Ernesto Renda
works exhibitions news about
b. 1995, New Jersey
Lives and works in New York, NY
education
Rhode Island School of Design, BFA, 2018
Brown University, BA, Modern Culture and Media Studies, 2018
one & two-person exhibitions
2022 Christian Franzen, Ernesto Renda, In Lieu Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Dithering, Moskowitz Bayse, Los Angeles, CA
Hot Wax curated by Matt Nasser, The Empty Circle Space, Brooklyn, NY
Frottage Works, The National Arts Club, New York
2018 Sex Ed, Perry and Marty Granoff Center, Brown University, Providence, RI
2017 Pleas_xplore, RISD Fitness Center, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2015 Bacchanal, curated by Andrew Alexander, Providence, RI
2013 Function following Form, The Unitarian Church Gallery, Summit, NJ
group exhibitions
2022 Dallas Art Fair, Moskowitz Bayse, Dallas, TX
Dream Weaver, Grove Collective, London
The Views, curated by Zoe Fisher, Moskowitz Bayse Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Shin Gallery X Sun Potion Casita Pop-Up, Santa Barbara, CA
2021 Silver Daze, Shin Gallery, New York
Call It Winter, The National Arts Club, New York
Higher Power: Brothers@ Benefit Auction curated by K.O. Nnamdie, hosted by Greenhouse Auctions, Artsy (Online)
Intertwined, curated by Alex Allenchey, 1969 Gallery, New York
At One's Side curated by Melike Baskoylu, Thames Art Center, Brooklyn, NY
Roots Taking Root, James Fuentes Gallery, New York
Timely, 11Newel, Brooklyn, NY
Here, There, Everywhere: Beyond Inclusion, Riverfront Art Gallery at Yonkers Public Library, Yonkers, NY
Summer Stage, Auxier Kline, New York
Afterlight, curated by Kyle Hittmeier and Amanda Nedham, Field Projects Gallery, New York
Painting the Narrative, The National Arts Club, New York
Flame Tree, curated by Bony Ramirez, REGULARNORMAL Gallery, New York
A Howl is Also A Prayer curated by John Brooks, Wilson Fine Arts Gallery, Georgetown College, Kentucky
ArtNoir From: Friends To: Friends Benefit Auction, Artsy (Online)
2020 We Must Begin Wherever We Are, curated by Ernesto Renda, Zürcher Gallery, New York
Friends with Benefits, High Noon Gallery, New York (online)
Queer Art Benefit 2020, The Center (LGBT Community Center), New York (online)
2019 Show # 3, Trophycase Gallery (online)
SMUT curated by Liam Cotter, Con Artist Collective, New York
2018 38th Annual Juried Student Exhibition curated by Sophia Narrett and Kalia Brooks Nelson, David Winton Bell Gallery, Providence, RI
Charmed, curated by Kyle Quinn, Yellow Peril Gallery, Providence, RI
You're Invited; The Exploration and Evolution of Girlhood, Sexuality and Identity, Gelman Gallery, Providence, RI
This Tuesday, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Senior Painting Exhibition, Woods-Gerry Gallery, RISD, Providence, RI
Brown Arts Initiative Grant Awardees Exhibition, Atrium Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI
Annual Brown-RISD Dual Degree Student Exhibition, Cohen Gallery, Brown University, RI
2017 Me and Daddy curated by Noah Pica, Benson Hall Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2016 Of Scale, curated by Ernesto Renda, Granoff Center, Brown University, Providence, RI
Group Exhibition at Exposé Gallery, Providence, RI
2015 Spring Arts Festival, Granoff Center, Brown University, Providence, RI
2013 24-Hour Art Show, Providence, RI
curatorial
2020 Sit...Play dead, Super Dutchess Gallery, NYC
We Must Begin Wherever We Are, Zürcher Gallery, New York, NY
2016 Of Scale, Granoff Center, Brown University, Providence, RI
awards
Silver Art Projects Residency, 2021 - 2022
Brown Arts Initiative Fellowship at Performa NYC, 2018
Brown Arts Initiative Student Project Grant, Fall 2017
articles & reviews
2021 Woolbright, Andrew. “Scene + Sensoria”. Two Coats of Paint. 13 August 2021.
Panero, James. “Critic’s Notebook”. The New Criterion. 14 June 2021.
Blaisdell, India. “Ernesto Renda: The Intersection of Queer Film and Fine Art”. ArtinRes. June 2021.
Yaniv, Etty. “Painting the Narrative at the National Arts Club; In Dialogue with Dee Shapiro”. Art Spiel. June 2021.
Levine, Maggie. “#20: Painting the Narrative”. ArtWrite. May 2021.
“Sit...Play dead at Super Dutchess”. ArtViewer. January 2021.
2020 Cruz, Cristina. “Editors’ Picks (Empty Circle Exhibition)”. Artnet News. October 2020.
Cruz, Cristina. “Editors’ Picks (We Must Begin Wherever We Are)”. Artnet News. August 2020.
“The LGBT Center in NY is Hosting a Queer Art Benefit”. Gayletter. May 2020.
Reese, Melanie. “Pre-Social Distancing Nostalgia”. ArtinRes Weekly Curation. May 2020.
Cruz, Cristina. “Editors’ Picks (National Arts Club Exhibition)”. Artnet News. February 2020.
Balaclava.q. “Ernesto Renda & The Queerealities of Seeing is Believing”. January 2020.
2018 “Charmed at Yellow Peril Gallery”. Law and Order Party, April 2018.
“Queering Space”. RISD News, February 2018.