Susan Rankin is known for her glass art. An avid gardener, her own garden is a recurring source of inspiration. She physically manipulates the garden while observing how it becomes its own living being. She is fascinated at how these defined areas can easily surround and overpower the initial space. Rankin spends countless hours in her garden in the summer, and in the winter she focuses her attention on her imaginary garden; the glass studio. Using scale and colour, the artist also finds inspiration in the extended landscape beyond the garden. Nature influences and shapes our behaviour and how we function within it. These concepts inform her practice. Rankin has won numerous awards and acknowledges the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council. Her work has been published in ‘Studio Glass, Anna & Joe Mendel Collection’, The Montreal Museum of Fine arts, ‘Susan Rankin: valid objects of beauty’, Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery, Cinzia Corella, ‘Contemporary Canadian Glass’, Winter 2007, Sally McCubbin, ‘World Art Glass Quarterly’, Volume 2 2007, Jill Culora, ‘Contemporary Canadian Glass,’ Spring 2007, Cinzia Corella, ‘500 Glass Objects’, Lark Books 2006, ‘Glass Art : International 2003’, Richard Yelle 2003, ‘Sheridan The Cutting Edge in Crafts’, James Strecker '99, ‘New Glass Review’, USA '91, '96, '97 & 2004, and ‘A Treasury of Canadian Craft’, Canada and Japan '92. Rankin’s work has been shown in solo exhibitions and group exhibitions across North America for over 30 years. Rankin has work included in public collections at the Corning Museum, Claridge Collection, Michel-Pierre Grenier Collection, Saskatchewan Arts Board, Winnipeg Art Gallery, USB Bank (Canada), Department of Foreign Affairs, Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, Montréal, Quebec, Glazen Huis, Flemish Centre for Contemporary Glass Art, Lommel, Belgium, as well as in many private collections. CV Education2002 - Penland School, Penland, North Carolina, Session 4, Glass, Katherine Gray2000 - Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle Maine, Session 6, Blacksmithing - Steve Yusko1996 - Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle Maine, Session 6, Glass - Ruth King1994 - Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Session 4, Glass - Karen Willenbrink/Flora Mace1987 - 1989 - Sheridan College School of Craft & Design, Oakville, Ontario, Glass Major1989 - Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington. Session 1, Flora Mace/Joey Kirkpatrick - advanced glassblowing1987 - Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington. Session 2, Flora Mace/Joey Kirkpatrick, Session 3, Willy Dexter/Jim Harmon1984 - Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington. Session 2, Klaus Moje Selected Solo Exhibitions2018 - Seeds of Light, Hand Wave, Meacham, Saskatchewan2014 - Susan Rankin New Work, Hand Wave, Meacham, Saskatchewan2013 - Susan Rankin: Valid Objects of Beauty, Station Gallery, Whitby, Ontario2013 - SusanRankin, Spring Exhibition, Kuivato Gallery, Sedona, Arizona2012 - Susan Rankin: Valid Objects of Beauty, Ontario Craft Council Gallery, Toronto, Ontario2011 - Susan Rankin: Valid Objects of Beauty, The Esplanade Arts and Heritage Centre, Medicine Hat, Alberta2010 - Susan Rankin: Valid Objects of Beauty, Saskatchewan Craft Council, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan2010 - SusanRankin: Valid Objects of Beauty, Art Gallery of Swift Current, Swift Current, Saskatchewan2009 - Susan Rankin: Valid Objects of Beauty, Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan2008 - Susan Rankin, Studio 21 Fine Art, Halifax, Nova Scotia2007 - In Bloom, Nan Miller Gallery, Rochester, New York2006 - About the Garden, Galerie Elena Lee, Montreal, Quebec2005 - Epergne Revisited, Lafreniere & Pai Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario2004 - Epergne, Uncommon Objects, York Quay Centre, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Ontario2000 - Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, Florida1999 - Prime Gallery Toronto, Ontario1996 - Controlled Neglect, Russell Gallery, Peterborough, Ontario1995 - Flowers, Galerie