Frank Ragano

Thinking With Water - Video Still. Frank Ragano 2002

Work:
When: 2pm Wednesday April 2 2003
Where: HCC Campus Theater

Films will be shown again at 11am Saturday, April 5, 2003, at the HCC Ybor Room.

Frank Ragano began his artistic career as a dancer in Gainesville Florida in the early 1970s. Moving to NYC in 1980 he joined Lee Nagrin¹s SkyFish Company, an experimental dance theater troupe, and worked with her until Œ88. In 1986 the company won the Village Voice Obie for Best New American Play.

Simultaneously working as a sculptor, Frank exhibited his first installation, "Trinity at the Waterpool", as part of a group show held in Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York in 1986. The show included such artists as Jean-Michel Basquiat.

From 1990-94 he studied at The New School for Social Research in the Psychoanalytic Studies Program.

Frank moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico in 1996. Since his arrival he has focused on integrating video into his sculpture and installations. Louis Grachos, former director of Site Santa Fe, has selected his work twice for shows at the Fuller Lodge in Los Alamos, New Mexico.

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In the last six years his exhibitions have included sculptural installations and digital video stills. His video installation, "The Door", at the Box Gallery in Santa Fe was followed by a two month show of his work in the tower and outbuildings on his property. Sponsored by Box Gallery, it drew critical and public acclaim.

Since 2001 he has concentrated on video and the development of video installations.

In the summer of 2002, Mariannah Amster and Frank produced and participated in currents, an exhibit of eight video artists in the 5000 sq. ft. warehouse at the Center for Contemporary Arts in Santa Fe. He also designed the environment for this show. They will produce a similar exhibition for Art Santa Fe, an international art fair, at the Sweeny Convention Center.

Frank has created his first set for a play to be presented at the Playhouse Theater in March of 2003.