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.