Elena Lee Verre D'Art, Montreal, Quebec Selected Exhibitions2019 - Celebrating Our Women Artists, Petroff Gallery, Toronto, Ontario2019 - Elora Sculpture Project 2019, Elora/Fergus, Ontario2019 - Blink Exhibition 2019, ADC Fine Art, Cincinnati, Ohio2018 - Forty-Four, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Ontario2018 - Featured Artist in July, Meta4 Gallery, Port Perry, Ontario2017 - Sculpture Garden, Oeno Gallery, Bloomfield, Ontario2016 - Public Art Installation - Desert Grove, Nov. 2016, Palm Desert, California2015 - Artwork for the Outdoors, Petroff Gallery, Toronto, Ontario2014 - Duality in a Diaphanous Landscape, Strathcona County Art Gallery @501, Sherwood Park, Alberta2014 - In The Garden, Burlington Art Centre, Burlington, Ontario2013 - Assembly of Light, Endeavor Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta2013 - Playing With Fire, Water Street Gallery, Douglas, Michigan2012 - Blizz Art, Winterlude 2012, outdoor sculpture installation, Ottawa, Ontario2012 - Triennial 2012, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario2012 - Raising Eyebrows, Water Street Gallery, Douglas, Michigan2011 - Art Prize, Grand Rapids Public Museum, Grand Rapids Michigan2011 - SOFA New York 2011, SOFA Chicago 2011, Option Art2010 - Teapots! 4th Invitational Exhibition, Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania2010 - SOFA Chicago 2010-SOLO Booth, Susan Rankin’s Garden, Option Art2010 - Glass Factor: Luminaries in the Canadian Art Glass Scene, Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario2009 - Tenuous Tenacity, Glazen Huis, Flemish Centre for Contemporary Glass Art, Lommel, Belgium2009 - Floral Feature, Kuivato Gallery, Sedona, Arizona2008 - Palmbeach 3, Option Art, West Palm Beach, Florida2008 - Glass Under Glass, Royal Botanical Garden, Burlington, Ontario2007 - Palmbeach 3, Option Art, West Palm Beach, Florida2007 - A Vital Mix, Ontario Craft Council 30th Anniversary, Toronto, Ontario2006 - OBJECToronto, Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, Ontario.2005 - SOFA Chicago, SOFA New York, SOFA Palm Beach, Option Art2004 - Fragile Nature, Habatat Galleries Michigan, Birmingham, Michigan2004 - 32nd Annual International Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries Michigan, Royal Oak, Michigan2003 - Person to Person, Uncommon Objects, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Ontario2003 - Ten North, Sandra Ainsley Gallery, Toronto, Ontario2002 - Expressions 2002, Quinte Arts Council Festival of the Arts, Belleville Public Library, Belleville, Ontario2001 - 19th International Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, Florida2001 - Glass Lovers Weekend, Galerie Elena Lee, Wheaton Village, Millville, New Jersey2000 - 18th International Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, Florida.2000 - Ten North, John Elder Gallery, New York, New York1999 - Efflorescence, Canadian Craft Museum, Vancouver, British Columbia1999 - Ten North, Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania1998 - 16th International Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, Florida1998 - Featured Artist, Kittrell/Riffkind Art Glass, Dallas, Texas1997 - 15th International Glass Invitational, Habatat Galleries, Boca Raton, Florida1996 - Anniversary Exhibition: 20 Years, Galerie Elena Lee Verre D'Art, Montréal, Québec1994 - Movement, Moment, Gesture, The John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto, Ontario1994 - Refractions/Directions, Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario1993 - Selected Treasures: A Treasury of Canadian Craft, Travelling exhibition in Asia, U.S.A. Awards & Grants2013 - Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council2010 - National & International Touring Project Grant, Ontario Arts Council2010 - Ontario Touring Project Grant, Ontario Arts Council2009 - Individual Craft Grant, Ontario Arts Council2006 - Individual Craft Grant, Ontario Arts Council2003 - Crafts Grant, Canada Council for the Arts2002 - Individual Craft Grant, Ontario Arts Council2002 - County of Peterborough Recognition Award for Leadership in the Arts Community1999 - Travel Grant, Canada Council for the Arts1994 - 1995 - Individual Craft Grant, Ontario Arts Council1991 - Ontario Crafts '91, M. Joan Chalmers Award for Glass1990-1992 - Individual Craft Grant, Ontario Arts Council1989 - Harbourfront Glass Studio, 1 Year Scholarship Residency1989 - Indusmin Glass Award1989 - Sheridan College Alumni Award, Silver Medal of Achievement Selected Publications2018 - Gil McElroy, Susan Rankin, Blog Post, re:sculpt, International Sculpture Center and Sculpture magazine, March 2018.2014 - Sydney Lancaster, ‘Review: Duality in a Diaphanous Landscape – Susan Rankin and Manola Borrajo-Giner, Contemporary Canadian Glass, June 2014.2013 - Gil McElroy, ‘Review Susan Rankin: valid objects of beauty’, Fusion Magazine, Volumne 37 Number 3 2013.2012 - Cinzia Corella, ‘Review Susan Rankin: valid objects of beauty’, Studio:Craft and Design in Canada, Fall/Winter 2012-13.2010 - Catalogue, ‘Studio Glass, Anna & Joe Mendel Collection’, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts2009 - Cinzia Corella ‘Susan Rankin Valid Objects of Beauty’, Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan2009 - Catalogue, ‘tenuous tenacity (teer & taai)’ Contemporary Canadian Glass, Glazen Huis, Flemish Centre for Contemporary Glass Art, Lommel, Belgium2007 - Jill Culora, ‘A Garden in Glass’, World Art Glass Quarterly Magazine, Volume 2, 20072007 - Cinzia Corella,‘About The Garden: An Invitation To Dialogue’, Contemporarty Canadian Glass, Spring 20072006 - ‘500 glass Objects’, Lark Books2004 - Catalogue, ‘Epergne’, Uncommon Objects, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto , Ontario2004 - New Glass Review 25, The Corning Museum of Glass2004 - Agatha Cinader, ‘Review – Epergne-Sue Rankin’, Contemporary Canadian Glass, Vol. 4 - #56, Spring 20042003 - Richard Yelle, ‘Glass Art : International 2003’1999 - James Strecker, 'Sheridan The Cutting Edge In Crafts', Boston Mills Press1999 - Deena Waisberg,'Profile-Artist Cultivates a Garden of Glass', The Toronto Star, Sunday, September 26, 19991996- New Glass Review 17, The Corning Museum of Glass1996 - Catalogue, '20 Years Galerie Elena Lee', Galerie Elena Lee Verre D'Art1995 - Kevin Lockau, 'Gesture of Grace', Glass Gazette, Summer 19951993 - Catalogue, 'Taipei International Exhibition of Traditional Arts & Crafts, 1993', Taipei Fine Arts Museum1993 - Hickey, Gloria,'Canadian Glass Now', Neues Glas/New Glass, 1/931991 - Ontario Craft, summer, Ontario Craft Council1991 - New Glass Review 12, The Corning Museum of Glass1991 - Flood, Sandra, The Craft Factor, vol. 16, no. 3, fall, Saskatchewan Craft Council CollectionsCorning Museum, Corning, N.Y.Claridge Collection, Montréal, Québec.The Michel-Pierre Grenier Collection, Montréal, QuébecSaskatchewan Arts Board, Regina, Sask.Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.SkyDome, Toronto, OntarioUBS Bank (Canada), Toronto, OntarioDepartment of Foreign Affairs, Government of CanadaGlazen Huis, Flemish Centre for Contemporary Glass Art, Lommel, BelgiumThe Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Québec Related Experience2005-2019 - Instructor, Glass Certificate Program, Haliburton School of the Arts, Haliburton, Ontario2006 - Artist in Resident, Harbourfront Glass Studio, Toronto, Ontario 2005 - Instructor, Intermediate Glass, Continuing Education Summer workshop, Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario2003-2004 - Advisory Committee Member, Glass Program, Haliburton School of the Arts, Haliburton, Ontario2003 - Instructor, Glass Blowing & Bit Work, Haliburton School of the Arts, Haliburton, Ontario2001 - Instructor, Intensive Workshop, Alberta College of Art & Design, Calgary, Alberta2000 - Juror, Saidye Bronfman Award, Canada Council for the Arts1999-2006 - Advisor to the Glass Studio, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Ontario1999 - Lecture Series, Glass at Sheridan: A Northern Perspective - SOFA, Chicago1998 - Instructor, Summer School of the Visual Arts, Hot Glass, Red Deer College, Alberta1997 - Juror, Craft Grants, Ontario Arts Council1989-1995 - Instructor glass blowing, Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario1989-1992 - Artist in Resident, Harbourfront Glass Studio, Toronto, Ontario