CURRICULUM VITAE

Rena Warren Selected Biography

Born 1969, Prince George, B.C.

Education 2025 Indigenous Canada, Faculty of Native Studies, U of Alberta online certificate
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 2025 Requiem for Gentileschi, Rena Warren, Alternator Centre for Contemporary Arts, Kelowna, B.C.
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 B.C.
2012	Selected Works, Rena Warren, Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art, Kelowna, B.C. Selected Works, Rena Warren, Rotary Centre for the Arts Mezzanine, 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
2025	Garden of Earthly Delights & Objects of Desire, Lake Country Art Gallery, Lake Country.
2023	In Print We Trust, Laundry Room Collective, Rotary Centre for the Arts, Kelowna, B.C 2023
2023	CATTYWAMPUS, Community Exhibition and Adoption Event, Lake Country Art Gallery, Lake Country, 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, B.C.
2012	Warehouse Gallery, Kelowna, B.C. 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, B.C.
2011	Art Teachers’ Exhibition, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, B.C. The Memory Project, Okanagan Heritage Museum, Kelowna, B.C.
2010	Art Teachers’ Exhibition, Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, B.C.
2000	Day Job; 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, B.C.
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		Contract art instructor, adult art classes, Canadian Mental Health Association, Kelowna, B.C.
2012 - 2014		Relief Instructor, Special Education, Okanagan College, Kelowna, B.C.
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