K e l s e y R e n k o
Kingston, NY
b. 1992
kelseyrenko@gmail.com
@kelsey_renko
Education
2015 BFA in Studio Art, Painting,
The College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY
2023 MFA in Fine Arts, Painting,
The University at Albany, NY
Exhibitions
Solo: 2024 you and me, Woodstock Artists Association & Museum, Woodstock, NY
Group:2023 Visual Poetry, The Captial Region Arts Center, Troy, NY
2023 GROUPSHOW, Joyce Goldstein Gallery, Chatham, NY
2023 MFA Thesis Show, The University Art Museum at UAlbany, NY
2023 BODY HIGH, LABspace Gallery, Hillsdale, NY
2022 Kelsey Renko vs John DeSousa, The Melrose House, Albany, NY
2022 NOT EVEN HOME WILL BE WITH YOU FOREVER, Field Projects, (online)
2021 The Vision of Care curated by Robert Shane, Woodstock Artists Association and Museum, Woodstock, NY
2020 Show #8, The Hallway at Second Street Studios, Troy, NY
2020 Makeshift, Olympia, New York, NY
2020 A place to visit pt. 2, Olympia x JIP Gallery, Virtual show
2020 The Roaring 20’s, Joyce Goldstein Gallery, Chatham, NY
2019 Mystic Pizza, LABspace Gallery, Hillsdale, NY
2019 Babayaga, The Grand Buffet, Hudson, NY
2019 where we were once someone, yngspc, online exhibition
2019 abstract /ˈkəlCHər/ Onondaga Community College, Syracuse, NY
2019 BIG Holiday Show, LABspace Gallery, Hillsdale, NY
2018 The Halfmoon Market, Albany, NY
2018 ISSUE 2: Devotional, Four-d, Troy, NY
2018 In Bloom, 3rd Eye Gallery, Hoosick Falls, NY
2018 WONDERLAND, Albany Center Gallery, Albany, NY
2018 Square Peg Round Hole, The Church Troy, Troy, NY
2018 TRUE NORTH, LABspace, Hillsdale, NY
2018 Upstate Artists, The Laffer Gallery, Schuylerville, NY
2017 Act 1, Hudson Hall, Hudson, NY
2017 Informal Language, Collar Works, Troy, NY
2016 Collar City Collective, Troy, NY
2015 Artists of the Mohawk Hudson Region, The University Art Museum, Albany, NY
2015 Illumination, Esther Massry Gallery, Albany, NY
2015 The Senior Show, Esther Massry Gallery, Albany, NY
Awards
2021 The Terri Boor Graduate Sculpture Fellowship, University at Albany
2015 Service Award for The Esther Massry Gallery
2015 Jurors Award Artists of the Mohawk Hudson Region
2015 Hy Rosen Award in Excellence in Drawing and Painting
Residencies
2019 February, Artist in Residence at The Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Curatorial Projects
2019 feel me, Collar Works, Troy, NY
2018 being alive, The Church Troy, Troy, NY
Talks
2021 Visiting Alumni Artist The College of Saint Rose, Senior Seminar, Albany, NY
2020 Panel discussion, The College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY
2019 Collard Greens Dinner and Dialogue, Collar Works Gallery, Troy, NY
2019 Visiting Artist at Onondaga Community College, Syracuse, NY
Teaching Experience
Upcoming 2024 Adjunct lecturer for Water Based Painting Intensive Summer Session, The University at Albany, NY
2024-Present Part Time Lecturer for Drawing 1 (Online asynchronous class), Jamestown Community College, Jamestown, NY
2023-Present Part time Lecturer for: Beginning Painting, Intermediate Painting, and Water Based Painting, The University at Albany, NY
2023 Adjunct lecturer for Drawing 1 Intensive, Summer Session, The University at Albany, NY
2021-2023 Holder of Record for Drawing 1, The University at Albany, NY
Related Experiences
2021-Present Artist assistant to Sarah Cain
2019-2023 Art Loan Program Coordinator, The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
2018-2021 Exhibition Committee, Collar Works Gallery, Troy, NY
2017-2021 Artist at The Church Troy, Troy, NY
2011-2015 Gallery Attendant, Esther Massry Gallery, Albany, NY