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Rena Warren Selected
Biography
Born 1969, Prince George,
B.C.
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Education
2025 Indigenous Canada (Microcredential), University of Alberta, Faculty of Native Studies
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2018
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Photoshop
for Textiles ~ Short Course, West Dean College, West Sussex, England, UK
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2019
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TESL
(Teaching English as a Second Language certificate), Oxford via UBCO,
Kelowna, B.C.
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2003
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Bachelor
in Education, Post-Degree University of Victoria, Victoria B.C.
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1995
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Bachelor
of Fine Arts, University of Victoria via Okanagan University College, Kelowna,
B.C.
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Selected
Solo/Collaborative Exhibitions
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2017
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Full
Circle,
Rena Warren & Larkin Dunn Warren, Alternator Centre for Contemporary
Arts, Kelowna, B.C.
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2016
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Escape
Artists,
Rena Warren & Wanda Lock, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, B.C.
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2015
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Mothers
and Lovers at the Easel of Ego and Id, Rena Warren, Rotary Centre for the Arts,
Kelowna, B.C.
Rena Warren “Mothers and Lovers at the Easel of Ego and Id”, Float
Space, Kelowna BC
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2012
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Selected
Works,
Rena Warren, Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art, Kelowna, B.C.
Selected
Works,
Rena Warren, Rotary Centre for the Arts, Kelowna, B.C.
It is Written", Rena Warren, Streaming Café, Kelowna, B.C.
Mandalas, Rena Warren, The Yoga House, Kelowna, B.C.
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2011
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Rena
Warren, Selected paintings by Rena Warren, The Yoga House, Kelowna,
B.C.
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Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 Garden of Earthly Delights &
Objects of Desire, Lake Country Art Gallery, Lake Country.
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2023
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In
Print We Trust,
Laundry Room Collective, Rotary Centre for the Arts, Kelowna, B.C.
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2023
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Mother
(load),
Member’s Exhibition, Lake Country Art Gallery, Lake Country, B.C.
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2022
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We
Meet Again,
An exhibition of works by Jim Kalnin along with former students, Lake Country
Art Gallery, Lake Country, B.C.
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2019
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From
Lochs to Lakes: Mary Smith McCulloch's Creative Legacy, Lake Country Art
Gallery, Lake Country, B.C.
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2019
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To
the Dogs,
Lake Country Art Gallery, Lake Country, B.C.
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2014
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Night
of 1000 Lights,
Artisan House, Kelowna, B.C.
Art Teachers’ Exhibition, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, B.C.
Day Job, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC
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2013
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Mad
Hatter,
ARTSCO, Kelowna, B.C.
Art Teachers’ Exhibition, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC
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2012
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Art
Teachers’ Exhibition, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, B.C.
Jail Bird Show, Habitat, Kelowna, B.C.
Okanagan
Erotic Art Show,
Ex Nihilo Winery, Lake Country, BC
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2011
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Art
Teachers’ Exhibition, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, B.C.
The Memory Project, Okanagan Heritage Museum, Kelowna, BC
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2010
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Art
Teachers’ Exhibition, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC
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2000
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OPUS,
Okanagan University College, Kelowna, B.C.
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Art Facilitation
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2023 - present
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Life Drawing Professor, Animation Dept.,
Okanagan College, Kelowna, B.C.
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2021-2023
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Community Engagement Coordinator,
Instructor, Lake Country Art Gallery, Lake Country, B.C.
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2009 - present
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Adult, youth, pre-school art classes,
Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna,
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2009 - present
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Independent art facilitation, Capricornucopia
Artworks, Kelowna, B.C.
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2010 - 2018
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Artistic & Programming Director, Cool
Arts Society, Kelowna, B.C.
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2014 - 2023
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School District # 23, pro-d workshops for
educators, Kelowna, BC, Online Middle School
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2012 - 2014
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Art instructor, adult art classes, Canadian
Mental Health Association, Kelowna, BC
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2012 - 2014
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Relief Instructor, Special Education,
Okanagan University College, Kelowna, BC
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2003 - 2009
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Art
Specialist, Vedanta Academy, Kelowna, B.C
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Awards and Nominations
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2017
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Kelowna
Civic Awards finalist, Honour in the Arts
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2017
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Visual
Arts Nominee, Okanagan Arts Awards, ARTSCO
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2014
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Art
Education Award Recipient, Okanagan Arts Awards, ARTSCO
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2014
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Paul
Harris Award, Rotary Foundation
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Selected Bibliography
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Wylie, Liz “Wylie: Escape Artists at
Kelowna Art Gallery” (Kelowna, B.C.) July 27, 2016
https://www.kelownacapnews.com/life/wylie-escape-artists-at-the-kelowna-art-gallery-3137933
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Wylie, Liz “Wanda Lock & Rena
Warren: Escape Artists” Galleries West, May 24, 2016
https://www.gallerieswest.ca/news/the-artist%E2%80%99s-garden-project-wanda-lock-and-rena-warren-escap/
Wylie, Liz Curatorial Essay “How Does
Your Garden Grow” https://kelownaartgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/KAG_Wanda-Lock-and-Rena-Warren_-Escape-Artists.pdf
Sue Skinner, “Portrait of a Portraitist”
https://www.castanet.net/news/Don-t-mess-with-a-soprano/326504/Portrait-of-a-portraitist
KelownaNow, In Focus, https://www.kelownanow.com/good_stuff/good_people/news/In_Focus/16/05/27/
In_Focus_Rena_Warren_of_Capricornucopia_Artworks_and_Cool_Arts_Society/#fs_145192
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