Rosanne Retz resides in Amherst, Massachusetts. She received a B.A. and an M.A. from the State University of New York and an M.F.A. degree from Southern Illinois University. She is a professor and teaches in the Department of Art Architecture and Art History, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Selected recent exhibitions include: New Landscape, The Boston Printmakers Show, Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, Massachusetts, The Boston Printmakers 2005 North American Print Biennial, 808 Gallery Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts; Solo exhibition, Rosanne Retz: Suodattuva Valo, Lahden Taidepanimo Hiivahuone, Lahti, Finland, 2004, Solo Exhibition, Filtered Light, R.H. Renlund Museum, Kokkola, Finland, 2003, Made in Finland: An Exhibition of Gravure Prints, Hanoi University Gallery of Art, Hanoi, Viet Nam, 2003, Rosanne Retz, Woodcuts, Vertical Gallery, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Rensselaer, New York, Fourth International Miniprint Triennial, Lahti Art Museum, Lahti, Finland; Boston Printmakers 2001 North American Print Exhibition, 808 Gallery at Boston University; VI International Art Triennale Majdanek 2000, Droga Meczennikow Majdanka Museum, Lublin, Poland; 23rd Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Art in Sarajevo, Gallery Collegium Artisticum, Bosnia/Herzegovina; International Biennial of Graphic Art, Jakopic Gallery, Ljublijana, Slovenia; 11th Tallinn Print Triennial, Rotermann's Salt Storage Arts Centre, Tallinn, Ahtri, Estonia; Under Pressure: Prints and Books from the Los Angeles Printmaking Society, Cerritos College Art Gallery, Norwalk, California.