RENEE ROYALE (b. 1990, Brooklyn, NY) is a research-based and process-oriented visual artist whose practice operates at the intersections of media, philosophy, and ecology.
She is the founder of Support Black Art. Her art has been featured in publications including liquid blackness, SEEING BLACK: Photography in New Orleans 1840 and Beyond, A Nation Takes Place: Navigating Race and Water in Contemporary Art, and an artist’s book, Landscapes of Matter.
Her writing has been featured in Burnaway, YARD Concept, Departures, the Observer, the International Review of African American Art, and the Black Aesthetic Volume III.
Renee is currently based between New Orleans, LA, and Chicago, IL, where she is pursuing an MFA in Art, Theory, and Practice at Northwestern University.
Email: contact@reneeroyale.com
CURRENT & UPCOMING PROJECTS
A Nation Takes Place → Minnesota Marine Museum, Winona, MI. Group Exhibition, Exhibiting Artist, 21 August 2024 - 2 March 2025
New Photography 2025: Lines of Belonging→ Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY. Group Exhibition, Exhibiting Artist, 14 September 2025 - 17 January 2026
RECENT PROJECTS
GESTURES OF REFUSAL: Black Photography and Visual Culture → Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA. Group Exhibition, Exhibiting Artist, 6 January 2024 - April 2024
COLLECTIVE TELLING: Southern Rooted Perspectives on Place, History, + Emergence → Echo Contemporary Art, Atlanta, GA. Group Exhibition, Exhibiting Artist, 12 January 2024 - 17 February 2024
Finding Grounding → LSU Barnes Ogden Gallery, Baton Rouge, LA. Group Exhibition, Exhibiting Artist, 15 November 2023 - 28 January 2024
Play It Louder → Albert & Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design, New Orleans, LA. Group Exhibition, Exhibiting Artist, 4 October 2023 - December 15 2023
Insurgent Ecologies: Hotter than July → Law Warschaw Gallery, Macalester College, St Paul, MN. Group Exhibition, Exhibiting Artist, 18 September 2023 - 10 December 2023
EVIDENCE → Antenna Gallery, New Orleans, LA. Solo Exhibition, 9 September 2023 - 29 October 2023
UNTITLED (Invisible Identities) → Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA. Group Exhibition, Participating Artist, 5 August 2023 - 8 October 2023
Self Portrait, Renee Royale, 2024