Renee Springer

springer.rc@gmail.com

Education:

2018   MFA Painting and Drawing - with honors
             The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

2014   B.S. Studio Art
             University of Northwestern - St. Paul, MN

Exhibitions:

2023 Queerdo
           Howdy KC, Kansas City, MO

Our Friends at Agnes Arts
           PLUG Gallery, Kansas City, MO

Spiritual Visions
           Fontbonne University, St. Louis, MO

2019  Großkreisentfernung
           tête, Berlin, Germany

            Disegno: On the Importance of Drawing
            Lawrence Art Center, Lawrence, KS

2018  Stories We've Been Told
            gr_und, Berlin, Germany

            Dérive 
            tête, Berlin, Germany

           Seen Not Spoken – Solo Thesis Exhibition
            Art & Design Gallery, University of Kansas, Lawrence KS

           Connected
            Art Emergency, Lawrence KS

2017   Convergence
             Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS

2016   MFA Candidates Show
             Art & Design Gallery, University of Kansas

2015   Re-veiled: Renee Springer, Cassandra Buck, & Andrew Musil
             Watkins Gallery, Winona State University, Winona, MN

2014   The Natural: Emerging Artist Collective Exhibition
              Fallout Arts Initiative, Minneapolis, MN

  Beyond
  
Washburn Cultural Center, Washburn, WI

  Particulars
  Denler Gallery, Saint Paul, MN

2013   Copy.Right? The Art of Appropriation
            
33 Contemporary Gallery, Chicago, IL

  XX
  Denler Gallery, Saint Paul, MN

2012   XIX
             Denler Gallery, Saint Paul, MN

Awards and Residencies:

2020  Welcome Home Studios Guest Artist (cancelled due to Covid)  
              Brooklyn, New York

2018  PICTURE BERLIN Artist Residency 
             Berlin, Germany

             Professional Development Assistance Award
         
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

             School of the Arts Travel Grant
           
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

2017   Graduate Teaching Assistantship Award
           
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

             Daniel MacMorris Scholarship 
             University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

2016   Graduate Teaching Assistantship Award 
             University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS


2015   Daniel MacMorris Scholarship
           
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

Professional Engagements: 

2021 Visiting Artist Lecture: Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE

2019   Round Table Discussion: Professional Practice - ILLU 410 - Kansas City Art Institute

Print Week Slide Slam - 8th St. Taproom, Lawrence, Kansas

Disegno: On the Importance of Drawing - Artist Panel Discussion, Lawerence Art Center, Lawrence KS

Artist Mentorship Project: Illustration Dept. Professional Mentorship - Kansas City Art Institute

2018   Round Table Discussion: Graduate School - ART 540 Prof. Activities Seminar - University of Kansas

2017    Round Table Discussion: Graduate School - ART 540 Prof. Activities Seminar - University of Kansas

2015   Re-Veiled Artist Talk & Panel Discussion
               Watkins Gallery, Winona State University, Winona, MN

           Balancing Work & Life for Creative Types – Panelist
              University of Northwestern, Saint Paul, MN 

Professional Experience:

2017   Instructor of Record – ART 120 Foundations of Drawing & Painting
               University of Kansas, Lawrence KS

2016   Instructor of Record – ART120 Foundations of Drawing & Painting
               University of Kansas, Lawrence KS

2015   Graduate Teaching Assistant – Painting I
               University of Kansas, Lawrence KS

2014   Studio Assistant to Heather Nameth Bren, Minneapolis, MN
               Assistant Exhibitions Director, Altered Esthetics Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

2013   Assistant Exhibitions Director, Altered Esthetics Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

Publications:

2018   MFA Thesis Highlight
              Kansas Alumni Magazine

2017   57
           Kiosk Literary Magazine

           Brianna Childers, “Art in Focus: Painter, Renee Springer”
            The Daily Kansan