Don Rankin (b. 1947)

Biography

1947 Born Adelaide
1965-69 Studied Adelaide University, B.Sc. (Hons)
1971-74 Studied drawing and printmaking (part-time), South Australian School of Art
1970-2003 Teacher in secondary schools in SA
1978-80 Council Member, Contemporary Art Society, SA
1982-86 Member of Young Street Print Workshop
2004  Full-time artist since 2004

Solo Exhibitions

2011 The Poppy Project, Eva Breuer Art Dealer
2009 Dead Calm, Eva Breuer Art Dealer 
2007 Studio Fiction, Eva Breuer Art Dealer 
2005 'The relationship between things,' Cube Contemporary Art, Adelaide
2005 Small paintings, a SALA Festival exhibition at Folio/Foliage, Adelaide
2003 'Be still my soul,' Cube Contemporary Art, Adelaide
2001 Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide
1998 Greenaway Art Gallery, Adelaide
1978 Warehouse Galleries, Melbourne
1977 Contemporary Art Centre of SA, Adelaide

Group Exhibitions

2008 The Art of Food and Wine, Fleurieu Biennale, SA
2006 Still Lives (with Lisa Young and Gerry Wedd), Adelaide Central Gallery
2006 Spring Art, Loreto Art Exhibition, Adelaide
2004 '2004:The year in art,' S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2004 'Still,' Cube Contemporary Art, Adelaide
2004 'Still-Life still lives,' Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Sydney
2004 SALA Festival exhibition, Cube Contemporary Art, Adelaide 
2002 'You thought you knew,' Cube contemporary Art, Adelaide
2002 'Adelaide Contemporary,' Eva Breuer Art Dealer, Sydney
2002 '14 paintings,' Cube Contemporary Art, Adelaide
2001 Prospect Portrait Prize, Prospect Gallery, Adelaide
1980-86 Several exhibitions with the Young Street Print Workshop
1979 Artists of Adelaide, Adelaide Fine Art and Graphics Gallery

Collections

University of South Australia Art Museum, Adelaide
Flinders University, Adelaide
Musica Viva, Sydney
Albert Park Collectors' Society, Melbourne

Bibliography

McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art 2006 edition

Source:
The artist