Painting & Drawing
Renee Lai
EDUCATION AND TRAINING:
2019 University of Texas at Austin
MFA Studio Art, concentration in Painting and Drawing
2014 New York Studio School
7 week Summer Marathon program in painting and drawing with Graham Nickson and Elisa Jensen
2014 Dartmouth College, B.A. Studio Art and English
Awarded Honors in Studio Art
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2023 (Upcoming) TBD, grayDUCK Gallery, Austin, TX
2022 (Upcoming)The Bathing of the Sphinx, Elizabet Ney Museum, Austin, TX
2021 A Study of Fences, grayDUCK Gallery, Austin, TX
2014 Paintings by Renee Lai, Dick’s House, Hanover, NH
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2021 Austin Studio Tour, Big Medium, Austin, TX
2021 Red Dot Art Spree, Women & Their Work, Austin, TX
2021 Conversant, Second State Press, Philadelphia, PA
2021 2021 Alumni Exhibition, New York Studio School, Online (COVID-19)
2020 Red Dot Art Spree, Women & Their Work, Austin, TX
2020 Work Project, Sunhouse Arts, Online (COVID-19)
2020 Cover Art, Women & Their Work, Austin, TX
2020 New York Studio School Alumni Exhibition, Artsy, online (COVID-19)
2020 People’s Gallery Exhibition, Austin City Hall, Austin, TX
2019 Open Studios, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2019 Red Dot Art Spree, Women & Their Work, Austin, TX
2019 2019 Alumni Exhibition, New York Studio School, Manhattan, NY
2019 Regional Juried Exhibition, Artspace, Fort Worth, TX
2019 Hero Ready, Visual Arts Center, Austin, TX
2019 Ondante/Waves, Officina15, Castiglione dei Pepoli, Italy
2018 Mappings/Borders/Traces: Recent Takes on Landscape, Visual Arts Center, Austin, TX
2018 X Marks the Spot, New York Studio School Gallery, NY, NY
2018 Intervals, Vivid Space SD Gallery, San Diego, CA
2018 Subjective Perspective, Dude Ranch Gallery, Austin, TX
2017 Eleven Strangers and a Wall, Visual Arts Center, Austin, TX
2017 This is Brooklyn, The Stoop, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Greenpoint Open Studios, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Winter Salon Show, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Greenpoint Open Studios, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Women in the Arts: Women of Dartmouth, Manhattan, NY
2014 Senior Majors Thesis Exhibition, Hanover, NH
2014 This Is Not a Show, Bones Gate Gallery, Hanover, NH
AWARDS, GRANTS, & RESIDENCIES:
2021 Monson Arts Residency, Monson, ME
The LINE Residency, Big Medium, Austin, TX
2019 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
University of Texas at Austin Vermont Studio Center Fellowship
University of Texas Travel Grant
2018 Recipient of the M.K. Hage Endowed Scholarship in Fine Arts
2017 Recipient of the Susan Vaughan Foundation Endowed Scholarship in Art and Art History
2017 Recipient of the Ellen Clayton Garwood Scholarship Fund
2017 Recipient of the Michael Frary Endowed Scholarship in Painting
2017 Recipient of the David Bruton Jr. Endowment for Graduate Fellowships
2014 Class of 1960 Purchase Award
2014 Robert Reed Graphic Prize
2012-2013 Presidential Scholarship in Printmaking
TALKS:
2021 Artist Talk, A Study of Fences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
2021 Artist Talk, A Study of Fences, University of Texas, Austin, TX
2021 Artist Talk, A Study of Fences, grayDUCK gallery, Austin, TX
2019 Artist Talk, Renee Lai, University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX
2018 Panel Gallery talk: Another Green World, Visual Arts Center, Austin, TX
PUBLICATIONS:
2019 Southern Heat Exchange, Summer Process, New Orleans, LA