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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

“By the presentation of visible objects to the eye, divine truths may become most vividly photographed upon the soul.” - Bishop Benjamin Tanner

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