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, ROSEGALLERY, 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
MEDLEY → LATITUDE / Epiphany Center for the Arts, Chicago, IL. Group Exhibition, 19 June 2026 - 20 September 2026
Ground Floor → Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL. Group Exhibition, 9 August 2026 - 1 November 2026
RECENT EXHIBITIONS
The Assembly → Old Ford Motor Plant, Arabi, LA. Group Exhibition, 12 April 2026 - 30 June 2026
Binh Danh & Renee Royale → ROSEGALLERY, Santa Monica, CA. Dual Exhibition, 14 March 2026 - 2 May 2026
Shadow Work: Photograms and Other Explorations → Longvue House and Gardens, New Orleans, LA. Solo Exhibition, 24 March 2026 - 26 April 2026
Boundary Layers → Whitespace Gallery/whitespec, Atlanta, GA. Group Exhibition, 24 January 2026 - 7 March 2026
New Photography 2025: Lines of Belonging→ Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY. Group Exhibition, 14 September 2025 - 17 January 2026
Wayfinding: Human Intervention → Roots & Culture Contemporary Art Center, Chicago, IL. Group Exhibition, 25 July 2025 - 30 August 2025
Self Portrait, Renee Royale, 2024