Caren Ragan 305-304-9851 caren@portraitsbycaren.com Caren Ragan graduated from Pratt Institute, NY with a Bachelors of Fine Art. She has been painting portraits for over 25 years, and has been commissioned to do over 200 portraits. Caren also studied with Daniel Greene and Harvey Dinnerstein in New York. Some of the Galleries that she has shown at are the Salmagundi Club in New York, Stone Ridge Gallery in New York, Giverny Gallery in Greenwich, Connecticut, and Miami Metropolitan Museum. Caren has had several one woman shows at Gallery Alexandra, Florida, Pound Ridge Art Gallery in New York, and is a member of the American Artist Professional League. She also is the recipient of the Portrait Painting Award from the Artists Magazine. EDUCATION: 1989 Studied with Daniel Greene, North Salem, N.Y. 1985-87 National Academy of Art, N.Y, Certificate of Completion 1981-82 The New York Academy of Art, N.Y. 1977 Pratt Institute of Art, N.Y., BFA in painting. TEACHING EXPERIENCE: 1999-2001 Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton Florida 1993 Artist-In-Residence, Fox Lane Middle School, Mt. Kisco, N.Y. 1992-93 Pound Ridge Elementary School, taught and directed after school program 1988 Westchester Art Workshop, White Plains, N.Y. Painting and Drawing 1987-88 Armory School and Visual Art Center, Pelham, N.Y. EXHIBITIONS: 2003-2004 Yesterday's Antique Gallery, Lake Worth Florida 2002-2004 Gold Dust Gallery, New York New York 2002 Si Como No Art Gallery, Manual Antonio, Costa Rica 2001 Art at The Airport, Ft. Lauderdale, Fl. One person show 2000 City Hall, Boca Raton, Florida 1998 Schacknower Museum, Coral Springs, Florida 1995 Stone Ridge Art Gallery, Pound Ridge, New York 1994 Hiram Halle Memorial Library, Pound Ridge, New York 1990-91 Giverny Gallery, Greenwich, Connecticut 1989 Cabrini Art Gallery, Dobbs Ferry, New York 1988-1990 Noel Fine Art Gallery, Bronxville New York I currently have my own studio in Boca Raton that is available for showing. FELLOWSHIP: 1987 Workplace fellowship, Woodstock School of Art, Woodstock, New York ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE: 1989 Westchester Woman's Shelter, Pleasantville, New York 1987-89 New York Foundation For the Arts, New York, N.Y. SPECIAL RECOGNITION: 1988 Accepted into American Artist Professional League, New York 1989 Honorary award for Portrait Painting Competition, The Artist Magazine 1997 Third prize award at the Schacknower Museum in, Coral Springs, Fl.   Today is:  HOME