RENEE SO
Selected Works
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Press
- Ocula, 2019(pdf)
- Vault Magazine, 2016(pdf)
- Art Agenda, 2016(pdf)
- Frieze Masters, 2015(pdf)
- Artforum, 2012(pdf)
- Frieze, 2012(pdf)
- The Guardian, 2012(pdf)
- Ceramic Review, 2010(pdf)
| Born 1974 in Hong Kong, lives and works in London | |
| SOLO EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2020 | Figurines, Mossman Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand |
| 2019 | Renee So, De La Warr Pavilion, Sussex, UK |
| Renee So, Henry Moore Institute, UK | |
| 2016 | Vessel Man, Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery, Sydney, Australia |
| Renee So, Kate MacGarry, London, UK | |
| 2013 | Conspiracy of Detail, GSA, Glasgow, UK |
| 2012 | Renee So, Kate MacGarry, London |
| 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 |
| Close Knit, Craft Victoria, Melbourne, Australia | |
| 2002 | Simple Pleasures, Gallery 4A, Sydney, Australia |
| Flock Culture, Studio 12, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne, Australia | |
| 2000 | Inspirational Contents of Living, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne, Australia |
| Insects (in collaboration with Nathan Gray), TCB art inc., Melbourne, Australia | |
| GROUP EXHIBITIONS | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| First Show, Kalimanrawlins, Melbourne, Autralia | |
| 2010 | Keno Twins 4, Villa Merkel, Esslingen, Germany |
| Newspeak: British Art Now pt.2, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK | |
| Keno Twins 3, Galerie Susanne Zander, Cologne, Germany | |
| 2009 | Jean-Luc Blanc: Opera Rock, CAPC, Musee d’art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France |
| 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 |
| 3am Eternal, Alexandre Pollazzon, London, UK | |
| 2007 | SV07, Studio Voltaire, London (selected by Polly Staple, Christabel Stewart, Stuart Comer), UK |
| Neointegrity, Derek Eller Gallery, NY, U.S.A | |
| 2006 | The Small Painting Show, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Kansas, U.S.A |
| Satellite, Shanghai (curated by Richard Thomas), China | |
| Family Resemblance, Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, Australia | |
| The Schanck Show, Cape Schanck, Melbourne, Australia | |
| Meeting Place, Keeping Place, The Arts Centre, Melbourne, Australia | |
| 2005 | A Group Show, Kaliman Gallery, Sydney, Australia |
| A Re-Constructed World, Linden – St Kilda Centre for Contemporary Arts, Melbourne (curated by Jan Duffy), Australia | |
| A Short Ride in a Fast Machine 1985–2005, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne, Australia | |
| 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 |
| Xin Nian, Response Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia | |
| 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 |
| The Freedman Foundation Exhibition, Sir Hermann Black Gallery, University of Sydney, Australia | |
| Calibre Art Project, Calibre, Sydney, Australia | |
| We Don’t Charge For Looking, Block Gallery, Sydney, Australia | |
| 2002 | Gertrude Studio Artists, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne, Australia |
| Departures, BUS, Melbourne, Australia | |
| 2001 | Gertrude Studio Artists, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne, Australia |
| Yarns, Jewish Museum of Australia, Melbournem, Australia | |
| Tougher than Art, First Floor, Melbourne, Australia | |
| Sample, Kinki Gerlinki / Centre for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, Australia | |
| EDUCATION | |
| 1993-97 | BA Fine Art, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne |
| AWARDS | |
| 2004 | Australia Council – London Studio Residency |
| 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 |
| Pat Corrigan Artists’ Grant | |
| SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
| 2019 | Vitamin C: Clay and Ceramic, Phaidon |
| 2012 | Williams, Gilda, ‘Renee So’, Art Forum, April, p.221-2, |
| O’Reilly, Sally, ‘Renee So’, Frieze, Issue 146, April, p.140, | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Higgie, Jennifer, Nine heads and the difference in eyes, Uplands catalogue | |
| 2008 | Rainforth, Dylan, ‘Renee So, Uplands Gallery’, The Age, 20 April |
| 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 |
| Besley, Joanne, Echoes of Home, catalogue | |
| Bell, Anonda, Xin Nian, catalogue | |
Exhibitions
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