EDUCATION

 

Florida Institute of Technology, B. S., Technical Communications, Melbourne, FL

 

University of Miami, M. O. T. , Management of Technology (summa cum laude), Coral Gables, FL

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ART STUDIES

 

San Francisco City College:

Holman Turner, photography, San Francisco, CA

Gillian Goldman, alternative photography techniques, San Francisco, CA

Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, studies in fine art, Gatlinburg, TN

 

Kanuga Watermedia Workshops:

Lana Grow, acrylic abstract painting, Hendersonville, NC

Maureen Brioullette, mixed media, Hendersonville, NC

Carrie Burns Brown, collage, Hendersonville, NC

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Online Workshops:

Nicholas Wilton, creative visionary program (CVP)

Louise Fletcher, finding your joy

Melinda Tidwell, abstract book collage

Lisa Call, working in a series

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Private Lessons:

Charles Velek, watercolor painting, Melbourne, FL

Michael Markowitz, life drawing, San Francisco, CA

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In-Person and Private Workshops:

Theresa Girard, abstract painting, Bonita Springs, FL

Kevin Gilmore, collage, Bonita Springs, FL

Theresa Girard, advanced abstract painting, Bonita Springs, FL

Cat Tesla, advanced abstract composition and color, North Port, FL

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SELECT EXHIBITIONS and GALLERY REPRESENTATION

 

2023  Plum Art Gallery, Gallery representation, St. Augustine, FL

2022—2023 Gallery representation, Sweet Art Gallery, Naples, FL
2021 NOMA Fine Arts Gallery, solo show, Ocala, FL

2021 Group exhibition, Bonita Springs Performing Art Center, Bonita Springs, FL

2020 Big Art Now Gallery, Gallery representation, West Palm Beach, FL

2020 ABSTRACTION: RETROSPECTIVE MEMORIES, Foosaner Art Museum, Melbourne, FL

2019 Steve Koman Fine Art Gallery, Gallery representation, Vero Beach, FL

2019—2020 Jane's Art Center & Gallery, Gallery representation, New Smyrna Beach, FL

2019 LASTING MEMORIES: FLORIDA REVISITED, Jane's Art Center & Gallery, New Smyrna Beach, FL

2019 100% Pure Florida, Fifth Avenue Art Gallery, Melbourne, FL

2019 LOCAL MOTION, (2nd Place Award) Studios of Cocoa Beach, Cocoa Beach, FL

2019 Members Show, Center for Visual Arts, Bonita Springs, FL

2014—2019 Brevard Cultural Alliance rotating art displays throughout Brevard County

2018 Photography, Studios of Cocoa Beach, Cocoa Beach, FL

2015—2018 Clay Stephens Lifestyles Gallery, EGAD, Melbourne, FL

2015—2017 Thibault Art Gallery, gallery representation, Beaufort, SC

2015 FROM ABSTRACT TO REALITY, Clay Stephens Lifestyles Gallery, Cocoa, FL

2014 CLASSIC CARS, Clay Stephens Lifestyles Gallery, Cocoa, FL

2014 PHOTOGRAPHY: FROM POLAROID TO DIGITAL ART, Clay Stephens Lifestyles, Melbourne, FL

2013 ARTIST: RENE GRIFFITH, Clay Stephens Lifestyles Gallery, Melbourne, FL

2012—2015 Fifth Avenue Art Gallery, Melbourne, FL

2005 Clay Stephens Lifestyles Gallery, Cocoa Beach, FL

2004 RENE GRIFFITH: POLAROID PHOTOGRAPHY, Bennett Gallery, Placerville, CA

2003 PARIS, ModernPast Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2000 Judith Litvich Fine Art, San Francisco, CA

2000 IZ IT . . . PHOTOGRAPHY? 3, Calumet Photographic Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2000 CLICK!, Hollis Street Project, Emeryville, CA

2000 New Gallery Group Show, Hunters Point Shipyard Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1999 BEHIND THE MASK, San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA

1998—2005 Open Studios, Hunters Point Shipyard, San Francisco, CA

1998—2002 Open Studios, SomArts Gallery, San Francisco, CA

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MEDIA AND PUBLICATIONS

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Panzarino, Sue, Indialantic Select Magazine, Artist of the Month, November 10, 2020, p. 10

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Desena-McFarland, Jamie, Local Artist's Work Installed in Orlando, Hometown News, Feb 27, 2015, p. 8

 

Classic Cars: An Artist's Interpretation, Hometown News, Apr 11, 2014, p. B4

 

Sonnenberg, Maria, Artist Shows Off Classic Car Art in Cocoa Village, Florida Today, Apr 9, 2014, p. 2G

 

Sonnenberg, Maria, 'Fauxtographs' Reach International Media Acclaim, Florida Today, Aug 3, 2014, p.5E

 

From Abstract to Reality, Hometown News, Oct 7, 2014, p. 3

 

Sonnenberg, Maria, Florida Artists Show Photography Pieces at Gallery, Florida Today, Jan 1, 2014, p. 2G

 

Sonnenberg, Maria, Photographer Channels 'Soul of a Painter', Florida Today, Apr 20, 2013, p. 6D

 

McKee, Cindy (host), Rene Griffith More Polaroid Art, Brighthouse TV Show Focus, Jan 7, 2013

 

McKee, Cindy (host), Rene Griffith Manipulative Polaroids, Brighthouse TV Show Focus, Nov 19, 2012

 

McKee, Cindy (host), Rene Griffith Polaroid Artist, Brighthouse TV Show Focus, Oct 8, 2012

 

Creative Photography with Polaroid Cameras and Films, Florida Today, Feb 10, 2012, p. T21

 

Rene Griffith: Paris, San Francisco Chronicle, Oct 31, 2004, p. 57

 

Jung, Pam, The Artist: Rene Griffith, Grass Valley, The Union, April, 2003

 

PUBLISHED WRITING

 

“An Artist's Road to Licensing Art”, Licensing Art 101 by Michael Woodward, 2007

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PRIVATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

 

Marshall Field and Company Collection, Chicago, IL

Orlando Regional Medical Center, Orlando, FL

Beaufort Memorial Hospital, Beaufort, SC

 

Work held in private collections in Canada and the United States.

 

TEACHING/VOLUNTEER SERVICES

 

Creative Growth Art Center, Oakland, CA

SomArts Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Creative Uses Consultant for Polaroid Corporation, San Francisco, CA

Renee Foosaner Art Museum, Melbourne, FL

The Center for Arts and Humanity, Sarasota, FL

Art League of Daytona Beach, Daytona Beach, FL

Thibault Art Gallery, Beaufort, SC

Renee Foosaner Education Center, Melbourne, FL

SAQA Conference, Melbourne, FL

 

MEMBERSHIPS

 

Brevard Cultural Alliance, Melbourne, FL

Vero Beach Art Museum, Vero Beach, FL

Orlando Art Museum, Orlandi, FL

Bonita Springs Art Association, Bonita Springs, FL

 

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

 

Hunters Point Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Fifth Avenue Art Gallery, Melbourne, FL

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