ABOUT

carongrand@gmail.com

Education:
Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
MFA, Painting & Drawing, January 2006
Exodus, MFA Exhibit

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, PA, 1995

CBU, Riverside, CA
BA, Fine Art, cum laude, January 1987
Imago Dei, Senior Exhibit

Scripps College, Claremont, CA, 1984

Polytechnic High School, Riverside, CA, 1984
Recipient of the Senior Creative Writing Award
Staff on Tracks, creative writing & art magazine

Employment:
Freelance Artist, including commissioned artwork for public and private collectors, 1987-Present

CBU, Riverside, CA, September 2008-2017
Adjunct Professor for Beginning Drawing & Painting, Intermediate Drawing, Principles of Design, Art Appreciation, and Aesthetics in the Classroom

Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA September 2012-14
Adjunct Professor for Principles of Two-Dimensional Design and Multi-Cultural Art

Azusa Pacific University, Center for Adult and Professional Studies, accelerated courses in Azusa, Orange County, San Diego, Victorville and San Bernardino, CA, March 2008-13
Adjunct Professor for Art/Art History

Clark Cierlak Fine Arts, Sherman Oaks, CA, May 2008-2010 
Phone bids for art auction house

Westwood College, Upland, CA, March 2006-2009
Adjunct Professor for Art History, Figure Drawing, Color Theory, Story Boarding, Film & Literature and Gender Communications 

Marketing Sales Representative for TJMJ Enterprises, Riverside, CA, 2002-2004

Substitute Teacher for Riverside’s Woodcrest Junior High and High School, 1993-1997

Layout & Production Manager, Graphic Designer, Layout Artist, Artist, and Copywriter for the Advertising Department of Harris’ Company, San Bernardino, CA, 1987-1993


Art Representation:
ACCA Gallery, Beverly Hills, October 2022 – Sept 2023

Gallery:
Los Angeles Art Association, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA 2016-Present
Art represented at D Gallery, Lake Arrowhead Village, Lake Arrowhead, CA, 2012-13

Book:
The Knitting God and the Invisible Thread, 2011
weaves together art, science and the Bible through an artistic lens available at Amazon

Art Workshops:
Everett Raymond Kinstler, New York
Portrait Society of America, Virginia 
The late Millard Sheets, Arizona
Leslie B. DeMille, Arizona 
Anthony “Tony” Visco, Pennsylvania
The late Semion, Semion Galleries, Laguna Beach
Don Lagerberg, Figure Symposium, California
Herbert Conrad, California
Nancy Canter, California

Permanent Museum Collection:
Forget-Me-Not: Gohar, Karen Demirchyan Museum, Yerevan, Armenia, 2023

