Exhibitions
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Wanda Lock and Rena Warren: Escape Artists
The Artist's Garden Project at the Kelowna Art Gallery 2016 / 2017
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Rena Warren Selected Biography
Born 1969, Prince George,
B.C.
Education
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2018 |
Photoshop for Textiles ~ Short Course, West Dean College, West Sussex, England, UK |
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2019 |
TESL (Teaching English as a Second Language certificate), Oxford via UBCO, Kelowna, B.C. |
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2003 |
Bachelor in Education, Post-Degree University of Victoria, Victoria B.C. |
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1995 |
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 |
Full Circle, Rena Warren & Larkin Dunn Warren, Alternator Centre for Contemporary Arts, Kelowna, B.C. |
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2016 |
Escape Artists, Rena Warren & Wanda Lock, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, B.C. |
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2015 |
Mothers
and Lovers at the Easel of Ego and Id, Rena Warren, Rotary Centre for the Arts,
Kelowna, B.C. |
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2012 |
Selected Works, Rena Warren, Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art, Kelowna, B.C. Selected
Works,
Rena Warren, Rotary Centre for the Arts, Kelowna, B.C. |
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2011 |
Rena Warren, Selected paintings by Rena Warren, The Yoga House, Kelowna, B.C. |
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Selected Group Exhibitions
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2023 |
In Print We Trust, Laundry Room Collective, Rotary Centre for the Arts, Kelowna, B.C. |
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2023 |
Mother (load), Member’s Exhibition, Lake Country Art Gallery, Lake Country, B.C. |
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2022 |
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 |
From Lochs to Lakes: Mary Smith McCulloch's Creative Legacy, Lake Country Art Gallery, Lake Country, B.C. |
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2019 |
To the Dogs, Lake Country Art Gallery, Lake Country, B.C. |
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2014 |
Night
of 1000 Lights,
Artisan House, Kelowna, B.C. |
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2013 |
Mad
Hatter,
ARTSCO, Kelowna, B.C. |
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2012 |
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 |
Art
Teachers’ Exhibition, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, B.C. |
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2010 |
Art Teachers’ Exhibition, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC |
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2000 |
OPUS, Okanagan University College, Kelowna, B.C. |
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Art Facilitation
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2023 - present |
Life Drawing Professor, Animation Dept., Okanagan College, Kelowna, B.C. |
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2021-2023 |
Community Engagement Coordinator, Instructor, Lake Country Art Gallery, Lake Country, B.C. |
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2009 - present |
Adult, youth, pre-school art classes,
Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, |
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2009 - present |
Independent art facilitation, Capricornucopia Artworks, Kelowna, B.C. |
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2010 - 2018 |
Artistic & Programming Director, Cool
Arts Society, Kelowna, B.C. |
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2014 - 2023 |
School District # 23, pro-d workshops for educators, Kelowna, BC, Online Middle School |
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2012 - 2014 |
Art instructor, adult art classes, Canadian Mental Health Association, Kelowna, BC |
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2012 - 2014 |
Relief Instructor, Special Education, Okanagan University College, Kelowna, BC |
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2003 - 2009 |
Art Specialist, Vedanta Academy, Kelowna, B.C |
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Awards and Nominations |
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2017 |
Kelowna Civic Awards finalist, Honour in the Arts |
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2017 |
Visual Arts Nominee, Okanagan Arts Awards, ARTSCO |
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2014 |
Art Education Award Recipient, Okanagan Arts Awards, ARTSCO |
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2014 |
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
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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