Master of Fine Art
Sculpture. Southern Illinois University, Carbondale IL 1979
Bachelor of Fine Art
Painting and Sculpture, Minor in Metalsmithing and Drawing
Middle TN State University, Murfreesboro TN 1975
Teaching Experience
Professor, Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota FL 1996 – current
Metal Fabrication, CSSP, RCAD, 2016
Metal Fabrication Workshop for Parents of RCAD students, 2000-present
Artist Facilitor. RC3, Ringling College of Art and Design, 2013-2015
International Baccalaureate Sculptor, Riverview High School, Sarasota FL 2000 - 2004
Faculty Member, Ringling School of Art and Design’s Pre-college Program 2000 -2005
Children’s Summer Program Instructor, Sarasota Visual Arts, Sarasota FL 1990 - 95
Bronze Casting Workshop, Penland School, Penland NC 1988
Assistant Professor of Art/Head of Sculpture, Bethany College, Lindsborg KS 1980-85
Coordinator of Visiting Artist Mini-Grant, ACCK, Bethany College 1980, 1983
Graduate Assistantship to Museum Exhibits Preparator, University Museum and Art Galleries, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale IL 1977-1979
Professional Experience
Owns and operates Vicky Randall Studios. Sarasota FL 1990 - current
Juror for over 100 Arts and Crafts Shows, Fairs, & Festivals 1980 – current
Art Parks International, Sculpture Park, UK, current
Attended Venice Biennale, 1999-2019
Student, Aabate Zanetti Glass School, Murano, Italy 2013
Student, Pilchuck, Workshop, 2012
Recipent, RCAD Professioanl Development Grant, 1997-2019
Lecture, What is Public Art? Mack B Gallery. 2006
Co-Chair Coordinating Docent Training for the Sarasota Season of Sculpture, 2006
Visitng Artist, Art Career, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN 2005
Mentor, 6th Annual Shelby Scholar Symposium, December, 2005
Board Member, Public Art Committee. City of Sarasota 2001 - 2004
Artist’s sculpture and studio featured in film “Palmetto” 1997
Technical Film Advisor/studio sets, techniques, role development/Castle Rock Films 1997
Technical Advisor. Sculpture Garden, Sarasota Visual Arts Center, Sarasota FL 1996
Artist of the Year Sarasota County 1993
Installed Sarasota County’s first “Art in Public Places” piece “1992
The Bildhauer Symposium. Mertigen, W. Germany 1983
Sabbatical. Henry Moore, Much Haddem, England; Barbara Hepworth, St. Ives 1983
Designed and administered construction of the Bethany Art Department Foundry 1982
“I am a tool-using primate! I don’t think tools are necessary to get a job done but it does make it easier” –VR
Areas of Competence
Classical figure sculpture and drawing
Casting in various alloys in bronze, brass, iron, aluminum and glass
Patination with fume, hot, cold, dip, and stumbling
Fabrication with flat and formed metal using oxyacetylene, tig, mig, and arc
Wood lamination and solid carvings
Metalsmithing gold/silver jewelry hot and cold fabrication, casting, gem cutting
Drawing using traditional and improvisational techniques, materials and application
Exhibition Prepartion research, design, installation, lighting, and gallery practices
Selected Presentations
Presenter in discussions, slide lectures and Open Studio demonstrations:
Slide/lecture presentation, “10 x 10”, June, 2019
Panel Discussion/Workshop. Framing Time - FATE Conference, Sarasota FL 2003
10x10 Panel Discussion. AIA FL Gulf Coast Chapter, Sarasota FL Oct 17, 2003
smARTalk Panel Discussion, Sarasota County Arts Council, Sarasota FL April 20, 2004
Presenter. FATE Conference, Boston MA 2001
Presenter. FATE Conference, Denver CO 1999
Lecture. Career Day, Booker High School; Fruitville Elementary, Sarasota FL 1996
