EDUCATION
The Glassell School of Art, MFAH, Painting Diploma, Houston, TX
Rice University, Bachelor of Music-Viola Performance, Houston, TX
Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, TX
AWARDS AND HONORS
2024
Finalist, Wendy Wagner Foundation Spring Trio Creative Grant
2021
Visiting Artist, Russell farm Art Center, Burleson, TX
2019
"The International Painting Annual 9" selected artist, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2018
Winner, Second Place, "Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art 2018," Houston, TX, Juror Anna Katz, Assistant Curator, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angelas, CA
2017
Winner, "The Big Show 2017," Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX; Juror Toby Kamps, former Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Menil Collection, and upcoming Director of the Blaffer Art Museum
2011
Winner, Open Press Studios Western United States Competition (New American Paintings #96); Juror Cassandra Coblentz, Associate Curator, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art
2009
Summer Studio Residency, Project Row Houses, Houston, TX
2008
Finalist, New Work Bold Artists Series, Women and Their Work, Austin, TX
Runner-up, Open Studios Press Western United States Competition; Juror Andrea Karnes Curator, The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
2006
Winner, Open Studios Press Western United States Competition (New American Paintings #66); Juror Ian Berry, The Susan Rabinowitz Malloy Curator of the Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery of Skidmore College
2006
Honorable Mention, “Open Juried Exhibition”, TAACCL, Nassau Bay, TX
"Can't See the Forest", Houston Art League, Houston, TX
2022
"Hollows and Grottos: The Arboreal Worlds of Renata Lucia and Tom Sale", Russell Farm Art Center, Burleson, TX
2018
"News vs. Nature (Gulf)", Galveston Arts Center, Galveston, TX
2013
"Vintage”, Buchannan Gallery, Galveston, TX (with Tami Merrick)
2009
“The Sky Has No Memory”, Box13 ArtSpace, Houston, TX
“Interstand”, Project Row Houses, Houston, TX
“Strange Attractors”, 4411 Montrose, Houston, TX
(Expected) "Solastalgia", San Jacinto South Campus Gallery, San Jacinto College South, Houston, TX
"The Big Show 2024," Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX; Juror Dr. Laura Augusta, Curator, Rubin Center for the Visual Arts, The University of Texas at El Paso
"Luck of the Draw: Ecosystem", DiverseWorks, Houston, TX
"Texas National 2024", The Cole Art Center, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX; Juror Peter S. Briggs
2023
"Pink", Kinder Morgan Exhibition Series, Houston, TX
"Glassell Printmaking Students: 2018 - 2022", Glassell School of Art, MFAH, Houston, TX
"Wilderness", Kinder Morgan Exhibition Series, Houston, TX
2021
"Ab - Raum", D21 Kunstraum, Leipzig, Germany, by invitation of Kulturebahnhof Artistic Director, Mandy Gerht
2019
"Tiny Pricks Project", SPEEDWELL Projects, Portland, Maine
"Tiny Sketchbook Project", The Other Art Fair, London, UK
"Tiny Sketchbook Project", Sloe Gallery, Paris, France
"Texas Vignette Art Fair", Dallas, TX, Juror Leslie Moody Castro
"Great" mobiles Ausstellungs via Kulturbahnhof, Leipzig, Germany, by invitation of Kulturebahnhof Artistic Director, Mandy Gerht
2018
"New Texas Talent 2018", Craighead Green Gallery, Dallas, TX, Juried by CADD (Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas)
"Fifth Annual Artspace111 Regional Juried Exhibition", Artspace111, Fort Worth TX, Juror Christina Rees, Editor-in-Chief, Glasstire
"Texas Vignette Art Fair", Dallas, TX, Jurors Erin Murphy, Jessie Moncrief, and Dee Lara
"Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art 2018," Houston, TX, Juror Anna Katz, Assistant Curator, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angelas, CA
"Glasstire Party: Houston Edition," auction artist, Houston, TX, selected by Rainy Knudsen, Founder/Publisher, Glasstire
2017
"Art on the Avenue Juried Exhibition," Winter Street Studios; Juror Paul Davis, Curator of Collections at The Menil Collection
"Trump This", Art Car Museum, featured "Art Cycle Project" artist, Houston, TX
"Texas Artists Strong: Pop-up Exhibition and Fundraiser", Fresh Arts, Spring Street Studios, Houston, TX
"Stiches: The Art of Needlework", Texas Art Asylum, Houston, TX
"Collectors Club Cycle VII", Project Row Houses, Houston, TX, selection by Ryan Dennis, Project Row Houses Art Director & Curator
"The Big Show 2017," Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX; Juror Toby Kamps, former Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Menil Collection, and upcoming Director of the Blaffer Art Museum
"Rørpost Collaboration Project," City Hall, Houston, TX
2016
