Amy Rattner Art

Exhibition History

Artist CV

Solo Exhibitions

  • Featured Artist Exhibition, "Simplicity and Elegance in Nature," Viewpoints Gallery, Los Altos CA; July 2025.
  • Featured Artist Exhibition, "Wild Connections," Viewpoints Gallery, Los Altos CA; April 2024.
  • Featured Artist Exhibition, "Wild Watercolors," Viewpoints Gallery, Los Altos CA; October 2017
  • "A Whimsical Menagerie: Amy Rattner Solo Exhibition," Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA; October 2015
  • "A Whimsical Menagerie: Amy Rattner Solo Exhibition," Marjorie Evans Gallery,Sunset Center, Carmel, CA; September 2015

Juried Exhibitions

  • "Spotlight 25," Sausalito Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA; July 2026. Jurors: Shiva Pakdel and Michelle Jader.
  • "2026 Filoli Art Walk," Filoli Historic House and Gardens, Woodside, CA; July 2026. Juror: Ron Orpitelli and the Filoli estate.
  • "Flora and Fauna," Red Bluff ART Gallery, July 2026. Jurors: Anastasia Nelson and Phil Dynan.
  • "2026 Annual Online Juried Exhibition," American Women Artists. March 2026-2027. Jurors: Gladys Roldan-de-Moras, Kathrine Lemke Waste, and Louise Solecki Weir.
  • "Creative Collages," Modern Visual Arts Gallery, Bethlehem, PA. June-July 2026. Juror: Max Alper, Ph.D.
  • "Women Artists" presented by the Atherton Arts Foundation. Jennings Pavilion, Atherton, CA. March 7-8, 2026. Juror: Dorothy North.
  • "First Annual Open Exhibition," West Portal Gallery, San Francisco, CA; February 2026. Juror: Michael Azgour.
  • "Tiny," Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA; December 2025. Jurors: Jennifer Farris and Rab Terry.
  • "104th Anniversary Exhibition," Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA; November 2025-January 2026. Juror: Veronica Roberts.
  • Art and Color 365 Magazine, "2025 Wildlife/Animals Exhibition," Winter 2025. Juror: Virginia Bayes.
  • Art and Color 365 Magazine, "Abstracts and Semi-Abstracts Exhibition," Winter 2025. Juror: Virginia Bayes.
  • Art and Color 365 Magazine, "Artists' Choice Exhibition," Fall 2024. Juror: Virginia Bayes.
  • Art and Color 365 Magazine, "2024 Wildlife Exhibition," Winter 2024. Juror: Virginia Bayes.
  • Art and Color 365 Magazine, "Abstracts and Semi-Abstracts Exhibition," Fall 2023. Juror: Virginia Bayes
  • Pacific Art League, "103rd Anniversary Exhibition," November 2023 - January 2024. Juror: Daniel Garcia.
  • Fusion Art, "9th Annual Animal Kingdom Exhibition” June 2024. Juror: Chris Hoffman.
  • Coastal Art League, "Anything Goes!” May-June 2024.
  • Pacific Art League, "102nd Anniversary Exhibition," November 2023 - January 2024. 
  • “Slowpoke Fine Art of the West Show,” September 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. 2024 Jurors: Tom Burgher and Ezra Tucker
  • Pacific Art League, "Works on Paper," April 2023. Juror: Denise Howard.
  • Fusion Art, "5th Anniversary Art Exhibition," November 2020-October 31, 2021. Juror: Chris Hoffman. 
  • Fusion Art, "5th Annual Artists Choice Exhibition," February 2020. Juror: Chris Hoffman.
  • Fusion Art, "Into the Wild International Art Exhibition," October 2018-January 2019. Juror: Chris Hoffman. 
  • Pacific Art League, "Pacific Art League's 95th Anniversary Exhibition", Palo Alto, CA; September 2017. Juror: Jim Smyth.
  • Pacific Art League, "Fur, Feathers and Fins," Palo Alto, CA; March 2015-2017,June 2013-14, August 2011.
  • Pacific Art League "Animals: Fact, Fairy Tales & Fantasy" Palo Alto, CA; June 2012.

Group Exhibitions

  • "Auction for the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank," Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA; January 2026.
  • "Flora," Viewpoints Gallery, Los Altos, CA; January 2026.
  • "Animal Stories" Art Bias Gallery, San Carlos, CA; September 2025.
  • "Azgour Art Group Member Exhibition," Azgour Art Studio, San Francisco, CA; April 2025.
  • "Purple Passion," Viewpoints Gallery, Los Altos, CA; January 2025.
  • "Colors of Summer," Harrison Gallery, Pleasanton, CA; June-July 2024.
  • "A Bit of Red," Viewpoints Gallery, Los Altos, CA; January 2024.
  • “Tiny” exhibition, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA; November-December 2019.
  • Silicon Valley Open Studios participant, Art Bias, San Carlos, CA; May 2017-2019, 2022-25.
  • "Sunflowers," Viewpoints Gallery, Los Altos, CA; January 2018.
  • "Spring," Viewpoints Gallery, Los Altos, CA; January 2017.
  • "Oil and Water," The Presentation Center of Los Gatos, Los Gatos, CA; June-September 2016.

