Renee So

Rafiq, 2009

glazed ceramic 42 x 36 x 27 cm

Full biography

Solo Exhibitions

2012

Renee So, Kate MacGarry

2011

Barbuto, Hopkinson Cundy, Auckland, New Zealand

2010

Renee So, Uplands Gallery, Melbourne

2009

Renee So, Kate MacGarry

2008

Renee So, Uplands Gallery, Melbourne

2003

Close Knit II, Studio 12, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne

Close Knit, Craft Victoria, Melbourne

2002

Simple Pleasures, Gallery 4A, Sydney

Flock Culture, Studio 12, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne

2000

Inspirational Contents of Living, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne

Insects (in collaboration with Nathan Gray), TCB art inc., Melbourne

Group Exhibitions

2012

Group Show, Spazio Cabinet, Milan

2011

Keno Twins 5, Barriera, Turin

First Show, KalimanRawlin, Melbourne

2010

Keno Twins 4, Villa Merkel, Esslingen, Germany

Newspeak: British Art Now pt.2, Saatchi Gallery

Keno Twins 3, Galerie Susanne Zander, Cologne

2009

Jean-Luc Blanc: Opera Rock, CAPC, Musee d’art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France

2008

Swans Reflecting Elephants (Renee So, Varda Caivano, Rose Wylie), Kate MacGarry

Revolving Doors: an exhibition in memory of Blair Trethowan, Uplands Gallery, Melbourne

3am Eternal, Alexandre Pollazzon, London

2007

SV07, Studio Voltaire, London (selected by Polly Staple, Christabel Stewart, Stuart Comer)

Neointegrity, Derek Eller Gallery, New York

2006

The Small Painting Show, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Kansas

Satellite, Shanghai (curated by Richard Thomas)

Family Resemblance, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne

The Schanck Show, Cape Schanck, Melbourne

Meeting Place, Keeping Place, The Arts Centre, Melbourne

2005

A Group Show, Kaliman Gallery, Sydney

A Re-Constructed World, Linden – St Kilda Centre for Contemporary Arts, Melbourne (curated by Jan Duffy)

A Short Ride in a Fast Machine 1985–2005, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne

Echoes of Home, Museum of Brisbane, Brisbane, Cairns Regional Gallery, QLD; Orange Regional Gallery, NSW; Fremantle Arts Centre, WA; Geraldton Regional Art Gallery, WA; Ivan Dougherty Gallery, College of Fine Art, NSW; Goulburn Regional Art Gallery, NSW; RMIT Gallery, VIC (curated by Christine Clarke)

2004

The Infinite Fill Show, (curated by Cory Arcangel), Foxy Productions, New York

Xin Nian, Response Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

Asian Traffic, Gallery 4A, Sydney (official Biennale of Sydney event), Esplanade, Singapore; Today Art Museum, Beijing; Duolun Art Museum, Shanghai; OCTA Contemporary Art Museum, Shenzhen; Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong

2003

Contemporary Collectors Benefit Auction, Art Gallery of NSW, Sydney

The Freedman Foundation Exhibition, Sir Hermann Black Gallery, University of Sydney

Calibre Art Project, Calibre, Sydney

We Don’t Charge For Looking, Block Gallery, Sydney

2002

Gertrude Studio Artists, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne

Departures, BUS, Melbourne

2001

Gertrude Studio Artists, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne

Yarns, Jewish Museum of Australia, Melbourne

Tougher than Art, First Floor, Melbourne

Sample, Kinki Gerlinki / Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne

Education

1993–1997 BA Fine Art, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne

Awards

Australia Council – London Studio Residency, 2004

The Freedman Foundation Travelling Scholarship for Emerging Artists,

Craft Victoria Artists’ Grant, 2003

Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces – Studio Residency, Melbourne, 2001

Australia Council Grant – New Work, 2000

Pat Corrigan Artists’ Grant, 2000

Selected Bibliography

2011

On the World Stage: Renee So, Pavel S Pys, Australian Art Collector, Issue 55, Jan-March 2011, p.117

2010

Charles Saatchi unveils a new Britart generation, Helen Sumpter, Time Out London, November 11-17, p.55

Material Return, Claudia Clare, Ceramic Review, Jan/Feb 2010, pp.50-3

2008

Nine heads and the difference in eyes, Jennifer Higgie, Uplands catalogue

Renee So, Uplands Gallery, Dylan Rainforth, The Age, 20 April 2008

Renee So, Uplands Gallery, Megan Backhouse, The Age, 19 April 2008

2007

When the Curator Is Also an Artist, Go Ahead, Expect Surprises, Holland Cotter, The New York Times, 09 August 2007

2006

Beauty, Shadow-Play and Silhouettes, Rhana Davenport, Art and Australia, Summer 2006

2005

Knitted Masks: Renee So, Aaron Seeto, Object Magazine #47, August 2005

Echoes of Home, Joanne Besley, catalogue

2004

Xin Nian, Anonda Bell, catalogue