RENEE ROYALE (b. 1990) is an artist, writer, independent curator, and digital strategist. Born in New York, she is a dual citizen of the United States and Barbados, and is currently based in New Orleans. She endeavors to diversify the experiences and relationships we have with art, utilizing innovative methods and modern technology to break down socioeconomic and institutionalized barriers for a more equitable, authentic art world.
She is the founder of Support Black Art, a digital diasporic platform that provides visibility and resources to Black artists. Her last curatorial project was Sugar, a group exhibition at Antenna Gallery in New Orleans that was also a Prospect New Orleans P.5 Satellite Exhibition. The majority of her past curatorial projects have been exhibited in alternative art spaces and galleries in New York and New Orleans, including her own living room.
As a writer, she places emphasis on literary reviews and critiques of artwork and perspectives of artists of the global majority. Her writing has been featured in publications including Burnaway, the Observer, YARD Concept, Departures, the International Review of African American Art, and two anthologies: The Black Aesthetic Season III, and 7 Days: Expanded Edition.
As an artist, her practice is rooted in visual explorations of humans and the environments that we inhabit. Her most recent works center studies of deep time, call-and-response from an ecological perspective, trauma responses, and birthright. She employs the use of medium format and Polaroid films, found materials, mixed media, performance art, and video in her visual storytelling, interweaving disciplines at whim to add layers and context to what is being conveyed. She is a 2022 recipient of the New Orleans Center for the Gulf South's Monroe Fellowship.
Her digital strategy experience has allowed her the opportunity to work with art organizations including the Black Trustee Alliance for Art Museums, Prospect New Orleans, Black Artists + Designers Guild, the New Orleans Arts Council, the New Orleans African American Museum, and AC Institute.
She has presented and moderated talks for Antenna Gallery, The Black Curatorial Labs, A Black Creative’s Guide, PRIZM Art Fair, Ace Hotel New Orleans, Louisiana State University, Mills College, and Black Gotham.