EDUCATION:
1982 MFA, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 1980 BFA, Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2018 The Union League of Philadelphia, PA, “Civility in Politics: Reagan-O’Neill Painting Unveiling”, 2005 Hirschl and Adler Modern, New York, NY, “Renée Foulks: Point of Beginning” 2003 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum, Philadelphia, PA. “In Quest of Oracles and Sacred Places” 1998 Keystone College, LaPlume, PA 1997 Gallery Henoch, New York, NY 1994 Arronson Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA 1992 Widener University Art Museum, Chester, PA 1991 Goforth Rittenhouse Galleries, Ltd., Philadelphia, PA 1983 University of Scranton, Scranton, PA 1982 Keystone College, LaPlume, PA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2025 Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE, “Paintings from the Collection”
2024 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum, Philadelphia, PA, “On the Horizon”
2019 Gallery Henoch, New York, NY, “The Female Eye”
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum, Philadelphia, PA, “Modern and Contemporary Landscapes”
2018 Concord Center for the Visual Arts, Concord, MA, “In Her Own Image: Self Portraits by Women 1900 - 2018”
2017 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum, Philadelphia, PA, “The Loaded Brush:
The Oil Sketch and the Philadelphia School of Painting”
2016 Haynes Galleries, Thomaston, ME, “Stories in Paint”
F.A.N. Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, “Summer Show 2016”
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum, Philadelphia, PA, “A Big Story”
2015 Haynes Galleries, Nashville, TN, “Six Philadelphia Artists”
2014 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum, Philadelphia, PA, "A Fine Arrangement: The Art of Still Life"
Haynes Galleries, Thomaston, ME, “Celebrating the Portrait as Timeless Art” F.A.N. Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, “New Talent and Gallery Artists”
2013 Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA, “Beyond the Surface: The Power of Conceptual Realism” National Arts Club, New York, NY, “Body Politic” F.A.N. Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, “Encounters” Haynes Galleries, Nashville, TN, “The Art of Drawing: Line, Texture, Form and Light” and “Women Painting Women" Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, “Year of the Woman”
2012 Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE, “Aesthetic Moment” Lebanon Valley College, Annville, PA, “A Feast for the Eyes” Haynes Galleries, Thomaston, ME, “Four Figurative Artists” and “The Portrait in American Realism” Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, “Invitational Still Life” Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA, “Haunting Narratives: Detours from Philadelphia Realism
2011 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum, Philadelphia, PA, “Anatomy Now” Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, “Celebration of Music”
2010 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum, Philadelphia, PA, “Narcissus in the Studio" Hirschl and Adler Modern, New York, NY
2009 Alva deMars Megan Chapel Art Center, St. Anselm College, Manchester, NH, “A Figural Presence” Artist’s House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, “Back to Cezanne”
2008 Hirschl and Adler Modern, New York, NY, “Celebrating Women Artists”
2007 Hirschl and Adler Modern, New York, NY Cavalier Gallery, Nantucket, MA
2006 Oglethorpe University Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, “Slow Painting: A Deliberate Renaissance” Hirschl and Adler Modern, New York, NY
2004 Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, “Renée Foulks: Drawings and Paintings”
2000 Gallery 911, Philadelphia, PA, “Academy Viewpoints: Alternative Approaches to Tradition,” Two-Person Exhibition
1999 Bianco Gallery, Buckingham, PA, “The Bianco Foundation Juried Exhibition”
1997 Tatistcheff and Company, New York, NY, “Drawing From Life”
1996 Gallery Henoch, New York, NY, “The Realist Figure: Contemporary Perspectives”
1995 Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA, “80th Anniversary Exhibition” and “The Nude: Beyond the Studio” Lebanon Valley College, Annville, PA, “The Spiritual Dimension” Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, “Distinguished Artists Exhibition”
1994 Gallery Henoch, New York, NY John Lock Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1993 Woodmere Art Museum, Chestnut Hill, PA, “Figural Philadelphia” The Century Association, New York, NY, “Works by Younger Artists from the Collection of Richard Brown Baker”
1992 F.A.N. Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, “Dream: Paintings and Works on Paper”
1990 Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, “Contemporary Philadelphia Artists: A Juried Exhibition” Goforth Rittenhouse Galleries, Ltd., Philadelphia, PA
1989 Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE, “Biennial ‘89” John Szoke Gallery, New York, NY, “As They See Themselves” and “Man, Woman, Child” The Art Exchange, Darien, CT, “American Still Life”
1988 Century Club, New York, NY, “Century Collectors’ Recent Acquisitions”
1987 Grand Central Art Galleries, Inc., New York, NY, St. Louis Artists’ Guild, John Pence Gallery
1986 Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE, “69th Annual Juried Exhibition”
1985 Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE, 68th Annual Juried Exhibition Grand Central Art Galleries, Inc., New York, NY Noel Butcher Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, “Home Life,” Two-person Exhibition
1984 The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA, “Pennsylvania Artist Educator ’84"” Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA, “Annual Juried Exhibition”
1982 Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, “Feast Your Eyes” Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA, “4 Women Artists”
Lackawanna Art Gallery, Scranton, PA
1981 Stockton State College, Pomona, NJ
1980 Marian Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, “Looking Forward, New Talent”
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA National Constitution Center, Philadelphia, PA Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum, Philadelphia, PA LaSalle University Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA Yale University Art Museum, New Haven, CT Keystone College, LaPlume, PA Lebanon Valley College, Annville, PA Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE University of Scranton, Scranton, PA
SELECTED AWARDS/PUBLICATIONS:
2017 Foundations of Drawing: A Practical Guide to Art History, Tools, Techniques and Styles, by Al Gury, Watson-Guptill
2015 American Art Collector, “Philadelphia Focus” 2013 Artist Daily, “No Two Shadows are Alike” 2011 Schöne Frauen, by Karin Sagner, Elisabeth Sandmann, Publisher
2010 Color for Painters: A Guide to Traditions and Practice, by Al Gury, Watson-Guptill 2006 Mellon Foundation, University of the Arts Venture Fund Painting Grant Additional Mellon Foundation Grants: 2001, 1996, 1994, 1992, 1988
2005 “Renée Foulks- A Point of Beginning” by Kim Sajet and Shelley Farmer, Hirschl and Adler, Publisher
2004 Artist Drawing Magazine, National Drawing Competition 1999 Figure Sketching School, Reader’s Digest Books 1997 American Artist Magazine, “Paintings That Tell a Story” 1987 “American Artist Golden Anniversary National Art Exhibition” 1st Place Oil Prize 1985 New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Painting Grant