• L’architecture creusois
  Café des Arts
  12 Pl. Maurice Dayras
  23200 Aubusson, France
  2025 - 2026

Major EXHIBITIONS

• Paysages magiques
  Galerie AM’Carta
  Pont de la Terrade
  Aubusson, FR
  21 July - 3 August, 2025

• San Francisco, Paris, New York City
  Michelle Thomas Fine Art Gallery
  40 29th Street
  San Francisco, USA
  July - October, 2024

Workshops

2025

• Silk Painting Introduction
  La Caféothèque Reid Hall
  Columbia University in Paris
  Paris, France

2024

• Silk Painting art retreat Château de Saint-Germaine-des-Prés
  Château de Saint-Germain-des-Prés
  Dordogne, France
  September 12-17, 2024
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• Three day silk painting workshop in San Francisco
  Learn to paint on silk with René Shoemaker
  San Francisco, California
  July 23-25, 2024
  

Past EXHIBITIONS

2025 -2026

• L’architecture creusois
  solo exhibit
  Café des Arts
  12 Pl. Maurice Dayras
  23200 Aubusson, France
  March - November, 2025

2024

• Lyndon House Art Center’s 49th Juried Exhibition
  Lyndon House Art Center
  Athens, GA
  March - May 2024

• Gravure Contemporaine
  Graveurs du Monde Gallery
  Aubusson, 23200 La Creuse
  April - May 2024

• Together We Dazzle 2024
  Hendershot’s
  237 Prince Ave
  Athens, GA
  June 29 - September 21, 2024
  
  

Special Opportunity

2019

• Cosmopolis #2
  Centre Pompidou
  Paris, France
  (My work is included in an installation piece
  by Simón Vega, Archipiélago de Intercambio)Recent exhibitions

2023

• Perception et Sensation
  solo exhibit + reception
  Café des Arts
  12 Pl. Maurice Dayras
  23200 Aubusson, France
  March - September 2023

• 1001 Portes
  group exhibition
  Ecole élémentaire de Crocq
  rue Jean et Robert Judé
  23260 Crocq, France
  July - Aug, 2023

• Together We Dazzle
  art show & benefit for the EDS society
  5 & 10
  1073 South Milledge Ave
  Athens, GA
  
  

Art Residency

2020

• Fiber Forward Focus Fellowship
  AIR Serenbe
  Serenbe, Georgia
  November 2020
  
  

recent exhibitions

2023

• Perception et Sensation
  solo exhibit + reception
  Café des Arts
  12 Pl. Maurice Dayras
  23200 Aubusson, France
  March 29 - September 30, 2023

• 1001 Portes
  group exhibition
  Ecole élémentaire de Crocq
  rue Jean et Robert Judé
  23260 Crocq, France
  July - Aug, 2023

• Together We Dazzle
  art show & benefit for the EDS society
  5 & 10
  1073 South Milledge Ave
  Athens, GA

2022

• Places + Names
  solo exhibition
  Galerie des Marches
  Aubusson, France 23200

• The Doors of Athens
  paintings by René Shoemaker
  Athens Art & Frame
  Athens, GA 30606

• Jess’s Farm
  SmallÄrt Gallery
  Rochester, MN

• The Cultural Landscape Foundation
  - 18th Annual Silent Auction

• 1001 reflets
  group exhibition
  Crocq, France

• The Doors of Athens
  solo exhibition
  Community
  Athens, GA, USA

• Graveurs en Creuse
  group exhibition
  Galerie Artemis en Creuse
  Aubusson, France

2021

• The Doors of Athens
  solo exhibition
  Creature Comforts
  Athens, GA 30601

2020

• Les temps de la forêt: entre la fleur & l’ecorce
  Anne Buxerolle et René Shoemaker
  two person exhibition
  La Caféothèque de Paris
  Paris, France

• SPACE 2020: ATHICA Juried Exhibition
  Athens Institute of Contemporary Art
  Athens, GA

  The Cultural Landscape Foundation
  - 16th Annual Silent Auction
  Washington, D.C.
  
  2019
  
  Magical Landscapes: An Artists Fusion of Japanese Ukiyo-e Prints and Laurel’s Architectural Heritage, Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Laurel, MS, USA
  Coffee Art Project: New York City, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York City, USA
  All Together Now The Beacon Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
  44th Juried Exhibition Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, GA

  The Love Show KA Artist, Athens, GA, March 1 - March 31, 2019

2018

• Lyndon House Arts Center, Call & Response: Works by Judy Bales & René Shoemaker. November 8, 2018 - January 12, 2019

• Espace.galerie au fil de temps, “Intérieurs” Uzerche, France, November 2018

• AM’Carta Gallery, “Flâneries en Aubusson” Aubusson, France, August 17 - 31, 2018

• Marie de Felletin, France “Découvrir - Felletin et ses villages” (Discover - Felletin & Her Villages), June 1 - July 27, 2018 

• Jittery Joe's 5 Points “Works on Paper”, Athens, GA. USA January 1 - March 28, 2018

• COLUMBUS MUSEUM “10 X 10 Art for Education” Auction, Columbus, GA

2017

• #colortheory - Trio Contemporary Arts Gallery Athens, GA. USA September 1 - Oct 14, 2017

• “Solo Exhibition” - Creature Comforts Brewing Company Athens, GA. USA October 31 - December 3, 2017 / Meet the Artist + Silk Painting Demo: Sunday, November 12, 1-4 pm

• “La memoire et le lieu: Exposition de peintures sur soie de René Shoemaker” - Memory and Place: Exhibition of Silk Paintings by René Shoemaker / Vernissage 18h-20h 21 juin, 2017 - Reception: June 21, 2017 6-8 pm / Mairie de Felletin, France / June 21 - August 19, 2017

• “Love in All It’s Many Forms” - KA Artist Shop February 14 - March 31, 2017, Athens, GA

• “Love On the Side” - Creature Comforts Brewing Company February 14 - Feb 25, 2017

• “Solo Exhibition” - Heirloom Cafe & Fresh Market March through April, 2017, Athens, GA

• “Let There Be Art 2017” - Invitational Art Show & Sale at Columbus Museum of Art April 6-13, 2017

• Silk Painting Workshop - KA Artist Shop Saturday, March 11, 2017, 1-5 pm, Athens, GA

2016

• Café Grumpy - “The Café Experience” February 14 - March 16, 2016, Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY

• Columbus Museum - "Discovering the Chattahoochee Valley" August 2015 - August 2016, Columbus, GA

• Classic Center - "Hello Neighbor" October 13 2015 - April 1, 2016, Athens, GA

2015

• Columbus Museum - "Discovering the Chattahoochee Valley" August 2015 - August 2016, Columbus, GA

• The Cultural Landscape Foundation - "Silent Auction at ASLA-Chicago" November 7-8, 2015, Chicago, IL

• "Coffee Art Project" at the New York Coffee Festival September 25 - 27, 2015, Athens, GA

• Alabama Center for the Arts - "Athens Voices USA - 2015" August 13 - November 5, 2015, Decatur, AL

• Café Lomi July-October 2015, Paris, France

• KAArtist Gallery - "Artists for Animals" June 9 - August 15, 2015, Athens, GA

• Arthur Butcher Gallery, Concord University - "Athens Voices USA - 2015" June 1 - July 24, 2015, Athens, WV

• "Coffee Art Project" at the London Coffee Festival April 30 - May 3, 2015, Old Truman Brewery, London, UK

• Lyndon House Arts Center - 40th Juried Exhibition March 5 - May 2, 2015, Athens, GA *Merit Award received for 'Night Time, Auzances, Limosin, France'

• Café Chilango February-April 2015, Paris, France

• KAArtist Gallery - "Love in All its Many Forms" Feb 1 - 28, 2015, Athens, GA

• Ciné BarCaféCinema - "In Bloom" January 22 - March 15, 2015, Athens, GA

• The Dairy Barn Arts Center - "Athens Voices USA - 2015" January 16 - March 15, 2015, Athens, OH

• La Caféotheque de Paris - "Un Café, S'il Vous Plaît" November 2014 - January 2015, Paris, France

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