ERNESTO RENDA

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Born 1995, Trenton, NJ

Lives and works in New York, NY and Somerset, NJ

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Education

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2018  BFA, Rhode Island School of Design - Painting

2018  BA, Brown University - Modern Culture and Media Studies

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Solo & 2-Person Exhibitions

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2022  Christian Franzen, Ernesto Renda, In Lieu Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

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2020   Dithering, Moskowitz Bayse Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

           Hot Wax curated by Matt Nasser, The Empty Circle Space, Brooklyn, NY (Click link to see the 3D interactive view)

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           Frottage Works, The National Arts Club, NYC.

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2018  Sex Ed, Perry and Marty Granoff Center, Brown University, Providence, RI

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2017  Pleas_xplore, RISD Fitness Center, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

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2015  Bacchanal, curated by Andrew Alexander, Providence, RI

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2013  Function following Form, The Unitarian Church Gallery, Summit, NJ

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Group Exhibitions

2021  [Forthcoming] Shin Gallery, NYC

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          Call It Winter, The National Arts Club, NYC

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          Higher Power Benefit Auction curated by K.O. Nnamdie, hosted by Greenhouse Auctions on Artsy

          Intertwined, curated by Alex Allenchey, 1969 Gallery, NYC

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          At One's Side curated by Melike Baskoylu, Thames Art Center, Brooklyn, NY

          Roots Taking Root, James Fuentes Gallery, NYC

          Timely, 11Newel, Brooklyn, NY

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          Here, There, Everywhere: Beyond Inclusion, Riverfront Art Gallery at Yonkers Public Library, Yonkers, NY

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          Summer Stage, Auxier Kline, NYC

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          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

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          ArtNoir From: Friends To: Friends Benefit Auction on Artsy

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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)

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2019  Show # 3, Trophycase Gallery (online)

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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

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Charmed, curated by Kyle Quinn, Yellow Peril Gallery, Providence, RI

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You're Invited; The Exploration and Evolution of Girlhood, Sexuality and Identity, Gelman Gallery, Providence, RI

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This Tuesday, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

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Senior Painting Exhibition, Woods-Gerry Gallery, RISD, Providence, RI

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Brown Arts Initiative Grant Awardees Exhibition, Atrium Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI

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Annual Brown-RISD Dual Degree Student Exhibition, Cohen Gallery, Brown University, RI

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2017  Me and Daddy curated by Noah Pica, Benson Hall Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

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2016  Of Scale, curated by Ernesto Renda, Granoff Center, Brown University, Providence, RI

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Group Exhibition at Exposé Gallery, Providence, RI

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2015  Spring Arts Festival, Granoff Center, Brown University, Providence, RI

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2013  24-Hour Art Show,  Providence, RI

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Curatorial

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2020  Sit...Play dead, Super Dutchess Gallery, NYC

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          We Must Begin Wherever We Are, Zürcher Gallery, New York, NY

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2016  Of Scale, Granoff Center, Brown University, Providence, RI

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Awards

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Brown Arts Initiative Fellowship at Performa NYC, 2018

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Brown Arts Initiative Student Project Grant, Fall 2017

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Press

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Two Coats of Paint, Andrew Woolbright, "Scene + Sensoria", August 13, 2021

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The New Criterion, James Panero - "Critic's Notebook", June 14, 2021

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ArtinRes, India Blaisdell- "Ernesto Renda: The Intersection of Queer Film and Fine Art", June 2021

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Art Spiel, Etty Yaniv - "Painting the Narrative at the National Arts Club; In Dialogue with Dee Shapiro", June 2021

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ArtWrite by Maggie Levine - "#20: Painting the Narrative" - May 2021

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ArtViewer - "Sit...Play dead at Super Dutchess", January 2021

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Artnet News, Cristina Cruz  - "Editors’ Picks" (Empty Circle Exhibition), October 2020

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Artnet News, Cristina Cruz  - "Editors’ Picks" (We Must Begin Wherever We Are), August 2020

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Gayletter - "The LGBT Center in NY is Hosting a Queer Art Benefit", May 2020

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ArtinRes Weekly Curation, Melanie Reese - "Pre-Social Distancing Nostalgia", May 2020

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Artnet News, Cristina Cruz - "Editors' Picks" (National Arts Club Exhibition), February 2020

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Balaclava.q - "Ernesto Renda & The Queerealities of Seeing is Believing", January 2020

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Law and Order Party - "Charmed at Yellow Peril Gallery", April 2018

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RISD News - "Queering Space", February 2018

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Intertwined, curated by Alex Allenchey, 1969 Gallery, New York, NY, November 11 - December 19, 2021.