Born 1995, New Jersey, USA. Currently based in New York City & New Jersey
Education
2018 BFA, Rhode Island School of Design - Painting
2018 BA, Brown University - Modern Culture and Media Studies
Solo & 2-Person Exhibitions
2025
Projection 011: Wayfinding curated by Alex Feim, CHART, NYC
2024
The Moment of Truth, Moskowitz Bayse, Los Angeles, CA
Ernesto Renda / Marlon Kroll presented by Management (NYC) at Material Art Fair , Mexico City
2023
Residency Open Studio , Adhesivo Contemporary, Mexico City
2022
NADA Miami with Moskowitz Bayse, Miami, FL
Ernesto Renda: Selections from "Altars", Grove Collective, London
Christian Franzen, Ernesto Renda, In Lieu Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2020
Dithering, Moskowitz Bayse, Los Angeles, CA
Ernesto Renda / Janie Korn, The Empty Circle Space, Brooklyn, NY (Click link to see the 3D interactive view)
Frottage Works, The National Arts Club, NYC.
2018
Sex Ed, Perry and Marty Granoff Center, Brown University, Providence, RI
2017
Pleas_xplore, RISD Fitness Center, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2015
Bacchanal, curated by Andrew Alexander, Providence, RI
2013
Function following Form, The Unitarian Church Gallery, Summit, NJ
Group Exhibitions
2025
Block Universe curated by Peter Kelly, Turley Gallery, Hudson, NY
Staying In curated by Michael Yuan, 1969 Gallery, NYC
10th Anniversary Exhibition, Moskowitz Bayse, Los Angeles, CA
Aristotle is a skeleton, Moskowitz Bayse, Los Angeles, CA
2024
Winter Show, National Arts Club, NYC
for love, for art and for being, UTA Artist Space, Los Angeles, CA
Postcards from the Edge 2024, Visual AIDS Benefit, Berry Campbell Gallery, NYC
Fire Island Artist Residency: Benefit Auction 2024, curated by Rob Thomas and Eric Suwall
2023
NADA Miami , Moskowitz Bayse Booth, NYC
Armory Show 2023, Moskowitz Bayse Booth, NYC
Zeitgeist, Vol. II, Adhesivo Contemporary, Mexico City
Untold Stories, G/ART/EN, Como, Italia
American Portraiture: Selling the Self, Morgan Presents, NYC
Twentysomethings, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL
2022
Anthem-X, organized by Jared Owens & Malin Gallery, Mana Contemporary, Miami, FL
Privacy Creep, curated by Ernesto Renda, Moskowitz Bayse, Los Angeles, CA
Surprise!, organized by Tomashi Jackson, Tilton Gallery, NYC
Life in an Ivory Tower, curated by Jack Siebert, 75 Kenmare Street, NYC
Dallas Art Fair, Moskowitz Bayse Booth, Dallas, TX
Dream Weaver, Grove Collective, London
The Views, curated by Zoe Fisher, Moskowitz Bayse, Los Angeles, CA
Shin Gallery X Sun Potion Casita Pop-Up, Santa Barbara, CA
2021
Silver Daze, Shin Gallery, NYC
Call It Winter, The National Arts Club, NYC
Higher Power: Brothers@ Benefit Auction curated by K.O. Nnamdie, hosted by Greenhouse Auctions on Artsy
Intertwined, curated by Alex Allenchey, 1969 Gallery, NYC
At One's Side curated by Melike Baskoylu, Thames Art Center, Brooklyn, NY
Roots Taking Root, James Fuentes Gallery, NYC
Timely, 11Newel, Brooklyn, NY
Here, There, Everywhere: Beyond Inclusion, Riverfront Art Gallery at Yonkers Public Library, Yonkers, NY
Summer Stage, Auxier Kline, NYC
Afterlight, curated by Kyle Hittmeier and Amanda Nedham, Field Projects Gallery, NYC
Painting the Narrative, The National Arts Club, NYC
Flame Tree, curated by Bony Ramirez, REGULARNORMAL Gallery, NYC
A Howl is Also A Prayer curated by John Brooks, Wilson Fine Arts Gallery, Georgetown College, Kentucky
ArtNoir From: Friends To: Friends Benefit Auction on Artsy
2020
We Must Begin Wherever We Are, curated by Ernesto Renda, Zürcher Gallery, NYC
Friends with Benefits, High Noon Gallery, NYC (online)