Galleries

  • Naturalist Gallery of Contemporary Art, "Painting" Collection; online; January 2026-present.
  • Viewpoints Gallery, Los Altos, CA; October 2016-December 2018; February 2023-present.
  • UGallery; October 2018-February 2023.
  • WOW! Gallery; Santa Fe, New Mexico; March 2020-January 2022.
  • Art Bias, San Carlos, CA; September 2015-present.
  • Peninsula Gallery, San Mateo, California; March 2016-January 2017.

Awards

  • Honorable Mention for "The Guardians" gold leaf, acrylic and collage on wood panel, "2025 Wildlife Exhibition,"  Art and Color 365 Magazine, Winter 2025. Juror: Virginia Bayes, editor Art and Color 365 Magazine
  • Emerging Women Artists award, Arts to Hearts Project, Fall 2024.
  • Artistic Recognition for "Coyote Gaze" acrylic on wood panel, " 2025 Abstracts and Semi-Abstracts Exhibition,"  Art and Color 365 Magazine, Winter 2025. Juror: Virginia Bayes, editor Art and Color 365 Magazine.
  • Artistic Recognition for "Noble Bear," acrylic on wood panel, " 2024 Artists' Choice Exhibition,"  Art and Color 365 Magazine, Fall 2024. Juror: Virginia Bayes, editor Art and Color 365 Magazine.
  • Honorable Mention for “Emerging Buck,” “Anything Goes!” All Media Exhibition, Coastal Arts League, June 2024.
  • Honorable Mention for “Quail Covey," “9th Annual Animal Kingdom Exhibition,” June 2024. Jurors: Chris and Valerie Hoffman, Fusion Art.
  • Artistic Recognition for "Quail Covey," acrylic inks on paper, "2024 Animals Exhibition, " Art & Color 365 Magazine, Winter 2024. Juror: Virginia Bayes, editor Art and Color 365 Magazine
  • Artistic Recognition for "Quail Shadows," acrylic inks on paper, "2023 Abstracts and Semi-Abstracts Exhibition, " Art & Color 365 Magazine, Fall 2023. Juror: Virginia Bayes, editor Art and Color 365 Magazine.
  • Best in Show for "Deer Totem," watercolor, "5th Anniversary Art Exhibition", Palm Springs, CA; November 2020-October 31, 2021. Juror: Chris Hoffman, Fusion Art.
  • Honorable Mention for "Moonlit Crow," watercolor, "5th Annual Artists Choice Exhibition", Palm Springs, CA; February 2020. Juror: Chris Hoffman, Fusion Art.
  • Honorable Mention for "Fallen Leaf Black Bear," watercolor, "Into the Wild International Art Exhibition", Palm Springs, CA; October 2018-January 2019. Juror: Chris Hoffman, Fusion Art.
  • First Place, Animal Division and Sponsor Award from University Art, for "Dancing Cranes," watercolor, "The Redwood City Art Show"; October 2017.
  • Third Place for "Dancing Cranes," watercolor, "The Pacific Art League's 95th Anniversary Exhibition," Palo Alto, CA; September 2017. Juror: Jim Smyth.
  • First Place for "Friendly Conversation," watercolor, "The Redwood City Spring Art Show," Redwood City, CA; May 2016.
  • Honorable Mention for "Coyote Sunset," Pacific Art League, "Members' Exhibition," Palo Alto, CA; September 2014. Juror: Michael Azgour.

Publications

Palette Magazine, Issue 49 "Creating Whimsical Paintings Is a Serious Business: Amy Rattner," March 2014.

Commissions

  • Paints figurative abstract pieces on commission for private clients, June 2013-present.

Education

  • Studied figurative abstract painting with Michael Azgour, 2022-present.
  • Studied of all aspects of watercolor painting and drawing and participated in weekly critiques with Steve Curl, award-winning watercolor artist and instructor at the Pacific Art League, 2006-present.

  • Attended Intensive Studies Seminar covering all aspects of watermedia including application, style, theory, value, and art history and participated in group and private critiques with award-winning watermedia artists Skip Lawrence, Christopher Schink, Fran Larsen and Catherine Chan Liu, April 2013.
  • Stanford University, Master of Arts in English Literature, 1996.
  • Stanford University, Bachelor of Arts in English Literature, 1995.