Born 1974 in Hong Kong, lives and works in London |
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS |
2020 |
Figurines, Mossman Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand |
2019 |
Renee So, De La Warr Pavilion, Sussex, UK |
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Renee So, Henry Moore Institute, UK |
2016 |
Vessel Man, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, Australia |
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Renee So, Kate MacGarry, London, UK |
2013 |
Conspiracy of Detail, GSA, Glasgow, UK |
2012 |
Renee So, Kate MacGarry, London |
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Renee So, Marc Jancou Contemporary, Geneva, Switzerland |
2011 |
Barbuto, Hopkinson Cundy, Auckland, New Zealand |
2010 |
Renee So, Uplands Gallery, Melbourne, Australia |
2009 |
Renee So, Kate MacGarry, London, UK |
2008 |
Renee So, Uplands Gallery, Melbourne, Australia |
2003 |
Close Knit II, Studio 12, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne, Australia |
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Close Knit, Craft Victoria, Melbourne, Australia |
2002 |
Simple Pleasures, Gallery 4A, Sydney, Australia |
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Flock Culture, Studio 12, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne, Australia |
2000 |
Inspirational Contents of Living, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne, Australia |
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Insects (in collaboration with Nathan Gray), TCB art inc., Melbourne, Australia |
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS |
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2020 |
Transparent Things, Goldsmiths CCA, London, UK |
2019 |
Idols, Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran and Renee So, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, Australia |
2018 |
The London Open, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK |
2017-18 |
Fifteen, Kate MacGarry, London, UK |
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Iconoclasts: Art Out of The Mainstream, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK |
2017 |
In Search of Miss Ruthless, ParaSite, Hong Kong, China |
2016 |
One Day, Something Happens: Paintings of People: A Selection by Jennifer Higgie from the Arts Council Collection, Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds, Nottingham, UK |
2015 |
Busts, David Noonan, Renee So, Runa Islam, Hopkinson Mossman, Auckland, New Zealand, |
2014 |
Curated By Michael Marriott and Jesse Wine, Limoncello, London, UK |
2013 |
A Conspiracy of Detail, Mackintosh Museum, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, UK |
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Renee So, Kate MacGarry, Frieze New York, U.S.A |
2012 |
Dawn Chorus, Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds, UK |
2011 |
Keno Twins 5, Barriera, Turin, Italy |
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First Show, Kalimanrawlins, Melbourne, Autralia |
2010 |
Keno Twins 4, Villa Merkel, Esslingen, Germany |
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Newspeak: British Art Now pt.2, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK |
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Keno Twins 3, Galerie Susanne Zander, Cologne, Germany |
2009 |
Jean-Luc Blanc: Opera Rock, CAPC, Musee d’art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France |
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Swans Reflecting Elephants (Renee So, Varda Caivano, Rose Wylie), Kate MacGarry, London |
2008 |
Revolving Doors: an exhibition in memory of Blair Trethowan, Uplands Gallery, Melbourne, Australia |
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3am Eternal, Alexandre Pollazzon, London, UK |
2007 |
SV07, Studio Voltaire, London (selected by Polly Staple, Christabel Stewart, Stuart Comer), UK |
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Neointegrity, Derek Eller Gallery, NY, U.S.A |
2006 |
The Small Painting Show, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Kansas, U.S.A |
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Satellite, Shanghai (curated by Richard Thomas), China |
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Family Resemblance, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, Australia |
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The Schanck Show, Cape Schanck, Melbourne, Australia |
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Meeting Place, Keeping Place, The Arts Centre, Melbourne, Australia |
2005 |
A Group Show, Kaliman Gallery, Sydney, Australia |
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A Re-Constructed World, Linden – St Kilda Centre for Contemporary Arts, Melbourne (curated by Jan Duffy), Australia |
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A Short Ride in a Fast Machine 1985–2005, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne, Australia |
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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), UK |
2004 |
The Infinite Fill Show, (curated by Cory Arcangel), Foxy Productions, NY, U.S.A |
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Xin Nian, Response Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia |
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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, Australia |
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The Freedman Foundation Exhibition, Sir Hermann Black Gallery, University of Sydney, Australia |
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Calibre Art Project, Calibre, Sydney, Australia |
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We Don’t Charge For Looking, Block Gallery, Sydney, Australia |
2002 |
Gertrude Studio Artists, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne, Australia |
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Departures, BUS, Melbourne, Australia |
2001 |
Gertrude Studio Artists, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne, Australia |
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Yarns, Jewish Museum of Australia, Melbournem, Australia |
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Tougher than Art, First Floor, Melbourne, Australia |
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Sample, Kinki Gerlinki / Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, Australia |
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EDUCATION |
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1993-97 |
BA Fine Art, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne |
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AWARDS |
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2004 |
Australia Council – London Studio Residency |
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The Freedman Foundation Travelling Scholarship for Emerging Artists |
2003 |
Craft Victoria Artists’ Grant |
2001 |
Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces – Studio Residency, Melbourne |
2000 |
Australia Council Grant – New Work |
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Pat Corrigan Artists’ Grant |
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SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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2019 |
Vitamin C: Clay and Ceramic, Phaidon |
2012 |
Williams, Gilda, ‘Renee So’, Art Forum, April, p.221-2, |
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O’Reilly, Sally, ‘Renee So’, Frieze, Issue 146, April, p.140, |
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Sherwin, Skye, ‘Artist of the week 175: Renee So’, Guardian, 2 February |
2011 |
Pys, Pavel S., ‘On the World Stage: Renee So’, Australian Art Collector, Issue 55, Jan-March, p.117 |
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Sumpter, Helen, ‘Charles Saatchi unveils a new Britart generation’, Time Out London, November 11-17, p.55 |
2010 |
Clare, Claudia, ‘Material Return’, Ceramic Review, Jan/Feb, pp.50-3 |
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Higgie, Jennifer, Nine heads and the difference in eyes, Uplands catalogue |
2008 |
Rainforth, Dylan, ‘Renee So, Uplands Gallery’, The Age, 20 April |
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Backhouse, Megan, ‘Renee So, Uplands Gallery’, The Age, 19 April |
2007 |
Cotter, Holland, ‘When the Curator Is Also an Artist, Go Ahead, Expect Surprises’, The New York Times, 09 August |
2006 |
Davenport, Rhana, ‘Beauty, Shadow-Play and Silhouettes’, Art and Australia, Summer |
2005 |
Seeto, Aaron, ‘Knitted Masks: Renee So’, Object Magazine #47, August |
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Besley, Joanne, Echoes of Home, catalogue |
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Bell, Anonda, Xin Nian, catalogue |