Renée Lotenero
Born in Cleveland, Ohio
Lives and works in Los Angeles and Lisbon
Education
2004 M.F.A, University of California Los Angeles (Sculpture)
2003 Advance Course in Visual Arts, Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Como, Italy
2002 B.F.A, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California
Solo Exhibitions
2018
Sprawl, DENK Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2012
Structural Impermanence, Peveto Gallery, Houston, TX
2011
Three Hundred and Sixty-Five, Sofa Gallery, Austin, TX
2009
Two Hundred and Four, Sofa Gallery, Austin, TX (catalogue)
2008
Shape and Shatter, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
New Work, Steven Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
2007
Ruins of Tiled Fantasies, McClain Gallery, Houston, TX
2006
LAX-CLE, raw & co, Cleveland, OH
2005
Common Street, Watertown, MA. 02472, McClain Gallery, Houston, TX
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
Text-ure, CICA Museum, Gyeonggi-do, Korea
Artful Reframing, West Gallery, University of La Verne, La Verne, CA
2022
About Place, University of La Verne Harris Gallery, La Verne, CA (catalogue)
2021
Betwixt and/or Between, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
2019
Dreamin’ of a…, Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017
Building as ever, California Pacific Triennial, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA (catalogue)
Interstitial, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CA
ExUrbe, Outpost Projects, Joshua Tree, CA
2016
Altered Reality - Contemporary Photography and Digital Imagery from the Fredrick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Malibu, CA
2015
INCOGNITO, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
2014
The Temporary Show, Whitdel Arts, Detroit, MI
A Few of Our Favorite Things, Peveto Gallery, Houston, TX
2013
Made in Monasterace, Galleria di Monasterace, Calabria, Italy
La Donna per il Rispetto della Natura e Dell'Arte, Parco Nazionale, Sila, Italy
2012
INCOGNITO, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
GAME ON, Peveto Gallery, Houston, TX
2011
INCOGNITO, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
Chain Letter, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
When my Solution is a Hammer, All My Problems Look Like Nails, Den Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
2010
ON PAPER, William Tower Gallery, Houston, TX
INCOGNITO, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
Supercalifragilistic (Mistaken Landscape), Le Ville Matte, Sardinia, Italy (catalogue)
ART from the ashes, Los Angeles, CA
2009
Accumulation, Andrew Rafacz Gallery, Chicago, IL
Wonderland, McClain Gallery, Houston, TX
Five Night Stand, Bonaventure Hotel, Los Angeles, CA
2008
FALL OUT, Claremont Graduate University, Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont, CA
Photo and Phantasy: Selections from the Fredrick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA
TOP ELEVEN, Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
2007
Made in California: Contemporary California Art from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation 15th Anniversary Celebration, Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Malibu, CA
Show, Jail Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
New American Talent: The 22nd Exhibition, Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin TX (catalogue)
The Eclectic Eye, Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, LA
Beyond Image: Photography in Contemporary Art, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
Sancta, Steven Turner Contemporary, Beverly Hills, CA
2006
Almost 30, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, Kansas
Photos and Phantasy, Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
2005
Laying the Foundation: American Art Tile, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA
That Which is Built, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Thing: New Sculpture from Los Angeles, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA (catalogue)
Temporary Public Installations
2018
ART in the jag, Otoco Gallery, Lisbon, Portugal
2015
Repubblica & Glendower, Villasor, Sardinia, Italy
2014
A Piece of Gerace, Detroit, Michigan
Esterni di Toffia, Toffia, Italy
2013
Le Scale... Via Giacomo Leopardi... Piazza Celestino Placanica, Monasterace Superiore, Calabria, Italy
Via Vittorio Emanuele III #28, Monasterace, Superiore, Calabria, Italy
Awards and designations
2023 Nocefresca Residenza Artistica, Milis, Sardinia, Italy
2017 BoCS Residenza Artistica, Cosenza, Italy
2015 Guest Artist Project, Cultural Affairs Department of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
2014 33 Officina Creativa, Toffia, Italy
2013 Simposio D’Arte Contemporanea, Sila, Italy
2013 Lo Studio dei Nipote, Calabria, Italy
2010 Le Ville Matte Residency, Sardinia, Italy
2008 ARC (Artists’ Resource for Completion) Grant. The Durfee Foundation
2005 Visiting Artist, American Academy in Rome, Italy
2004 Conference and Travel research Award
2003 D’Arcy Hayman Award
2001 Red Bull Fine Arts Award
Bibliography
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