Ethel Vrana

Ethel Vrana is an abstract painter from Ithaca, New York, whose work has been exhibited regionally in both solo and group shows. Her work is owned by collectors in the United States, England, Austria, Sweden, Australia and Japan. Vrana has been painting since she was 14, when she received her first professional set of oil paints for her birthday. Her interest in painting led to a BS degree in Fine Art and Philosophy from the University of Rochester. Early in her career, Ethel painted impressionistic landscapes which later evolved into abstract expressionism. Currently her abstract paintings are inspired by her interest in the spacial relationships of forms. Of her current paintings she says, "I am intrigued by the endless variety of compositional structures and evocative arrangements of shapes, lines, and colors.""

* Permanent NYS Certification in Art Education.
* B.S. Fine Arts and Philosophy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York.
* 30 hours beyond B.S. at Cornell University, SUNY Cortland, and Elmira College.
* Additional art courses at Rochester Institute of Technology and the Memorial Art Gallery, both in Rochester, New York.

Emergence
Solo Show at State of the Art Gallery
Ithaca, NY
July - Aug. 2021

Gang of Nine
Group Show at the State of the Ar Gallery, Ithaca NY
Jan 1 - Feb. 2, 2020

Feeling and Form
Solo show at State of the Art Gallery, Ithaca NY
July 3-28, 2019

Current Exhibit for July and August, 2018:
Ulysses Philomathic Library
74 E Main St, Trumansburg, New York

2018 Recent & Upcoming Shows:
- State of the Art Gallery, Members' Show, Ithaca, NY. Jan 3-28, 2018.
- Unitarian Church, Art of Friends, Ithaca, NY. February-March, 2018
- Encore Players' Theatre, Dreaming in Color, Interlaken, NY. April 20-29, 2018.
- Ulysses Philomathic Library, Solo Show, Trumansburg, NY. July-August, 2018.
- Ithaca Art Trail: Open Studio Weekends, October 6-8 and 13-14, 2018.

2017:
- Ithaca Art Trail: Open Studio Weekends, October 7-9 and 14-15, 2017.
- State of the Art Gallery: Art Trail Show, Oct 4-29.
- State of the Art Gallery: Members' Show, August 1-28.
- Shapes and Symbols, Solo Salon Show, State of the Art Gallery, Ithaca, NY. July 5-30.
- Community Arts Partnership: Art Trail Show, July.
- Art in Tompkins County: Then and Now, State of the Art Gallery, Ithaca, NY. January 4-29.