Monograms
2007 Mari Rantanen Paintings 1986-2007, Code of Color, place for Emotions. Hot color, Wavering light. Walking with Mari Rantanen´s paintings, text by Marja-Terttu Kivirinta. Spaces and Places for Emotions. A conversation between Mari Rantanen and Timo Valjakka. Published by LIKE, Finland
2005 Swedish pictures. Mari Rantanen: Skiktningar och sammanfältningar, text by Håkan Nilsson. Published in Stockholm Sweden
2001 ”Public / Private” Mari Rantanen, ” Lived Space in Color” text by Leena-Maija Rossi, Published in Helsinki Finland
1997 Exhibition catalog Ystad Artmuseum. Text by Thomas Millroth
1990 Exhibition catalog Galerie Artek, ”Inside the Cloud-Chamber” text by Steven R. Dixon. Published in Helsinki Finland
1990 Mari Rantanen, Exhibitioncatalog Nordic Artcenter publication nr 4. Text by Halldór Björn Runólfsson and ”The Vertigo of Mapping” by Steven R. Dixon
1985 Exibitioncatalog Galerie Kaj Forsblom. Text by Timo Valjakka. Published in Helsinki Finland
Exhibition Catalogs and Books, selection
2009 Måleriets rum, Håkan Nilsson (Mari Rantanen:rumsbilder) Axl Books,Stockholm, Sweden
2008 Sam Vanni, opettaja ja esikuva, Exhibition catalog, tekst by Tuula Karjalainen and Mari Rantanen Helsinki City Art Museum publications nr 103 , Finland
2008 Sijainteja- Locations, Exhibition catalog, tekst by Mikko Paakkola, Aboa Vetus & Arts Nova, Finland
2007 Yhdeksän taiteilijaa, Marja-Terttu Kivirinta , (Värit Muuttuvat Valoksi) WS Bookwell Oy Porvoo ,Finland
2006 Conecting People, Publication of the Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Norway
2005 Turku Art Museum -101 Years of Contemporary Art, Turku Art Museum Puplicatiotions nr 1/2005, Finland
2005 Orientalismi- orientens lockelse, Tikanoja Arthome Publications 2/2005, Finland
2004 Young Artist of the year, text by Marja-Liisa Linder (1989: Mari Ranatanen, Drama and Order) Tampere Art Museum Publications 116, Finland
2002 Uniikki Exhibition Catalog, tekst by Pessi Rautio, Visual arts in Fiskars, Onoma, Finland
2002 Rovaniemi Art Museum, Finland
2002 Måleri & Måleri, Éxhibition catalog, text by Fred Andersson, Kristinehamns Art Museum, Sweden
2001 Today’s Future, Exhibiton Catalog, Vantaa City museum/Visual Arts publications no. 7, Finland
2000 Pensselit Padassa, Mirja Von Knorring, (Mari Rantanen ja Meksikon maut), Otava, Finland
2001 Samtidskonst i Akademiska Hus, texts by Christina Rogestam and Katarina Swanström, Akademiska Hus AB, Sweden
2000 Statens Konstråds Årskatalog, Statens Konstråd, Stockholm, Sweden
1999 Taide Vallassa, Leena-Maija Rossi Kustannus OY Taide, Finland
1999 Mäntän kuvataideviikot, Exhibition Catalog, Mäntän Kuvaantaiteen ystävät RY, Finland
1998 Sette Artisti Scandinavi A Scafati, Paulina Sokolow, Grafica Fonsor, Palazzo, Italy
1997 Collection of the Aine Pictorial Art Foundation, Katriina Pietilä-Juntura, The Aine art Museum, Tornio, Finland
1997 Collection of Contemporary Art, Henna and Pertti Niemistö, Hämeenlinna Art Museum publication 4/1997, Finland
1995 12 Taidetta – Samtidskonst from Finland (Mari Rantanen), text by Tom Sandqvist, Stockholm, Sweden
1995 Viipula Vaapula Vot, Katriina Pietilä-Juntura, Aine Art Museum, Tornio, Finland
1995 Skapelser for 26 Churchs i Götene, Lidköping, Mariestad, Skara, Exhibition Catalog, text by Thomas Millroth, Sweden
1994 Art in Parlament House, Painatuskeskus OY, Helsinki, Finland
1994 Mordernia vai postmodernia, Asko Mäkelä, City of Vantaa, Finland
!994 2+8, Modern Art From Finland, Leo Malinen, Published by Maailman sivu Oy, Finland
1993 Real, text by Peter Herbstreuth and Timo Valjakka, (Mari Rantanen), Nordic Art Center , Finland
1993 Museum of Contemporary Art Guide, Kaija Kaitavuori, Helsinki, Finland
1993 Transit exhibition catalog, texts by Timo Valjakka ja Minna Tarkka, Vesanpaino OY, Helsinki
1992 Rovaniemi Art Museum. Finland
1992 I like it!, exhibition catalog, Lahti Art Museum, Finland
1991 Kunst Europa, Kulturbuhne Europa 1991, Arbeitsgemeinachaft deutscher Kunstvereine, Deutchland
1991 Koko hajannainen kuva - Suomalaisen taiteen 80-luku, Marja-Terttu Kivirinta ja Leena-Maija Rossi, WSOY, Finland
1990 Rauma Biennale Balticum, Distances, text by Timo Valjakka, (Mari Rantanen), Rauma Art Museum, Finland
1990 Art of the Pohjola Group, Algraphics Oy, Tampere, Finland
1989 Vuoden nuoritaiteilija, text by Maaretta Jaukkuri and Stefan Westfall, Tampere Art Museum Publications, Finland
1986 Suomen Taide /6, Makku Valkonen, Olli Valkonen, published by WSOY, Finland
1986 Contacts/Contrasts 4 by the river, text by Tiina Nyrhinen Pori Art museum Publications 10. Pori, Finland
1986, Den Älskades bild, Exhibition Catalog, Gertrund Sandqivst, Pyynikinlinna Publikations, Finland
1986 Attituder, Attitudes, Exhibition catalog The Artist Assosiation of Finland , texts by Timo Valjakka, Finland
1986 Hearing, Exhibition catalog, text by Altti Kuusamo and Mari Rantanen, Artist Union of Finland publications, Finland
1985 Aurora, text by Timo Valjakka, (Mari Rantanen), Nordic Arts centre publications, Helsinki, Finland
1982 XIVfestival international de la Peinture, Exhibition Catalog, France
1991 Art Today Sapporo Triennale, Exhibition Catalog, Sapporo Japan