area Artists, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH