EDUCATION
2002 M.B.A. Management; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
1985 A.A.S. Interior Design; Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
1981 M.A. Jewish Education; Jewish Theological Seminary, New York, NY
1978 B.A. Judaic Studies; University at Albany, Albany, NY
1976-77 Junior Year Abroad Program; Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
ART STUDIES
2021 Visiting Critic Program/Sculpture, Video, Installation, NYC Crit Club, New York, NY
2020 Art Career Intensive, NYC Crit Club, New York, NY
2019 Art Theory and Writing, NYC Crit Club, New York, NY
2019 Graduate School Style Art Critique Courses, NYC Crit Club, New York, NY
2019 Art History, Undergraduate Course, Palm Beach State College, Lake Worth, FL
Film and Computer Art, Graduate Courses, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Painting, Drawing, Performance Art, Undergraduate Courses, Westchester Community College Center for the Arts, White Plains, NY
Drawing, Interior Design, Undergraduate Courses, Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
Painting, Drawing, 3-D Design, Undergraduate Courses, The University at Albany, Albany, NY
Painting Classes, Art Students League, New York, NY
Five-day Figure Painting Workshop by Robert Liberace; Southern Atelier, Sarasota, FL
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Mystical Ecosystems, Donald M. Ephraim Family Gallery, Cultural Council for Palm Beach County, Lake Worth, FL
2023 It Is Not Down On Any Map, True Places Never Are, Bailey Contemporary Arts Center Gallery, Pompano Beach, FL
2023 Beyond This Point, Tauni De Lessep Gallery, Palm Beach Atlantic University, West Palm Beach, FL
2020 Original Spin, Hammond Hall Art Gallery, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL
2015 Renée Rey Solo Exhibition, Norris Center Art Gallery, Norris Center, Naples, FL
2010 In the Spirit, West Wing Gallery, Naples Main Library, Naples, FL
2005 Healing to the 5th Power, Roxcy O’Neal Bolton Women’s Park History Gallery, Miami, FL
TWO - FOUR ARTIST EXHIBITIONS
2020 When We See Further, Heather Couch, Marina Font, Terre Rybovich, Renée Rey, Wasmer Art Gallery, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL
2018 Insatiable—contemporary investigations of hunger, desire, longing, curated by Catherine Bergmann, Curatorial Director, Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, FL
2015 Enlightenment, Renée Rey, Peter Sargent, Gene Masters Salerno, Shangri-La Art Gallery, Bonita Springs, FL
2014 This is My Life: Artists Reveal Themselves in Their Work, Naples Arts Institute, Naples, FL, curated by Jack O'Brien, Curator, Naples, FL
2010 Flora and Fauna, Atlantic Center for the Arts-Harris House Gallery, New Smyrna Beach, FL
SELECTED INVITATIONAL AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Homeward, Tulsa Artists’ Coalition, Tulsa, OK
2024 Fields of Vision: the imaginative power of artists after 270 days, Bailey Contemporary Arts Center Gallery, Pompano Beach, FL
2023 One Bare Foot Square Exhibit, Art Brut Biennale, Hengelo, Netherlands
2022 Movement by Teleportal Gallery, Real Tinsel, Milwaukee, WI
2022 One Bare Foot Square Exhibit, Studio 33 Gallery, Mijas, Spain
2022 Ephemeral Existence, Teleportal Gallery, New York, NY
2021 A Throw Of The Dice Will Never Abolish Chance, Flatiron Gallery, New York, NY
2020 Gravity of Gratitude, Alliance For The Arts Main Gallery, Fort Myers, FL
2019 Under the Magnifying Glass, curated by Claudia Bitran, Catherine Haggerty, and Hilary Doyle, Gallery Cubed, DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY
2019 All Women, Maison 10 Art Gallery, New York, NY
2018 One Bare Foot Square Exhibit, Project Space Brut, Seoul, South Korea
2017 One Bare Foot Square Exhibit, Faculty of Fine Art Gallery, Ratchapat University, Chiang Rai, Thailand
2016 One Bare Foot Square Group Exhibit, Outsider Art Ateliers, de Hermitage, Amsterdam, Holland
2015 Florida Contemporary 2015 Exhibition, Baker Museum, Artis-Naples, Naples, FL, curator Gisela Carbonell, Curator, Rollins Museum of Art, Winter Park, FL
2014 Flor 500, a participatory art project; curator Xavier Cortada, Main Gallery, Florida Gulf Coast University Art Complex, Fort Myers, FL
2014 The Sketchbook 2014 Tour, multiple locations including
· Syracuse University Art Galleries, Syracuse, NY
· Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA
· Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
· Galerie F, Chicago, IL
· Portland Museum of Art, Portland, OR
· The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles, CA
· Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
· San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA
· Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
· Santa Fe Institute of Art and Design, Santa Fe, NM
· Brooklyn Art Library, Brooklyn, NY
· Norman Arts Council, Norman, OK
· Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
· The Contemporary Austin at Laguna Gloria, Austin, TX
· Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, TX
· Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
· Coconino Center for the Arts, Flagstaff, AZ
2013 Flor 500, participatory art project; curated by Xavier Cortada, South Regional Library, Naples, FL
2011 Lost in Translation, Art Royale, Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers, FL
2009 Six Degrees Gallery, Naples, FL
2008 Hardcore Art Contemporary Space, Miami, FL
2006 ArtRouge Gallery, Coral Gables, FL
2003 Artists’ Haven Gallery, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
2002 Gertrude White Gallery, Greenwich, CT
SELECTED JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2023 Florida, See It Like A Native, Box Contemporary Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL (Jurors: Arden Sherman, Senior Curator of Contemporary Art, Norton Museum of Art, Jessica Ransom, Curator, Cultural Council for Palm Beach County, Robert Adams, Editorial Director, Passport Magazine)
2020 Onward and Upward, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL
2019 A Generous Kingdom III, Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland, OR
2018 Fierce and Frail: of Beings, Beasts, and Seeds, Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland, OR
2018 A Generous Kingdom III, Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland, OR
2017 Gateway to Imagination, Farmington Museum, Farmington, NM (Juror: Dr. Julie
Sasse, Chief Curator, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, and Curator of Latin American Art at the Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ)
2017 Annual Contemporary Art Survey, The Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO (Juror: Zoe Larkins, Associate Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO)
2017 Art Encounters National Competition, Naples Arts Institute, Naples, FL
2017 Saatchi Collection New This Week, www.SaatchiArt.com
2016 It's Nature's Way, Naples Arts Institute, Naples, FL
2016 30th Annual All Florida Juried Exhibit, Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers, FL FL (Juror: Harry Mesersmith, Sculptor, Deland, FL)
2015 Valdosta National 2015, VSU Art Gallery, Valdosta, GA (Juror: Susan Welsh, Executive Director, Macon Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, GA)
2015 29th Annual All Florida Juried Exhibit, Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers, FL
2015 50th Founders Juried Exhibition, Naples Arts Institute, Naples FL (Juror: Erin Wright, Commissioning Editor and Producer, Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA)
2015 Small Art, Big Impact, Manhattan Arts International, New York, NY
2013 Moments, Center for the Arts, Bonita Springs, FL
2013 Art of Playing, Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center, Fort Myers, FL
2013 Words, Signs, and Symbols, Naples Arts Institute, Naples, FL (Juror: Kristine Meek, Director, Harmon-Meek Gallery, Naples, FL)
2013 SW Florida Lives, Howl Gallery, Fort Myers, FL
2013 Mask, Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers, FL
2012 State of Mind, Politics, Alliance for the Arts at Harborside Event Center, Ft. Myers, FL
2012 The Beat Goes On, Big Arts, Sanibel Island, FL
2009 Art in Flight, Southwest Florida International Airport, Fort Myers, FL
AWARDS
2017 Best in Show, Art Encounters National Competition, Naples Arts Institute, Naples, FL. Jurors: Alejo Benedetti, Curatorial Assistant, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AK; Jade Dellinger, Director of Exhibits & Collections, Bob Rauschenberg Gallery at Florida Southwestern State College, Fort Myers, FL, and Mallory O’Connor, Professor of Art History, Emerita, Santa Fe College, FL.
2013 Second Place, Small Art-Big Impact Juried Exhibit, Manhattan Arts International, New York, NY Jurors: James Bacchi, ARtHaus Gallery, Edward Rubin, International Arts Writer, Curator, Artist, and Renée Phillips, Director, Manhattan Arts International.
2013 Best in Show/First Prize, The Art of Playing Juried Exhibit, Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center, Ft Myers, FL. Jurors: Carl Schwartz, Art Professor, Florida Gulf Coast University; Terry Tincher, Tincture Gallery, and Kathy Robinson, Sidney & Berne Davis Art Center.
2009 Best in Show/First Prize, 2D 3D All Florida Juried Exhibit, Alliance for the Arts, Ft Myers, FL. Juror: Morgan Lewis, Art Consultant, Florida Division of Cultural Affairs, Tallahassee, FL.
