Renee Royale
B. 1990, Brooklyn, NY.
Education
Northwestern University, Master in Fine Arts in Art, Theory, and Practice, Expected Graduation, June 2025
University of New Orleans, Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, 2023
Burnaway Art Writing Incubator, 2020
Professional Experience
Freelance Writer — Burnaway, 64 Parishes, New York Observer, Olu & Company, et. al., 2018- Present
Program Manager — Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, March 2023 - September 2023
Associate Curator — SEEING BLACK: Photography in New Orleans 1840 and Beyond, January 2022 - June 2023
Community Manager — Black Trustee Alliance for Art Museums, New York, 2022
Social Media Manager — Prospect New Orleans, New Orleans, 2019-2022
Social Media Manager — Black Artists & Designers Guild, 2021
Social Media Manager / Digital Engagement —Slave Rebellion Reenactment Project, Antenna, New Orleans, 2019
Social Media Manager — Arts Council of New Orleans, New Orleans, 2018-2019
Curatorial Assistant — AC Institute, New York, 2018
Gallery Assistant — Michael Ingbar Gallery, New York, 2014-2016
Scholarly/Professional Publications (selected)
Landscapes of Matter, Self Published Art Book, 2023
Sugar, Exhibition Catalog, 2022
Anthologies
Contributing Writer, “Parlor Room Sessions,” Black Aesthetics Volume III, 2020
Contributing Writer, Life in the Arts, 7 Days: Expanded Edition, 2020
Exhibition Reviews
Nurhan Gokturk’s Behind the Black Veil, Medium, 2022
Candice Lin at LSU Museum of Art, Baton Rouge, Burnaway, 2022
Nate Lewis’ Intricate Paper Sculptures Are Informed by What He Learned in Nursing School, Observer, 2022
AfriCOBRA: Now: a review of the New York show. The International Review of African American Art, Vol. 28 No. 3, 2018
Curatorial Work
SEEING BLACK — Publication and Multi-Site Exhibitions, Curatorial Assistant, May 2022 - June 2023
Sugar — Antenna, Antenna Gallery Artist Collective P.5 Satellite Exhibitions, November 2021 - February 2022. New Orleans, USA
In Root, Of Bone — Ace Hotel, Group Exhibition, July 2019 - October 2019. New Orleans, USA.
Unnu Contemporary Art Fest — Barbados Museum & Historical Society, May 2019. Bridgetown, Barbados.
We Dream in Color — Macy’s Flagship Store, Queer | Art Group Exhibition, June 19-30, 2018. New York City, USA.
Spatial Orientation: An Exploration of Adaptation — Parlor Room Sessions, Group Exhibition, May - June 2018. New York City, USA
Phoenix Rising — Parlor Room Sessions, Group Exhibition, April 2018. New York City, USA.
Where Pathways Meet — Bishop Gallery, Group Exhibition, October 2016. Brooklyn, USA.
Additional Projects
Support Black Art, Online International Digital Platform/Museum Space, February 2016 - Present
SUSTENANCE, Artist Soirée Series, 2022
Sustenance for the Soul, Invitation-Only Artist Talk Series, December 2022 - Present
Solo Exhibitions
EVIDENCE — Antenna Gallery, New Orleans, LA. Solo Exhibition, 9 September 2023 - 29 October 2023
Selected Group Exhibitions
A Nation Takes Place — Minnesota Marine Museum, Winona, MN. 21 August 2024 - 2 March 2025
Gestures of Refusal: Black Photography and Visual Culture — Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA. 6 January 2024 - 29 April 2024
Collective Telling: Southern Rooted Perspectives on Place, History, & Emergence — Echo Contemporary Art, Atlanta, GA. 12 January 2024 - 17 February 2024
Finding Grounding — Collaboration between LSU College of Art & Design and the East Baton Rouge Library, Baton Rouge, LA. Rotating Exhibition, 2 October 2023 - 9 November 2023. LSU Barnes Ogden Gallery, 15 November 2023 - 28 January 2024
Insurgent Ecologies: Hotter than July — Law Warschaw Gallery, Macalester College, St Paul, MN. 18 September 2023 - 10 December 2023
Play It Louder — Albert & Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design, New Orleans, LA. 4 October 2023 - December 2023
UNTITLED (Invisible Identities) — Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA. 5 August 2023 - 8 October 2023
INSURGENT ECOLOGIES — Antenna Gallery, New Orleans, LA. 8 April 2023 - 28 May 2023
IN THE SPIRIT OF BLACK — Ashé Cultural Arts Center, New Orleans, LA. 31 March - 3 June 2023
This Is Now — ICOSA Gallery, Austin, TX. December 2, 2022 - January 7, 2023.
PHANTASMA — [ART] CONSCIOUS, Arabi, LA. October 21 - December 4, 2022. Arabi, LA
Remember Earth? — Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, LA. July 30 - September 25, 2022.
Past, Present, and Afrofuturism — The Front Gallery, New Orleans, LA. July 9 - August 7 2022.
Hello? Are You Still There? .... . .-.. .-.. --- ..--.. / .- .-. . / -.-- --- ..- / ... - .. .-.. .-.. / - .... . .-. . ..--.. — Carroll Gallery at Tulane University, New Orleans, LA. June 7 - 24 2022.
Portal/Passage — Paper Monuments, New Orleans, LA. March - April 2019.
Fresh Meat — Michael Ingbar Gallery, New York City, NY. December 2016 - January 2017.
Brontide — Koda Lounge, Brooklyn, NY. October 2016.
Public Presentations | Artist Talks | Tours
The Way of Water: Exploring Local Ecosystems, Presenter — Create + Engage Virtual Workshop, April 2024
Collective Telling Artist Talk + Dinner — Echo Contemporary Art, Atlanta, GA. February 2024
ART PAPERS Artist Writing Workshop, Facilitator — Community Book Center, New Orleans, LA, 2023
Finding Grounding Art and Nature Connection Workshop, Facilitating Artist — Frenchtown Conservation Area in conjunction with LSU School of Art, Baton Rouge, LA, 2023
Prospect New Orleans Young Artists Exchange, Mentor — Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA 2022
The Black Curatorial Labs, Presenter — UK Based, Online Talk, 2021
#BlackArt: Dialogue in Digital, Moderator — PRIZM Art Fair, Miami, FL, 2019
We #SupportBlackArt, Curator Talk — Essentials x Essence, New Orleans, LA, 2019
A Black Creative’s Guide, Exhibition Tour — Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, LA, 2019
The Necessity of Visibility, Presentation — Black Gotham: Graphic Novel Night, New York, NY, 2017
Awards | Grants
2022 Monroe Fellow Research Grant — New Orleans Center for the Gulf South, New Orleans, LA
2021 Carl Muckley Award — University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA