355 Miami Avenue

Indialantic, FL  32903

321.676.1956

renegriffith@gmail.com

https://www.renegriffithart.com

 

 

FORMAL EDUCATION

 

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

University of Miami, M. O. T., Management of Technology, (a field which combines  business strategy and technology), Coral Gables, FL (summa cum laude)

 

ART STUDIES

 

San Francisco City College:

Holman Turner, Photography, San Francisco, CA

Gillian Goldman, Alternative Photography, San Francisco, CA

 

Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts:

Mixed-Media Studies, Gatlinburg, TN

 

In-Person Workshops:

Charles Velek, Watercolor Painting, Melbourne, FL

Michael Markowitz, Life Drawing, San Francisco, CA

Lana Grow, Acrylic Abstract Painting, Hendersonville, NC

Maureen Brouillette, Mixed-Media, Hendersonville, NC

Lana Grow, Advanced Acrylic Abstract Painting, Hendersonville, NC

Carrie Burns Brown, Collage, Hendersonville, NC

Theresa Girard, Abstract Painting, Bonita Springs, FL

Kevin Gilmore, Collage, Bonita Springs, FL

Theresa Girard, Advanced Abstract Painting, Bonita Springs, FL

Cat Tesla, Advanced Composition and Color, North Port, FL

Larry Moore, Abstraction from Nature, St. Simons Island, GA

 

Online Workshops:

Melinda Tidwell, Book Collage, Santa Fe, NM

Lisa Call, Working in a Series, Kapiti, New Zealand

Nicholas Wilton, Creative Visionary Program (CVP), San Francisco, CA

Louise Fletcher, Find Your Joy, North Yorkshire, England

Alison Watt, Abstracting the Landscape, British Columbia, Canada

 

EXHIBITIONS, OPENINGS, and GALLERY REPRESENTATION

 

2025 Hilton Garden Inn Cape Canaveral, Florida, Grand Opening 225 artworks unveiled

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2024 Hyatt House Orlando Gateway, Orlando, Florida, Grand Opening 156 artworks unveiled

 

2024 Grove Gallery & Interiors, Coconut Grove, Florida (2024 to present)

 

2024 CAPE Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida

Group Exhibition, SPACE, Collage and Mixed-Media, 3-month exhibition

 

2023 Plum Art Gallery, St. Augustine, FL (2024 to present)

 

2024 Koman Fine Art Gallery, Group Exhibition, Collage and Mixed-Media

 

2022 Brevard Zoo, Group Painted Surfboard Exhibition, Nov 17 to April 15, 2022

 

2022 Sweet Art Gallery, Group Exhibition, Naples, FL Jan—Jun 2023

 

2022 NOMA Art Gallery, Group exhibition, Life and Death, Oct 5 to Dec 1, Ocala, FL

 

2021 Foosaner Art Museum, Abstraction: Retrospective Memories, Melbourne, Florida

Two-person exhibition, March 20 to June 19, 2021, Melbourne, FL

 

2020 Jane's Art Center & Gallery, Group Exhibition, New Smyrna Beach, FL

 

2020 Robot Love Group Exhibition, Foosaner Art Museum, Melbourne, FL

 

2019 Koman Fine Art, Vero Beach, FL (2019 to present)

 

2018 Lasting Memories: Florida Revisited, Solo show, Jane's Art Center & Gallery, New Smyrna Beach, FL

 

2018 100% Pure Florida, Group show, Fifth Avenue Art Gallery, EGAD, Melbourne, FL

 

2018 Local Motion, Group show, Studios of Cocoa Beach, Cocoa Beach, FL

 

2018 Members Show, Group show, Center for Visual Arts, Bonita Springs, FL

 

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

 

2017 Clay Stephens Lifestyles Gallery, EGAD, Melbourne, FL (2005—2018)

 

2017 From Abstract to Reality, Solo show, Clay Stephens Lifestyles Gallery, Cocoa, FL

 

2016 Classic Cars, Solo show, Clay Stephens Lifestyles Gallery, Cocoa, FL

 

2016 Photography: From Polaroid to Digital Art, Solo show, Clay Stephens Lifestyles Gallery

 

2015 Artist: Rene Griffith, Solo show, Clay Stephens Lifestyles Gallery, Melbourne, FL

 

2015 Clay Stephens Lifestyles Gallery, Cocoa Beach, FL

 

2015 Thibault Art Gallery, Beaufort, SC (2015—2017)

 

2014 Brevard Cultural Alliance, Melbourne, FL (2014—to present)

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2013 Fifth Avenue Art Gallery, Melbourne, FL (2011--2013)

 

2004 Rene Griffith: Polaroid Photography, Bennett Gallery, Placerville, CA

 

2003 Paris, Solo show, ModernPast Gallery, San Francisco, CA

 

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

 

2000 Judith Litvich Fine Art, San Francisco, CA

 

2000 Iz It . . . Photography? 3, Calumet Photographic Gallery, San Francisco, CA

 

2000 Click!, Group show, Hollis Street Project, Emeryville, CA

 

1999 San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA

 

MEDIA, PUBLICATIONS, AND VIDEOS

 

2025 “When Are You Too Old—Florida Artist Rene Griffith Finds Her True North”, YouTube Channel (63k views)

 

2025 “You Are Never Too Old or Too Late—Follow Your Dreams at Any Age”-YouTube Channel

 

2024 “The Last Picture Show—Rene Griffith’s Art at the Foosaner Art Museum”, YouTube Channel (1k views)

 

LaFortune, Christina, Foosaner Museum's Final Exhibit, Florida Today, May 21, 2021

 

Leonard, Suzy Fleming, Foosaner Museum's Final Exhibit, Florida Today, May 19, 2021

 

Fischer, Ellen, Abstraction Exhibit Proves Fitting Finale for Foosaner, Vero Beach News Journal, Vero Bch, FL, April 22, 2021

 

Lowenstein, Adam, Foosaner Art Museum to Exhibit Two Powerful Abstract Artists Starting March 20, Florida Tech News, Melbourne, FL, March 16, 2021

 

Lowenstein, Adam, Abstract Art the Focus of the New Foosaner Art Museum Exhibit, Florida Tech News, Melbourne, FL, March 15, 2021

 

Panzarino, Sue, Foosaner Art Museum Final Exhibit, Hometown News, March 31, 2021

 

Desena-McFarland, Jamie, Local Artist's Work Installed in Orlando, Hometown News, February 27, 2015

 

Classic Cars: An Artist's Interpretation, Hometown News, April 11, 2014

 

Sonnenberg, Maria, Artist Shows Off Classic Car Art in Cocoa Village, Florida Today, April 9, 2014

 

Sonnenberg, Maria, 'Fauxtographs' Reach International Media Acclaim, Florida Today, August 3, 2014

 

From Abstract to Reality, Hometown News, October 17, 2014

 

Sonnenberg, Maria, Florida Artists Show Photography Pieces at Gallery, Florida Today, January 1, 2014

 

Sonnenberg, Maria, Photographer Channels 'Soul of a Painter', Florida Today, April 20, 2013

 

McKee, Cindy-Host, Rene Griffith More Polaroid Art, Brighthouse TV Show Focus, January 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, October 8, 2012

 

Harbaugh, Pam, Picture It at Museum Monday, Florida Today, February 24, 2012

 

Creative Photography with Polaroid Cameras and Films, Florida Today, February 10, 2012

 

Sonnenberg, Maria, Perfecting the Polaroid, Florida Today, December 31, 2011

 

Rene Griffith: Paris, San Francisco Chronicle, October 31, 2004

 

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

 

SELECTED PRIVATE AND PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

 

NORA Sales Gallery, The Ronto Group, Inc., West Palm Beach, FL

Hilton Garden Inn Cape Canaveral, Cape Canaveral, FL

Palm House Hotel, Palm Beach, Florida

Hyatt House Orlando Airport Hotel, Orlando, FL

Beaufort Memorial Hospital, Beaufort, SC

Marshall Fields Corporate Collection, Chicago, IL

Orlando Regional Medical Center, Orlando, FL

ABC Scandal TV series, Los Angeles, CA

 

PUBLISHED WRITING

 

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

 

TEACHING OPPORTUNITIES

 

The Business of Marketing Your Art workshop, Thibault Art Gallery, Beaufort, SC

Docent duties, Foosaner Art Museum, Melbourne, FL

The Business of Marketing Your Art workshop, SAQA Conference, Melbourne, FL

Art Business and Marketing Toolkit workshops, Melbourne and Indialantic, FL

Licensing Your Art workshop, Melbourne, FL

The Business of Marketing Your Art workshop, Center for the Arts, Sarasota, FL

Creative Uses Consultant for Polaroid Corporation, San Francisco, CA

Polaroid Photography workshops at Creative Growth Center, Oakland, CA

Marketing Seminars for Brevard County Economic Development Center, Melbourne, FL

 

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

 

Hunters Point Shipyard Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Fifth Avenue Art Gallery, Melbourne, FL