2008 Honorable Mention, 2D 3D All Florida Juried Exhibition, Alliance for the Arts, Ft Myers, FL. Juror: Marc Mitchell, Director, Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, MA.
2008 Award of Merit, Art Focus Exhibit, Center for the Arts Bonita Springs, FL. Juror: Ronald Bishop, Former Director, Bob Rauschenberg Gallery at Florida Southwestern State College, Fort Myers, FL.
2006 Second Place Award, Brickell Key Art Show, Brickell Key, FL
GRANTS
2024 Dina Baker Fund, Cultural Council for Palm Beach County, Lake Worth, FL
2020 The Arts Are Vital Grant, Alliance for the Arts in partnership with Meisenberg Family Trust, Fort Myers, FL
2008 Lost in Translation - Art Royale, Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers, FL
RESIDENCIES
2023-2024 Artist In Residence, Bailey Contemporary Arts Center, Pompano Beach, FL
2019 Painting and Mixed Media Summer Residency, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2016 Sun Peaks Center for Art and Sustainability Artist Residency, Colorado Springs, CO
1995 Vermont Studio Center Artist Residency, Johnson, VT
CURATORIAL
2021 International Curator, penning the curatorial exhibition narrative for Artistic Invasion, Alejandro Berro Museum, Soriano, Uruguay
VISITING ARTIST AND LECTURER
2020 "Introduction to Creativity and Entrepreneurship," School of Entrepreneurship, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL
2017 “What is the Connection between You, Economics, Art and the Environment? Collaboration with Raymond Blaha, B.A. Economics 2018; Black Box Theater, New College, Sarasota, FL
2013 “Utilizing Text and Image,” Visual Poetics and Narratives Course, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
TEACHING: Painting, Drawing, Creative Thinking
Arts Warehouse, Delray Beach, FL
Bailey Contemporary Arts Center Pompano Beach, FL
Florida Southwestern State College, Naples, FL
Naples Arts Institute, Naples, FL
Bonita Art League, Bonita Springs, FL
Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers, FL
ART COHORTS
TELEPORTAL, an international group of professional artists working and communicating virtually and exhibiting around the world
School of Visual Arts Residency Alumni Network, New York, NY
PUBLIC AND CORPORATE COLLECTIONS
Wasmer Art Collection, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, FL
The Alex and Carol Glassman Chabad Naples Jewish Community Center, Naples, FL
Museum of Contemporary Art, Art Mail Archives, Miami, FL
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., New York, NY
First Albany Corporation, New York, NY
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Meet Renée Rey, VoyageMIA, October 5, 2023
Meet Renée Rey/Painting, Mixed-Media and Assemblage Artist, SHOUTOUT MIAMI, May 24, 2023
Heather Couch, Marina Font, Renee Rey, and Terre Rybovich exhibit at the Wasmer Gallery, artdaily.com, October 27, 2020
When We See Further, exhibit at FGCU: Heather Couch, Marina Font, Renee Rey, and Terre Rybovich, Happenings Magazine, October 9, 2020
When We See Further, the women's exhibition at the Wasmer Gallery, Laura Vailati, www.miaminiche.com, October 12, 2020
FGCU presents"When We See Further" art exhibit, Florida Weekly, September 30, 2020
Meet Renée Rey, VoyageMIA.com, August 2019
Democratized Ecosystems, ArtistsandClimateChange.com, July 2019
The Earth World, Renée Rey, Portfolio Magazine, March 2018
Renée Rey Wins Best of Show in Naples Art Encounter 2017, Happenings Magazine, May 2017
Naples Art Association Presents Awards for National Art Encounter Competition, Florida Weekly Naples, March 30-April 5, 2017
The Limitless Renée Rey, Yohanna de la Torre, Gulf Coast Times, September 2014
Defining Moment, Sandra Yeyati, Focus of SWFL, November 2013
Artist’s Work to Benefit Japan, Amy Sowder, News-Press, May 27, 2011
Renée Rey, An Artistic Journey, Chay Baxley, Focus of SWFL, September 2010
Renee Rey wins top honor at Alliance 2D-3D show, Happenings Magazine, July 2009
Symphony II, Three Musicians, Naples Daily News, Friday, August 17, 2007
Artist Blends Music, Art, Liane Smith, The Arts Section, The Banner, August 11, 2007
Wearable Art Work, Vanessa Garcia, NY Arts, Vol. 11, No.5/6, May 2006
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