Shows:​
Online Group Show, Perceive You 2, Shoebox Arts, 2023
Solo Show Dark Energy: Black & Gold for the 22nd Japan International Art Exchange Exhibition, The Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, 2023
Group Show, Perceive Me, Mesa College Art Gallery, San Diego, CA, 2023
Solo Show Dark Energy, Wönzimer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2023
Group Show, Yerevan Art Expo, Yerevan Armenia, 2023
Art Auction, R.E.S.T.O.R.E. 15th Anniversary Benefit Fundraiser, Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles, CA 2023
13 photographs selected for the 21st Japan International Art Exchange Exhibition, The Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Japan 2022
Group Show, Perceive Me, Coastline Art Gallery, Newport Beach, CA, 2022
Group Show, Yerevan Art Expo, Yerevan Armenia, 2022
Group show, Perceive Me, Ronald H. Silverman Fine Arts Gallery, Cal State University Los Angeles 2020
10 scrolls selected for the 19th International Art Exchange Exhibition & Competition, The National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan 2019
Open Studio Show, Hawthorne Arts Complex, Los Angeles, CA 2019 
Woman's  group show, Awaken, San Bernardino Art Association, San Bernardino, CA 2019
Group show, The Soul of the Desert, 20 Palms Art Gallery, 29 Palms, CA 2019
Solo Show, Zohar Meditations, Tolerance Education Center, Rancho Mirage, CA 2019 ​
FACETS, group show, MuzeuMM, Los Angeles, CA 2019
Member's Show, Riverside Art Museum, 2019
Music for Your Eyes, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA 2018
Group Shows, RCAA, Riverside, CA 2018
Make Bees Great Again, Caughlan Art Lab, BackStreet Art District, Palm Springs, CA 2017
User to User, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA 2017
Thunder of Meaning, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA 2017
LAAA Benefit Auction, Los Angeles, CA 2017
LA Fabrik Art Expo, booth, Los Angeles, CA 2017
Group Shows, RCAA, Riverside, CA 2017
LAAA Benefit Auction, Los Angeles, CA 2016
LA Fabrik Art Expo, booth, Los Angeles, CA 2016
About Face, T.E. Studio & Gallery, Riverside, CA 2016
Group Shows, RCAA, Riverside, CA 2016
Portraits, RCAA, Riverside, CA 2016
Group Faculty Show CBU Gallery, Riverside, CA 2015
Solo Shows, Migliore, Riverside & Corona, CA 2015-Present
Group Faculty Show CBU Gallery, Riverside CA 2014
Group Faculty Show CBU Gallery, Riverside CA 2013
Group Show, Downtown Riverside Holiday Festival, Riverside, CA 2013
Gallery Group Show, D Gallery, Lake Arrowhead Village, Lake Arrowhead, CA 2012
Group Show, Members Exhibit, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA 2012
Group Show, Seeing through the eyes of the Mona Lisa, Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2011
Group Show, Members Exhibit, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA 2011
Faculty Show at California Baptist University, Riverside, CA 2011
Group Show, Off the Wall & Auction, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA 2010
Group Show in honor of Roland Reiss, Bunny Gunner Gallery, Pomona, CA 2010
Group Show, Renee L. Theuer’s Gallery, Riverside, CA 2010
Group Show, Tranquility of Manipulation, Riverside Arts Project, Riverside, CA 2010
Solo Show, In our Dreams, Art Depot Gallery, Fontana, CA 2009
Breast Cancer Awareness Art Show, Palette Gallery, Ojai, CA, 2008
Solo Show, People’s Gallery, Riverside, CA, 2008
Group Show, Green Room of Domestic Setting, Los Angeles, CA, 2006
Group Show, Supersonic, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, CA, 2006
Solo MFA Show, Exodus, Claremont Graduate University’s East Gallery, Claremont, CA, 2005
Solo Interactive Installation, Zyklon B, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA, 2005
Group Show, Fresh, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA, 2005
Selected Show, Buckingham, Pomona, CA, 2005
Selected Exhibit, Emporia, Pomona, CA, 2005
Selected & Group Shows, Opera Garage, Pomona, CA, 2005
Women Artists’, Exquisite, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA, 2004
Dual Show, Portraits from Studio 3643, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA, 2002
Solo Show, I am Woman, Hear Me, Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, CA, 2001
Dual Show, New Works, Riverside Community Arts Association, Riverside, CA, 2001
Annual Member Shows, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA, 1985-Present
Group Shows, Riverside People’s Gallery, Riverside, CA, 2001-2010
Group Shows, Riverside Community Arts Association, Riverside, CA, 1986-Present
Group Shows, Reconstruction Gallery, Brea, CA, 1996-1998
Selected Show, booth, Laguna Beach Art-A-Fair, Laguna Beach, CA, 1994-1997
Selected Winners Group Show, World Persecution Awareness, United States Capitol, Washington DC, 1997
Selected Show, Animals of Beauty, Lee’s Framing & Gallery, Riverside, CA, 1993
Solo Show, Bear in a Basket, Java Books, Riverside, CA, 1993
Solo Show, Citizens Committee of Riverside, CBU, Riverside, CA, 1993
Selected Shows, San Bernardino County Museum of Art, San Bernardino, CA, 1992-1998
Solo Show, Mood Swings, Riverside Community Arts Association, Riverside, CA, 1991
Solo Show, YWCA Gallery, Riverside, CA, 1990
Senior Art Show, Imago Dei, California Baptist University, Riverside, CA, 1987

