RENEE ROYALE is an
independent curator,
visual artist, writer,
and digital strategist.
She is the founder of Support Black Art.
Her writing has been featured in various publications including Burnaway, YARD Concept, Departures, the Observer, the International Review of African American Art,
and the Black Aesthetic Volume III.
She was a 2022 recipient of the New Orleans Center for the Gulf South's Monroe Fellowship.
Renee is currently based in Chicago, IL, where she is pursuing an MFA in Art, Theory, and Practice at Northwestern University.
Email me here.
CURRENT & UPCOMING PROJECTS
GESTURES OF REFUSAL: Black Photography and Visual Culture → Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA. Group Exhibition, Exhibiting Artist, 6 January 2024 - 29 April 2024
A Nation Takes Place → Minnesota Marine Museum, Winona, MI. Group Exhibition, Exhibiting Artist, 21 August 2024 - 2 March 2025
RECENT PROJECTS
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
INSURGENT ECOLOGIES → Antenna Gallery, New Orleans, LA. Group Exhibition, Participating Artist, 8 April 2023 - 28 May 2023
IN THE SPIRIT OF BLACK → Ashé Cultural Arts Center, New Orleans, LA. Group Exhibition, Exhibiting Artist and Curatorial Assistant, 31 March - 3 June 2023
THIS IS NOW → ICOSA Art Gallery, Austin, TX. Group Exhibition, Exhibiting Artist, 2 December 2022 - 7 January 2023
RECENT WORK
Programs Manager → Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, March - September 2023
Curatorial Assistant → SEEING BLACK, May 2022 - August 2023
Freelance Writer → Burnaway, Olu & Company, New York Observer, et. al., 2018 - present
Community Manager → Black Trustee Alliance for Art Museums, January - April 2022
Social Media → Prospect New Orleans, New Orleans, 2019 - 2022
Social Media + Email Marketing → Black Artists + Designers Guild, 2021
Self Portrait, Renee Royale, 2022