Rana Rochat
Born in 1960 in Memphis, TN
Spills, stains, scratches and drawings are traces left on a surface that leaves clues as to what might have happened. My paintings are reflections of these traces of past actions and urban decay. They emerge from my investigation of implied symbolism and half-hidden histories recorded on marked and abraded surfaces. A map-like construction that charts the transience of the man-made landscape.
I give long and careful consideration to the images and colors I use, but the actual process of making the paintings is intuitive, one of layering, scraping, dripping and marking. It is in this process of painting, handling and manipulating of the wax that I am most engaged in.
Rana Rochat
February 2004
e d u c a t i o n
1983 BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
e x h i b i t i o n s
2005 Works on Paper, NYC
2004 David Lusk Gallery, Memphis
AAF Fair, NYC
Gail Severin Gallery, Atlanta
Works on Paper, NYC
2003 Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta
The Armory Show, New York
Works on Paper, NYC
2002 David Lusk Gallery, Memphis
Works on Paper, NYC
Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta
2001 Abstraction: Ed Moses and Rana
Rochat, Lewis and Clark College
Portland
2000 Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta