Renée Zangara is an artist residing in Portland, Oregon and is an active member of the regional art community. Renée’s work has been exhibited nationally and is in private and public collections, including the Portland Art Museum, Rood Family Pavilion, Regional Arts & Culture Council’s Visual Chronicle, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Oregon State University’s College of Agricultural Sciences, the Swedish Medical Center Foundation in Seattle, Washington, and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Solo Exhibitions
2023 INFLUENCERS – Nine Gallery, Portland, OR
2023 Land Ho! – Hoffman Center for the Arts, Manzanita, OR
2022 Show Up and Get Lost – Nine Gallery, Portland, OR
2021 Hallelujah! – Nine Gallery, Portland, OR
2019 Romance – Nine Gallery, Portland, OR
2019 State Flowers – Portland International Airport (2018 to 2019), Portland, OR
2019 Agog – Oranj Studio, Portland, OR
2018 Napping with Monsters – Portland Art Museum (2016 to 2018), Portland, OR
2018 Lovestruck – Guild Mortgage Building, Portland, OR
2017 The Outskirts – Nine Gallery, Portland, OR
2017 Works from the Wetlands Series – Gallery 440, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR
2016 Wetlands – Guest Shed Gallery, Seattle, WA
2016 Ode – Nine Gallery, Portland, OR
2015 Napping with Monsters – Nine Gallery, Portland, OR
2015 Loves Me – Umpqua Valley Arts Association, Roseburg, OR
2014 BEHEMOTH – Nine Gallery, Portland, OR
2013 Ruralization – Nine Gallery, Portland, OR
2012 One Song – Milagro Theatre, Portland, OR
2012 Mirth – Nine Gallery, Portland, OR
2010 Reunion – Earth 2 World, Portland, OR
2010 Loves Me – PDX Contemporary Art Window Project , Portland, OR
2010 Wishing Well – Nine Gallery, Portland, OR
Group Exhibitions
2023 Biomass – Pearl District, Portland, OR
2016 Drawing as Core – North View Gallery, PCC Sylvania Campus, Portland, OR
2016 Beam Me Up Exhibition – Gallery 110, Seattle, WA
2014 Thoughts and Longing: 3 Installations – The Arts Center, Corvallis, OR
2012 Nine @ 25 – Nine Gallery, Portland, OR
2011 Welcome to My World – 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, OR
2011 The Tool Show – Curator: Dennis Cunningham – Mayer Gallery, Marylhurst University, OR
2010 Chance to Flourish: Private, Public, and Wild Gardens – OSU, Corvallis, OR
2010 Exploring Contemporary Printmaking – Marin MOCA, Novato, CA
Grants and Awards
Regional Arts and Culture Council (RACC) Portland, Oregon – Project Grant
Oregon State University Art About Agriculture Program – Honorarium
Oregon State University Art About Agriculture 2010 – Purchase Award
Professional Affiliations
Saatchi Art Online (2012 to Present)
Brumfield Gallery, Astoria, OR (2023)
Nine Gallery, Portland, OR (2010 to 2022)
Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR
RACC, Public Art Selection and Professional Practices Grant Committees, Portland, OR
PICA – Prints for PICA, Print Press Operator, Portland, OR
Corporate, Public, and Private Collections
Regional Arts and Culture Council (RACC), Portable Works Collection, Portland, OR
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Rood Family Pavilion, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, OR
Intensive Care Unit, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, OR
Hatfield Research Center, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, OR
Phil Knight Cancer Research Center, Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, OR
Central City Concern, Portland, OR
Swedish Medical Foundation, Seattle, WA
Oregon State University College of Agricultural Sciences, Corvallis, OR
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Regional Arts and Culture Council (RACC), Visual Chronicle, Portland, OR
Articles, Publications, and Collaborations
2023 Oregon ArtsWatch – Animal Magnetism: orartswatch.org/art-review-animal-magnetism/
2022 Featured in Saatchi Art’s Fall Catalogue
2020 PBS / OPB Oregon Art Beat
2020 Featured at Portland International Airport – XOPDXnext.com
2020 Unseen Forces: The Heightened Vision of Renée Zangara – Essay by Richard Speer
2017 Featured in Portal: Portland Art Museum Magazine, Spring 2017 Issue
2016 Beam Me Up, Gallery 110, Portland, OR
2014 Willamette Week Visual Arts Review – BEHEMOTH, Richard Speer, May 2014
2014 Fine Art Celebrates Oregon’s Working Landscapes
2013 Featured in Christopher Rauschenberg: Studio Photography, Weil Books, 2013
2013 Willamette Week Visual Arts Review – Ruralization, Richard Speer, May 2013
2012 Portlandia Season 3
2012 Nine @ 25, by Nine Gallery
2012 Willamette Week Visual Arts Review – Mirth, Richard Speer, May 2012
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, Oregon