Publications/Reviews:
Los Angeles Art Association Volume V, Art Catalogue, 2023
The 22nd International Art Exchange Exhibition, Art Catalogue, Tokyo, Japan, 2023
Dark Energy, Solo Art Show, ACCA Art Catalogue, Wonzimer Gallery, Los Angeles, 2023
The Journal, Contemporary Art, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, CA 2023
The 21st International Art Exchange Exhibition, Art Catalogue, Tokyo, Japan, 2022
Los Angeles Art Association Volume III, Art Catalogue, 2020 
The 19th International Art Exchange Exhibition, Art Catalogue, Tokyo, Japan, 2019
​​Perceive Me, Art Catalogue, 2019 
​Los Angeles Art Association Volume II, Art Catalogue, 2019 
VoyageLA interview http://voyagela.com/interview/meet-caron-g-rand/ 2018​
​About Face, art show review, Riverside: 'About Face' art exhibit shows portraits of private and public figures, The Press-Enterprise, Riverside, CA 2016
For Roland, Claremont Graduate University, CA Art Alumni Exhibit Catalogue for Roland Reiss, 2010
City Council of Fontana, CA televised interview of solo show, In our Dreams, 2009
T.V. Channel 3, CA interview for the solo art show, In our Dreams,2009
Personal Portraits,  interview on portraiture, Inland Empire Magazine, CA, March 1, 2008
The Flame Magazine, Claremont Graduate University, CA art featured on the cover as well as a write-up and photo of Exodus MFA show, Spring 2006
Supersonic Catalogue, Barnsdall Park, Hollywood, CA 2006
Digress, Riverside, CA, featured article on local artist
The Press-Enterprise, Riverside, CA, series of write-ups on local art shows
Review Magazine, featured artist for 1993 Year of the Woman, Riverside, CA

Awards:
Gold Award of Excellence, 19th International Art Exchange Exhibition & Competition, Tokyo, Japan 2019 
First Place, Riverside Art Museum Member’s Show, Riverside, CA 2001
Second Place, In the Arts, Fallbrook, CA 1998
Second Place, World Persecution Awareness, United States Capitol, Washington DC 1997
First Place, Laguna Beach Holiday Palette Program, CA 1995
First Place, Riverside Mayor’s Ball Cover Contest, CA 1993
Award of Merit, California Exposition & State Fair, CA 1992
First Place, Riverside Jazz Festival Poster Contest, CA 1991
Senior Art Award, California Baptist University, CA 1987

Community:
Board Member for the Riverside People’s Gallery, 2004-2011
Board Member for the Riverside Arts Council, 2002-2004
President of the Riverside Community Arts Association, 1995-1996

Donations of Artwork:
York Region Children’s Aid Society Fundraiser, Newmarket, ON
Art Depot Gallery, Private Collection, Fontana, CA
Operation Safe House Fundraiser, Riverside, CA
Get Art, Project Angel Food Art Auction, Bonham’s & Butterfields, Los Angeles, CA
Waves of Grace, Tsunami Benefit Art Auction, Japanese Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
The Gallery of Gifted Youth of Pomona, Inc., Pomona, CA
Riverside County Mock Trial Competition, Riverside, CA
Rape Crisis Center, Riverside, CA
Temple Beth El, Riverside, CA
Riverside Hospice, Riverside, CA
Riverside Women’s Guild, Riverside, CA
Riverside Men’s Shelter, Riverside, CA
Riverside Arts Foundation, Riverside, CA
World Vision Relief & Development International, San Dimas, CA
Green Party Fundraiser, Riverside, CA

Member: 
LAAA, Los Angeles Art Association Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
Portrait Society of America, Tallahassee, FL
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
Riverside Community Arts Association, Riverside, CA