Metamorphosis Sculpture

Tanya Ragir, born in 1955, resides in Los Angeles, California. She received a BA in Art and Dance from the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1976. She has had numerous solo exhibitions at venues including the Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, California; Burbank Contemporary Art Center, Burbank, California; and the Heritage Gallery, Los Angeles, California. Ragir has been featured in over sixty national and international group shows since 1976 and has received notable awards including: the Fine Art Connoisseur and California Art Club 101st Gold Medal Exhibition “Excellence in Sculpture” award, Los Angeles; Best in Show “In Bloom” Chicago, Ill, National Sculpture Society Silver Medal and John Cavanaugh Memorial “NSS 2000 Annual Exhibition”,; John Cavanaugh Memorial Award for Figurative Sculpture, New York; “California Small Works “award, California Museum of Art; “Museum Without Walls” Pacific Garden Malls . Public reviews and media include: Emmy-awarded “Two on the Town” TV show NBC Elvis Tribute Television Network Feature, LACMA Art and Architecture featured artist, CBS Network’s “Dan Rather”; Mannequin (feature film), Sculpture Review magazine, and Smithsonian magazine. Her work is held in numerous public and private collections including Art in Public Places, Artisan Walk and Walden estates, Brea CA., Rose Museum, Brandies University, Mass, Total Art Museum, Seoul, Korea, Bakersfield Art Museum, CA, Jewish Home for the Aging, Reseda CA, Cultural Philosophic Center, Stockholm, Sweden, Columbia College, Chicago, Ill, and the Frederick Weisman Foundation, CA.