Queer Art Benefit 2020, The Center (LGBT Community Center), NYC (online)
2019
Show # 3, Trophycase Gallery (online)
SMUT curated by Liam Cotter, Con Artist Collective, NYC
2018
38th Annual Juried Student Exhibition curated by Sophia Narrett and Kalia Brooks Nelson, David Winton Bell Gallery, Providence, RI
Charmed, curated by Kyle Quinn, Yellow Peril Gallery, Providence, RI
You're Invited; The Exploration and Evolution of Girlhood, Sexuality and Identity, Gelman Gallery, Providence, RI
This Tuesday, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Senior Painting Exhibition, Woods-Gerry Gallery, RISD, Providence, RI
Brown Arts Initiative Grant Awardees Exhibition, Atrium Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI
Annual Brown-RISD Dual Degree Student Exhibition, Cohen Gallery, Brown University, RI
2017
Me and Daddy curated by Noah Pica, Benson Hall Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2016
Of Scale, curated by Ernesto Renda, Granoff Center, Brown University, Providence, RI
Group Exhibition at Exposé Gallery, Providence, RI
2015
Spring Arts Festival, Granoff Center, Brown University, Providence, RI
2013
24-Hour Art Show, Providence, RI
Curatorial Projects
2024
aura: Germán Enrique, Hale Jones, Jacob Lay, The Empty Circle, Brooklyn, NY
2022
Privacy Creep, Moskowitz Bayse Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2020
Sit...Play dead, Super Dutchess Gallery, NYC
We Must Begin Wherever We Are, Zürcher Gallery, New York, NY
2016
Of Scale, Granoff Center, Brown University, Providence, RI
Institutional Collections
Museo Jumex, Mexico City
Residencies
The Macedonia Institute, Chatham, NY, 2024
Zeitgeist Residency, Adhesivo Contemporary, Mexico City, 2023
Silver Art Projects Residency, New York, 2021 - 2022
Awards
Brown Arts Initiative Fellowship at Performa NYC, 2018
Brown Arts Initiative Student Project Grant, Fall 2017
Press
Chronogram, Brian K. Mahoney, "10 Art Shows to See in the Hudson Valley in April", April 3, 2025
Art Spiel, "Conversation; Katie Hector & Ernesto Renda: On East and West Coast Exhibitions", May 4, 2024
Visual Art Source, David S. Rubin, "Review: Ernesto Renda, "The Moment of Truth", April 13, 2024
Noir Magazine, Isamar Escobar, “Adhesivo Contemporary Una Galería Por Edith Vaisberg”, April 2023
Curatorial Affairs, Jacob Barnes, "The Cutaway", October 14, 2022
Art Maze Magazine, Editorial Selection, Issue 27, Summer 2022
Hypebeast, Shawn Ghassemitari, "Jack Siebert presents "Life in an Ivory Tower"", May 17, 2022
Two Coats of Paint, Andrew Woolbright, "Scene + Sensoria", August 13, 2021
The New Criterion, James Panero - "Critic's Notebook", June 14, 2021
ArtinRes, India Blaisdell- "Ernesto Renda: The Intersection of Queer Film and Fine Art", June 2021
Art Spiel, Etty Yaniv - "Painting the Narrative at the National Arts Club; In Dialogue with Dee Shapiro", June 2021
ArtWrite by Maggie Levine - "#20: Painting the Narrative" - May 2021
ArtViewer - "Sit...Play dead at Super Dutchess", January 2021
Artnet News, Cristina Cruz - "Editors’ Picks" (Empty Circle Exhibition), October 2020
Artnet News, Cristina Cruz - "Editors’ Picks" (We Must Begin Wherever We Are), August 2020
Gayletter - "The LGBT Center in NY is Hosting a Queer Art Benefit", May 2020
ArtinRes Weekly Curation, Melanie Reese - "Pre-Social Distancing Nostalgia", May 2020
Artnet News, Cristina Cruz - "Editors' Picks" (National Arts Club Exhibition), February 2020
Balaclava.q - "Ernesto Renda & The Queerealities of Seeing is Believing", January 2020
Law and Order Party - "Charmed at Yellow Peril Gallery", April 2018
RISD News - "Queering Space", February 2018