Renée Green

Biography

Artist, filmmaker, and writer Renée Green was born in 1959 in Cleveland, OH. She received a BA in 1981 from Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT. Green has been the subject of many solo exhibitions, including at the Institute of Contemporary Art, New York, NY (1990); Universität Lüneburg, Lüneburg, Germany (1996); Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY (2006); Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland (2009); and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA (2010). She has also participated in numerous group exhibitions, including From the Studio: Artists in Residence,1988-1989, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY (1989); Artist/Author: Contemporary Artist's Books, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL (1998); Moving Images. Artists & Video/Film, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany (2010); Platforms: Collections and Commissions, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN (2019); and The Last of the Animal Builders, Edith Farnsworth House, Plano, IL (2023). Green currently lives and works between Somerville, MA, and New York, NY

Bio updated as of 2023.