Slide Lecture. Pineview Arts Day; Southside Arts Day; Sarasota Co Arts Day 1993
Slide Lecture. Ringling School of Art and Design; Vo-Tech, Sarasota FL 1992
Workshop Demonstration. Ringling Museum Children Art Festival, Sarasota FL 1991
Presentation. Wichita State Univ, Wichita KS; Southern Ill Univ, Carbondale, IL 1984
Public Art / Permanent Collections
Represented in public art installations and in over fifty private collections in the US and Germany
“Clockwork: Fluctuating Moods” Meriott Hotel, Hollywood, FL April 2020
“Clockwork: Elephant Memories I” Jennifer Ponce De Leon, 2019
“Clockwork: Elephant Memories”, Linda Goldman, 2019
“Clockwork: One Red Dot”, Dr. Stephen and Sharon Patrice, March, 2018
“Clockwork: Six Weeks in July” maquette, Louis Modern, Public Art, 2014
“Clockwork: Six Weeks in July”, Ringling College of Art and Design 2007 [competition]
“Clockwork: JF”, 1350 Main, [commissioned] 2006
“Clockwork: Another Passage” Krasl Museum, St. Joseph, MO 2004 - 05
“Live This Day” Oncology Hematology Center, Sarasota FL [commission] 2003
“Clockwork: Another Passage” Western MI Univ Sculpture Tour, Kalamazoo, MI 2001- 04
“Clockwork: A Slice of Life” Sarasota Co. Office Complex, Site Specific Competition [second place] 1998
“Clockwork: A Slice of Life II” Rialto Films, Los Angeles CA 1997
“A Slice of Life I” Volker Schlondorff, Potsdam, Germany 1997
“Clockwork of Convergence” ADP Group, Theater & Arts District, Sarasota FL [commission] 1992
“Clockwork for Naiad” Women’s Resource Center, Sarasota FL [competition] 1991
“Clockwork for the Evening” Sculpture Garden at Sarasota Arts Center, Sarasota FL 1991
“Uhrwerke” Susdalh, Donaworth W Germany [traveling exhibit] 4’x8’.5” 1983 - 88
“Uhrwerke” Charolette Tangerding, Donaworth W Germany 1983
“A Builder’s Dream” Home Federal Bank, Nashville TN 1975
“A Child’s Mother” Middle Tennessee State Univ, Murfreesboro TN 1975
Selected Exhibitions
Participant in over 175 Invitational, Juried and One-Person Exhibitions, including:
Gaze Modern, Invitational, 2019
littleSCULPTURE exhibition, International Sculpture Conference, Portland, OR 2019
Art Ovation, 2019
Creators and Collectors Tour, March 2017
West To East, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, November, 2017
Drawing Dialogue, Romania, July 2016
Small Works [Blank] Slate Gallery, July 2016
Four Person Exhibit, Alyn Gallup Contemporary Gallery, May, 2016
Highlands Museum of the Arts, Seabring, Florida Group Exhibition March 2015
“Assiduous Applications”, Two Columns Gallery, Sarasota, FL 2014 &15
I-Concepts. Art Association Sarasota, 2011-2013
Artists That Made Sarasota Famous, Art Center Sarasota, December 2012
WOW 2, Monumental Sculpture, Invitational, Fort Pierce, FL April 2008
Sarasota Season of Sculpture, Invitational, Sarasota, FL November, 2006
Faculty Exhibition. Ringling School of Art and Design, Sarasota FL 1996 – 2016
Group Show. Alyn Gallup Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sarasota FL 2002
The 1997 Florida Invitational. Sarasota Visual Art Center, Sarasota FL 1997
Through the Eye of the Artist. Sarasota Visual Art Center [first place] 1994
Exhibition by Artists of the Year. Sarasota Visual Art Center
Artist of the Year: Vicky Randall Solo Exhibition. Sarasota Visual Art Center 1993
Invitational Beth-El ’93. St. Petersburg FL
3 Prime + 1. 3-person show. Hodgell Gallery, Sarasota FL
Randall & Ging. 2-person show. Hodgell Gallery 1992
Invitational Beth-El ’92. St. Petersburg FL. [merit award]
Artist of the Year Invitational Exhibition. Sarasota Art Association, Sarasota FL
