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Exhibitions

  In Print We Trust ~ The Laundry Room Collective
 
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The MOTHER(load)
Lake Country Art Gallery Member's Exhibition
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We Meet Again ~ An Exhibition of works by Jim Kalnin along with former students
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From Lochs to Lakes: Mary Smith McCulloch's Creative Legacy


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http://kelownaartgallery.com/escapeartists/
 

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Rena Warren & Larkin Dunn Warren : Full Circle
Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art
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Rena Warren Selected Biography

Born 1969, Prince George, B.C. 

Education

 

2018

Photoshop for Textiles ~ Short Course, West Dean College, West Sussex, England, UK

2019

TESL (Teaching English as a Second Language certificate), Oxford via UBCO, Kelowna, B.C. 

2003

Bachelor in Education, Post-Degree University of Victoria, Victoria B.C.

1995

Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Victoria via Okanagan University College, Kelowna, B.C.

 

 

Selected Solo/Collaborative Exhibitions 

 

2017

Full Circle, Rena Warren & Larkin Dunn Warren, Alternator Centre for Contemporary Arts, Kelowna, B.C.

2016

Escape Artists, Rena Warren & Wanda Lock, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, B.C.

2015

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 

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.  
It is Written", Rena Warren, Streaming Café, Kelowna, B.C.   
Mandalas, Rena Warren, The Yoga House, Kelowna, B.C.

2011

Rena Warren, Selected paintings by Rena Warren, The Yoga House, Kelowna, B.C.

 

 

Selected Group Exhibitions 

 

2023

In Print We Trust, Laundry Room Collective, Rotary Centre for the Arts, Kelowna, B.C.

2023

Mother (load), Member’s Exhibition, Lake Country Art Gallery, Lake Country, B.C.

2022

We Meet Again, An exhibition of works by Jim Kalnin along with former students, Lake Country Art Gallery, Lake Country, B.C.

2019

From Lochs to Lakes: Mary Smith McCulloch's Creative Legacy, Lake Country Art Gallery, Lake Country, B.C.

2019

To the Dogs, Lake Country Art Gallery, Lake Country, B.C.

2014

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 

2013

Mad Hatter, ARTSCO, Kelowna, B.C.
Art Teachers’ Exhibition, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC 

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 

2011

Art Teachers’ Exhibition, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, B.C.
The Memory Project, Okanagan Heritage Museum, Kelowna, BC 

2010

Art Teachers’ Exhibition, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC 

2000

 OPUS, Okanagan University College, Kelowna, B.C.

 

 

 

 

 

Art Facilitation

 

 

 

2023 - present

Life Drawing Professor, Animation Dept., Okanagan College, Kelowna, B.C.

2021-2023

Community Engagement Coordinator, Instructor, Lake Country Art Gallery, Lake Country, B.C. 

2009 - present

Adult, youth, pre-school art classes, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, 

2009 - present

Independent art facilitation, Capricornucopia Artworks, Kelowna, B.C.

2010 - 2018     

Artistic & Programming Director, Cool Arts Society, Kelowna, B.C.

2014 - 2023      

School District # 23, pro-d workshops for educators, Kelowna, BC, Online Middle School

2012 - 2014  

Art instructor, adult art classes, Canadian Mental Health Association, Kelowna, BC 

2012 - 2014

Relief Instructor, Special Education, Okanagan University College, Kelowna, BC

2003 - 2009

Art Specialist, Vedanta Academy, Kelowna, B.C

 

 

 

Awards and Nominations 

 

 

2017

Kelowna Civic Awards finalist, Honour in the Arts 

2017

Visual Arts Nominee, Okanagan Arts Awards, ARTSCO

2014

Art Education Award Recipient, Okanagan Arts Awards, ARTSCO 

2014

Paul Harris Award, Rotary Foundation 




        

Selected Bibliography 

 

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

 

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 Growhttps://kelownaartgallery.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/KAG_Wanda-Lock-and-Rena-Warren_-Escape-Artists.pdf

 

Sue Skinner, “Portrait of a Portraitisthttps://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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