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.
Royale has exhibited work at various institutions including the Museum of Modern Art, Minnesota Marine Art Museum, Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans, Louisiana State University, Tulane University, Echo Contemporary, Antenna Gallery, Chicago Arts Coalition, and Roots and Culture. Her work has also 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 meandering between New Orleans, Chicago, and Mexico City.
Email: contact@reneeroyale.com
CURRENT & UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
New Photography 2025: Lines of Belonging → Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY. Group Exhibition, Exhibiting Artist, 14 September 2025 - 17 January 2026
Boundary Layers→ Whitespace, Atlanta, GA. Group Exhibition, Exhibiting Artist, 24 January 2026 - 7 March 2026
RECENT EXHIBITIONS
Wayfinding: Human Intervention → Roots & Culture Contemporary Art Center, Chicago, IL. Group Exhibition, Exhibiting Artist, 25 July 2025 - 30 August 2025
Fluid Dynamics → Angel’s Gate Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA. Group Exhibition, Exhibiting Artist, 12 July 2025 - 28 September 2025
Plastic, the New Coal → The Descendant’s Project Education and Cultural District, Vacherie, Louisiana. Group Exhibition, Exhibiting Artist, 15 March 2025 - 15 April 2025
NewCity 2025 Breakout Artist Exhibition → Chicago Artists Coalition, Chicago, IL. Group Exhibition, Exhibiting Artist, 23 April 2025 - 3 June 2025
A Nation Takes Place → Minnesota Marine Museum, Winona, MI. Group Exhibition, Exhibiting Artist, 21 August 2024 - 2 March 2025
Self Portrait, Renee Royale, 2024