Sarasota Art Association Invitational. Sarasota Art Association [3rd place award] 1991
Invitational Beth-El ’91. St. Petersburg FL
Warm Art/Cold Steel. 2-person show. Hodgell Gallery 1990
Invitational Beth-El Art Festival ‘90. St. Petersburg FL
Serious Whimsey. Invitational Exhibition. Hodgell Gallery
Invitational Exhibition. Cognizart Gallery, Osprey FL
Sculpture Exhibition. The Trotzig Gallery, Indian Rocks Beach FL
Che & Randall. 2-person show. Hodgell Gallery 1989
Florida Institute of Fine Art Faculty Exhibition. Florida Institute, Osprey FL
Invitational Group Show. Hodgell Gallery
Penland Faculty Exhibition. Penland School of Art and Design, Penland NC 1988
Trostberger Sculpture Park. Poech W Germany 1985
Sudslahl. Meritigen W Germany
Invitational. 4-person show. Sandzen Gallery, Lindsborg KS 1984
Sudslahl. Mertigen W Germany 1983
Publications
Photo/Article, Herald Tribune, May, 2016
Photo/Article “Artist Original Story”, Herald Tribune, Marty Fugate, September, 2015
Photo/Article “Vicky Randall Artist” STYLE. Su Byron, November, 2015
Photo/Article. “Vicky Randall Catches The Wind”, Arts.heraldtribune, January 6, 2014
Photo/Article. “Sculpture with a Twist”, Senses Art and Culture Magazine, March 2007 Photo/Article. “Season of Sculpture.” Southern Living Magazine. April 2006
Photo/Article. Sarsota Magazine, 2005
Photo/Article. “Clockwork Another Passage.” Sue Lorenz. The Herald Palladium, July 22, 2004
Article. “Sculptures show importance of location” Kevin Costello. Sarasota Herald Tribune, July 17, 2005
Review. “Randall’s sculpture ‘Live This Day’ enhances lives…” by Kevin Costello. Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Nov 14, 2003
Photo. “Beautiful sky.” Sarasota Herald Tribune Oct 5, 2003
Article. “Community in Action: ‘Goodwill Goes to the Islands’ Foundation's fund-raiser.” Sarasota Herald-Tribune March 19, 2003
Photo / Article. “Gardens and Watery Delights.” Style Magazine of Sarasota Herald-Tribune June 2, 2002
Review. “Ringling Show Remarkable for Two Works” by Kevin Costello. Sarasota Herald-Tribune Oct 13, 2000
Feature Article. “Industrial Strength.” Sarasota Magazine, Sarasota FL Nov 2002
Article. “Art , Business are Beneficial Combination.” Sarasota Herald-Tribune Aug 25, 1999
Photo / Review. “Back to the Garden” by Joan Altabe. Sarasota Herald-Tribune March 22, 1996
Photo. “Artists of Steel.” Sarasota Herald-Tribune March 25, March 26, 1996
Group Review. “Angry Show Displays Greatness” by Joan Altabe. Sarasota Herald-Tribune Oct 25, 1996
Article. “In the Public Domain” by Joan Altabe. Sarasota Herald-Tribune Sept 10, 1995
Feature Article. “Sarasota’s Most Wanted Visual Artists” Sarasota Arts Review Jan - Feb 1995
Photo / Article. “The Language of Sculpture: Vicky Randall Sculptor” RSAD Library Association Feb 1992
Cover. On Art and the Artist. West Coast Woman Aug 1992
Article. “A Place of their Own?” by Iris Forrest. Sarasota Arts Review May - June 1991
Cover. Art Calendar Aug 1991
Feature. “Artspeak: Vicky Randall” Sarasota Arts Review Aug - Sept 1991
Article. “WCA Celebrates WRC” by Thyrza Jacocks. Pelican Press June 7, 1990
Article. “The Sculpture of Vicky Randall” by Kevin Costello. West Coast Woman Aug 1990
Article. “Vicky Randall’s Work Recognized…” The Lindsborg News-Record, Aug 9, 1990
Group Review. “Artgest” Kevin Dean and Kay Kipling. The Longboat Observer, July, 1989
Photo. “A Showcase of the Arts.” Sarasota Herald-Tribune Nov 18, 1989
Photo. Sculpture International 3.5 1983
vicky@vickyrandall.com
© Vicky Randall 2006. All Rights Reserved.
vicky@vickyrandall.com
© Vicky Randall 2006. All Rights Reserved.