Artist,  delARTe.com

aka: delarte.com












     2011,                   2026    2026



"You can make a living with this??"
"Many have asked, and yet:
Here I am!"




 

Curriculum Vitae: (a brief account)

Herb Ranharter curriculum vitae  (will be augmented soon ....)
 
  

1998 to ~present.     Artist, original works in:  Conceptual Realism

(videography, drawing, painting, illustration, photography, design and multimedia productions.
Two production studios: Berkeley, California, USA; and Vienna , Austria, EU


Currenly retired since 2010.       (Allthough an artist never retires completely.)








 

1997 - 2001   Instructor of telecommunications technology at ITT Technical
Institute in Hayward, California.




1994 to present.   Academic Artist and owner @delARTe, art studio (formerly: El Gato Press). Multimedia production of fine prints, drawings and mixed media art work. Volunteer at the California College of Arts and Crafts Alumni Council, now an x-member emeritus; (formerly: Technology Chair for the aluni association).


 

 

1990 - 1993  Free lance technical consultant. (EMI specialist.)
Conduct a variety of design and consulting services for US and European firms.

Technical interpreter, editing/writing (German and English).


 



1989 - 1990  Production Manager (Exhibit Services) with the San Francisco

Science Museum, the Exploratorium.






1986 - 1989  Adjunct Faculty,  National University, Oakland.
Teaches mathematics, computer graphics, business graphics, statistics, perception, computer operating systems, works in parallel as electronic engineer for Hercules Computer Technology> Claim to fame all EMI (Electro Magnetic Interference) qualifications for their graphics cards.




 

1985  birth of his second son J. R.



1981 - 1986   College Instructor with Heald Colleges
develops and writes new Heald electronics lab manuals.



 

1980  birth of first son B. R.
Forms his own business in the fine arts, building etching presses and producing
fine art prints in an attempt to combine art and technology.




 
1977 to 1981  Resumes work in electronics and communications, gets hired by his previous
company.  Develops El Gato Press multi-use press in parallel.

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1975  returns to school at the California College of Arts and Crafts, Fine Art in Printmaking.

A variety of compatibility and academic credit issues between Austria (then a neutral country) and the United States accreditation systems lead to graduation with a post graduate degree as academic artist and printmaker; BFA Printing in 1977.



 

1973 -1975 works as an electronics engineer.  In communications engineering.


 



1970-73  works as mechanical engineer



1970 Emigration and marriage in the United States, Berkeley, California.



 

 


1970  Graduation with a BSEE in Telecommunications and High Frequency Technology.



 

1963  after having had the honor to decline an offer of acceptance into the Vienna Academy of ART on passing their qualifications exam,

accepted enrollment into the accelerated engineering program of the Technical Bundesanstalt in Vienna.

Initially studies Mechanical Engineering; changes over to Telecommunications and High Frequency Technology after two years.


  revelation about Piet Mondrian          


Born 1948  in Vienna, Austria.
Grew up in the center of the city of Vienna close to the Ringstrasze, within
walking distance of all the major cultural sites the city has to offer.

 

Herb and Piet Mondrean 


Studios:
Two production studios: In Berkeley, California, USA; and near Vienna , Austria, EU until ~2911.

Currently only in the USA. 

No longer "in business" but still doing art.

 

Shows, Awards and Exhibits:

 

April 2010, “Communicating Vessels” at the MUMOK (Museum of Modern Art) in Vienna, Austria


Nov 2008, Künstlerhaus in Vienna , Austria; paintings.


July 2007, Art show in Athens, Greece; graphics.


March 2005, Art exhibit at the Vienna International Center, Vienna, Austria.


Summer 2004, show in North Berkeley at: Brewed Awakening.


Fall 2003, Stockerau, Austria. 42 never bevore shown works paper.


Spring 2003, Stockerau, Austria. 42 entirely new works on paper.


Fall 2002, Atelier Berger, Vienna, Austria. 42 works on paper.


1980, ACCI Gallery, Berkeley. Photographs and drawings exhibit.


1976, Gallery 884, Berkeley. Prints and drawings exhibit.






     Contact me: Picturing@delARTe.com

 


 


 



"Yes, I paint what I see ........."





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