"Art on the Avenue Juried Exhibition," Winter Street Studios; Juror Jennie Ash, Visual Arts Director, Art League Houston
"Collector's Club Cycle VI," Project Row Houses, Houston, TX
"Rørpost Collaboration Project," Art Car Museum, Houston, TX
"Rørpost Collaboration Project", Arier Gammeltorv at UCSyd, Esbjerg, Denmark
"Rørpost Collaboration Project", City Hall, Esbjerg , Denmark
2015
"596 Miles," International Women's Foundation, Marfa, TX
"Art on the Avenue Juried Exhibition," Winter Street Studios; Juror Christine Jelson West, Executive Director Lawndale Arts Center
2014
"ArtChatter Uncorked," Nos Caves Vin, Houston, TX; curated by Elise Arnoult Miller, Arnoult Fine Art Consulting
Diploma Exhibition, Glassell School of Art, MFAH, Houston, TX
2011
"Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art 2012," Houston TX; Juror Robin Clark, Curator of Contemporary Art at San Diego Museum of Art
“Rock, Scissors, Paper,” Houston Center for Contemporary Craft, Houston, TX; curated by Lisa Qualls, artist
“Prismattak,” Domy-Houston; curated by Lisa Marie Godfrey, artist
“The Big Show,” Lawndale Art Center, Houston TX; Juror Aram Moyashedi, Curator, LA>
“The Empty Box,” Box13 ArtSpace, Houston TX
“eMotion Pictures: An Exhibition of Orthopaedics in Art,” Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago IL; Traveling selections from the San Francisco show made in conjunction with the Exhibition Curator of the Chicago Cultural Center
“eMotion Pictures: An Exhibition of Orthopaedics in Art,” San Francisco, CA; Jurors René de Guzman, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, John Killacky, The San Francisco Foundation, and Paul Pratchenko, Painter/Professor, SFSU
“Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art 2008”; Juror Dr. Kevin Salatino, Department Head and Curator of Prints and Drawings, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA
“Intersections: A Group Show of Works by the Art Chatter Critique Group,” The Jung Center, Houston, TX
“Red Hot Group Show,” Darke Gallery, Houston, TX
2007
“25thJuried Membership Exhibition,” Visual Arts Alliance, Houston, TX; Juror Arthur Turner
"The Big Show,” Lawndale Art Center, Houston TX; Juror Rita Gonzalez, Assistant Curator, Special Exhibitions, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA
“24th Juried Open Exhibition,” Visual Arts Alliance, Houston, TX; Juror Polly Hammet
“Assistance League of Houston Celebrates Texas Art 2007,” Houston, TX; Juror Carter Foster, Curator of Drawings, The Whitney Museum, New York NY
“9 x 12 Works On Paper Show,” Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, TX
“The Big Show,” Lawndale Art Center, Houston TX; Juror Dominic Molon, Pamela Alper Associate Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
“Summer Open Juried Exhibition,” TAACCL, Nassau Bay, TX; Juror Eric Michael Jones
“23rd Juried Open Exhibition,” Visual Arts Alliance, Houston, TX; Juror Sally Sprout, Principal, Sally Sprout Fine Art
2005
“The Big Show,” Lawndale Art Center, Houston TX; Juror Michael Olijnyk, Curator of Exhibitions for The Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA
2024
"The Hand Magazine", Issue 44, Prairie Village, KS
2019
"The International Painting Annual 9", Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2017
“Ringers at Lawndale's 'The Big Show': Can you spot them,?” The Houston Chronicle, Molly Glentzer, 07/21/2017
“Toby Kamps’ Big ‘Big Show’”, Glasstire, Michael Bise, 07/14/2017
2016
2011
"New American Paintings Juried Exhibition in Print, No. 96"
"rock, scissors, paper", Lisa Qualls
2009
Capsule Art Reviews, “Prismattak”, Houston Press, March, 11, 2009
AAOS “Emotion Pictures: An Exhibition of Orthopaedics in Art” project
“New American Paintings Juried Exhibition-in-Print, No. 66”
Texas Master Naturalist-Gulf Coast Chapter Member and Native Plant Society of Texas Member
2020-2021
Sketchbook Skool Volunteer: Spark Ambassador; Cohort Co-leader; Be an iPad Artist; Co-Presenter: Ready, Set, Print
2018-2022
City of Houston Artist Pool Member
2015-17
Houston Organizer (one of three) and Webmaster, Rørpost Collaboration Project (international collaboration between Houston and Danish artist groups)
2014
Instructor, Special Topics in Art Education - Encaustic Painting, MFAH, Houston TX
2006-18
ArtChatter Critique Group Member, Houston TX
Temporary Part-Time Apprentice Junk Dealer working at "Bill’s Junk", (included in the "No Zoning" exhibition) CAMH, Houston TX
Box13 ArtSpace Resident Artist, Houston TX
2008-9
Artists Cohort, DiverseWorks/Houston Arts Alliance Professional Development Program
Box13 ArtSpace Resident Artist/Board Member (Secretary), Houston, TX
COLLECTIONS
International Woman's Foundation, Marfa, TX
and private collections in Texas, New Mexico, and Pennsylvania.
Older work exhibited under the name Renate Jones.