Rani Carson began painting in Puerto Rico, and then studied with New York painter, Herman Rose. She lived in Paris before earning her MFA at Brooklyn College. She was Professor of Art at Suffolk County Community College, curated the Campus Art Gallery, and also taught at the Edna Manley College for the Visual Arts in Kingston, Jamaica.
Her paintings have been shown in annual and biennial exhibitions at the National Gallery of Jamaica, the Meguro Museum of Art in Tokyo, the Brooklyn Museum, the Vorpal Gallery in San Francisco. In New York City, she exhibited at the Allan Stone Gallery, participated in several Art Against Apartheid exhibitions, and also showed her work at two artist-run galleries: the Prince Street Gallery and the First Street Gallery. An article about her work appeared in the Winter/Watercolor edition of American Artist (2003).
Whether in her studio in Oracabessa, Jamaica or in Riverhead, NY, she continues to explore the depth of her inspiration from Jamaica's Rasta community.
| 2024 | Songs of Freedom, Gallery 90, Center Moriches, NY |
| 2022 | Wa Fe Do/What is to be Done (with Arthur Hughes), Prince Street Gallery, NYC |
| 2019 | Peaceful Warriors (with Nancy Grilikhes), Prince Street Gallery, NYC |
| 2019 | One Under the Sun, Lyceum Gallery, Suffolk County Community College, Eastern Campus, Riverhead, NY |
| 2014-2015 | Ageless Beauty, Victorian Doll Paintings, Suffolk County Historical Society, Riverhead, NY |
| 2014 | Paintings of Jamaica, Art Sites, Riverhead, NY |
| 2011 | The Promised Land, ARTSQUEST, Crayola Gallery, Banana Factory, Bethlehem, PA |
| 1995 | Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
| 1993 | Chelsea Galleries, Ltd., Kingston, Jamaica West Indies |
| 1992 | Harmony Hall, Ocho Rios, Jamaica West Indies |
| 2019 | The Summer Exhibition, National Gallery of Jamaica, Kingston, JWI |
| 2019 | OLA Benefit Art Show, Southampton Cultural Center, Southampton, NY |
| 2018 | Here Comes the Sun, East End Arts Council, Riverhead, NY |
| 2016 | Chess, Adjustible Objects, An Annual Medialia Gallery Space II Exhibitions, New York City |
| 2012 | Death Becomes Her, Suffolk County Historical Society, Riverhead, NY |
| 2011, 2009, 2007, 2005, 2003 | National Biennial, National Gallery of Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica West Indies |
| 2002 | A Shriek from an Invisible Box, International Exhibition, Meguro Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2001, 2000, 1999 | Annual National Exhibition, National Gallery of Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica West Indies |
| 1999 | 94 Days of Summer, A Survey of Long Island Painters, Omni Gallery, Uniondale, NY |
| May 14, 2014 |
W.P.K.N., 89.5 FMInterview with Hazel Kahan on "Tidings",
Bridgeport, CT (rebroadcast April 10, 2019) |
| October 15, 2010 | The Press of Manorville and the Moriches, Center Moriches, NY |
| November 26, 2006 | The New Times Holler!A Special Interview by Amir Bey, New York City |
| Winter, 2003 | American Artist, Winter/Watercolor Edition, New York City |
| August, 2003 | The New York Times, New York City |
| March, 1998 | Newsday, Long Island Edition |
| May, 1993 | Sunday Gleaner, Pure Class, Jamaica, West Indies |