born in San Antonio, TX
lives and works in NY
@randiirenate

EDUCATION

2020

Yale University
MFA Sculpture

2014

The University of Texas at Austin, cum laude
BFA Studio Art
BA Philosophy, with honors
Minor – Spanish

2012

Concentration – Business Foundations Summer Institute, The University of Texas at Austin

2011

La Universidad de Cantabria (Santander, Spain), Summer Initiative

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024

I am moving to the reef (and other oceanic […], Hesse Flatow Gallery, Amagansett, NY

2021

blue is the atmospheric […], Adirondack History Museum, Elizabethtown, NY (ongoing)

2015

Ein Eigener Raum, ROCKELMANN& Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2015

On rhizomes and Revelations, FL!GHT Gallery at Hot Wells, San Antonio, TX

2014

meine karten sind durchlöchert : my maps are full of holes, Pump Project’s Flex Space, Austin, TX

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025

Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY

2025

The Lorax, LICA, New York, NY

2025

Between Great Currents, Java Projects, New York, NY

2024

On Water and Future Dreams, Miami Art Week, Miami FL

2024

Upon a Time, Miami, FL

2024

Jay Invitational of Clay, Jay, NY

2023

Seas of Sorrow, Mexican Cultural Institute, Miami, FL

2023

Sculpture in the Garden, Hooverness, Fishers Island, NY

2022

Sink or Swim: Climate Futures, Socrates Sculpture Park, New York, NY

2021

diagrams of synapses, entanglements, and other spooky matters, EIK Gallery, New Haven, CT

2020

Yale Sculpture MFA 2020, M23 Projects, New York, NY

2020

No Deep Kissing, Green Gallery, New Haven, CT

2019

Parallel Screens, 1085 Gallery, San Diego, CA
Parallel Screens, Hermes Artes Visuals, São Paulo, BR
Parallel Screens, NOVA Art Space, Weimar, DE

2018

Art Biesenthal, Wehrmühle Biesenthal, DE

2017

PARK, Galerie im Turm, Berlin, DE

2016

50 Artist / 250 Works, French & Michigan, San Antonio, TX

2014

Wellspring, The Visual Arts Center, Austin, TX

2013

Concurso International de Escultura Urbana “Ciudad de Murcia”, Arte Palacio Alumdí, Murcia, Spain

ARTIST RESIDENCIES

2025

Willapa Bay, Oysterville, WA

2025

Lighthouse at Orient Point, Orient Point, NY

2024

Stoveworks, Chattanoga, TN

2024

Hesse Flatow East, Amagansett, NY

2024

Sculpture Space, Utica, NY

2023

Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM

2023

Fountainhead, Miami, FL

2023

Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE

2022

Lighthouse Works Fellowship, Fishers Island, NY

2022

Vermont Studio Center Residency Fellowship, Johnson, VT

2021

Adirondack History Museum, Elizabethtown, NY

2018

Art Biesenthal, Wehrmühle Biesenthal, DE

2013

Ox-Bow, Saugatuck, MI

SELECTED HONORS & SCHOLARSHIPS

2025

New York State Foundation for the Arts, Artist Fellowship, New York, NY

2025

New York State Council of the Arts Community Artist Grant, Adirondacks, NY

2024

New York State Council of the Arts Community Artist Grant, Adirondacks, NY

2023

New York State Council of the Arts Individual Artist Grant, Adirondacks, NY

2022

New York State Council of the Arts SCR Grant, Adirondacks, NY

2022

Socrates Sculpture Park Fellowship, New York, NY

2021

New York State Council of the Arts DEC Community Arts Grant, Adirondacks, NY

2021

Vermont Studio Center, Full Fellowship, Johnson, VT

2020

Dean’s Critical Practice Research Grant, Yale University, New Haven, CT

2014

University Honors, Cum Laude, Austin, TX
Undergraduate Professional Development Travel Grant, Full-Scholarship, Austin, TX

2013

Ox-Bow Arts Residency, Full-Scholarship, Austin, TX
Ollie Trout Metalsmith Scholarship, Austin, TX

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2025

Visiting Critic & Lecturer, St. Lawrence University, NY

2025

Visiting Critic & Lecturer, Columbia University, NY

2024

TEDx Speaker, The Wild Center, NY

2023

Visiting Critic & Lecturer, University of Albuquerque, NM

2023

Visiting Critic & Lecturer, SUNY Plattsburgh, NY

2022

Visiting Critic & Lecturer, Nebraska Wesleyan University, NE

2022

Visiting Artist, Brooklyn College, NY

2022

Lead Artist Assistant for Amy Hauft, MASS MoCA, Massachusetts, MA

2022

Visiting Critic & Lecturer, Washington University in St. Louis, MO

2020

Online Interview, “Living Things,” M23 Projects, New York, NY

2020

Artist Lecture, “I’ll Be Your Mirror,” A Virtual SHIUR, Berlin, DE

2020

Artist Lecture, Virtual Studio Visit Network

2019-20

Teaching Assistant, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT

2019

Visiting Critic, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA

2017-18

Founder & Director, TRACE, Berlin

2015-18

Head of Production, Studio Michael Sailstorfer, Berlin

2015-16

Materials Expert, Studio Tomás Saraceno, Berlin

2013-14

Lead Curator for the Center Space Project, The Visual Arts Center, Austin, TX

2011-14

Assistant in Alumni and External Relations, Department of Art and Art History, University of Texas at Austin

2012

Curatorial Intern at AMOA-Arthouse (The Contemporary Austin)

SELECTED PRESS

2015

Celina Basra, “Randi Renate Explores the Nomad…” Sleek, August 5, Berlin, Germany.