René D. Shoemaker
        
PO Box 761, Athens, GA 30603 - USA
+1 706.424.4739
Juchefaux, 23200 - St. Maixant - France
rene.shoemaker@gmail.com
www.reneshoemaker.com
+33.6.86.13.84.80                                                                  

Résumé 2023

Education
1993   Master of Library and Information Science, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
1981   Bachelor of Fine Arts, focus in Fabric Design, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2012   Penland School of Crafts, Penland NC
2006   Appalachian Center for the Arts

Commissioned site-specific installations
2015-16   Discovering the Chattahoochee Valley. Columbus Museum, Columbus, GA
2012   Passages II. Ramsey Student Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2007   Passages. Ramsey Student Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2006   Succession. Heyward Allen Toyota, Athens, GA
2004   Kind Words Rising. Ramsey Student Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

Special Opportunity
2019 Cosmopolis #2. Pompidou Center, Paris, France
(My artwork is included in an installation piece by Simón Vega, Archipiélago de Intercambio)

Residency
2020   Fiber Forward Focus Fellowship, AIR Serenbe, Serenbe, GA

Museum Permanent Collections
2016    Columbus Museum, Columbus, GA

Solo Exhibitions
2023 Perception et Sensation. Café des Arts, Aubusson, France
2022 Places and Names. Galerie des Marches, Aubusson, France
2022 Jess’s Farm. SmallÄrt Gallery, Rochester, MN
2022 Doors of Athens. Athens Art & Frame, Athens, GA
2022 Doors of Athens. Community, Athens, GA
2021 Doors of Athens. Creature Comforts, Athens, GA
2019 Magical Landscapes. Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Laurel, MS
2018 Flâneries en Aubusson. Galerie AM’Carta, Aubusson, France
2018 Découvrir: Felletin et ses villages. Mairie de Felletin, Felletin, FR
2017    La memoire et le lieu / Memory and Place. La Mairie de Felletin, Felletin, FR
2017    La rentrée. Ciné, Athens, GA
2017    Meet the Artist. Creature Comforts, Athens, GA
2017    Works on Paper. JJ’s 5 Points, Athens, GA
2017    Recent Works. Heirloom Café & Fresh Market, Athens, GA
2015-16  Discovering the Chattahoochee Valley. Columbus Museum, Columbus, GA
2016    The Café Experience. Cafe Grumpy, Grand Central Station, NY
2016    The Café Experience. Cafe Grumpy, Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY
2014    Un Café, S’il Vous Plaît - 18th. Café Lomi, 75018 Paris, France
2014    Un Café, S’il Vous Plaît - 4th. La Caféothèque de Paris, 75004 Paris, France
2014    Coffee & the Café Experience at Home & Abroad. The Grit, Athens, GA
2013    Coffee!..it’s the experience. Hendershot’s, Athens, GA
2010    Village Details: A walk from the West to the East Village, and what I saw along the way, Shade, New York City
2010    Discovering Monroe. Monroe Art Guild, Monroe, GA
2009    Orr2: Interpreting the Legacy - an artistic interpretation of Fred J. Orr's architecture, Circle Gallery, College of Environment &        Design, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2005    Other Places. The Last Resort, Athens, GA
2004    Rediscovering the Neighborhood. Shade, New York City
2004    The Other Side of Athens. Aurum Studios, Athens, GA
2003    Observations - the Architecture of Downtown Watkinsville. Watkinsville Public Library, Watkinsville, GA
2002    From Here to There. Clayton Street Gallery, Athens, GA
2001    Ethereal Spaces – (1st solo gallery exhibit!) Clayton Street Gallery, Athens, GA

Two-Person Exhibitions
2020 Les Temps de la Forêt: entre la fleur & l'écorce, Anne Buxerolle et René Shoemaker. La Caféothèque de Paris, 75004 Paris
2018-2019 Call & Response: Works by Judy Bales & René Shoemaker. Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, GA

Instruction/Teaching
2019   Guest Lecturer. Silk Painting Workshop. University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS
2019   Silk Painting Workshop. Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Laurel, MS
2016-2019 Silk Painting Workshops. KA Artist Gallery, Athens, GA
2016-2018   Silk Painting Workshops. Private, Athens, GA
2016-2017 Guest Lecturer. Silk Painting Workshop. University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2016   Silk Painting Workshop. Columbus Museum, Columbus, GA
2015   Silk Painting Workshop. Columbus State University, Columbus, GA
2014   Linoleum Print Workshop. Café Chilango, Paris, France
2012   Silk Painting Workshop. The Loft, Athens, GA
2012   Indigo Dyeing Workshop. CCP Studio, Arnoldsville, GA
2012   Shibori Workshop. ARROW, Athens, GA
2011   Silk Painting Workshop.The Loft, Athens, GA
2011   Dyeing Workshop. ARROW, Athens, GA

Memberships
American Craft Council
Surface Design Association
Costume Society of America
Athens Area Arts Council

Publications                                                                                                                                                                              
2018   Flagpole Magazine, Athens, GA
2016   The Muse. Columbus Museum, Columbus, GA
2015   Uppercase Compendium of Craft & Creativity. Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2016-17 Flagpole Magazine. Athens, GA
2009   Shaping the American Landscape. University of Virginia Press, VA
2005   Athens Sketchbook. Indigo Publishing, Macon, GA

Group Exhibitions
2023 Together We Dazzle, 5 & 10, Athens, GA
2023 A Ribbon Runs Through It, Textiles from the Columbus Museum, Illges Gallery, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA
2022 1001 reflets, Crocq, FR
2022 Graveurs en Creuse, Galerie Artemis en Creuse, FR
2020 Space 2020, ATHICA Juried Exhibition, Athens Institute of Contemporary Art, Athens, GA
2019 44th Juried Exhibition, Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, GA
2019 Coffee Art Project, New York, NY
2018 << Intérieurs >>, Espace Galerie Au fil du Temps, Uzerche, France
1998-2018 Participated in 88 group exhibitions.

Curatorial Work
1994-2009   Director + Exhibit Curator, Circle Gallery, College of Environment & Design, University of Georgia. Athens, GA; See Rene Shoemaker 2009 UGA CV for complete list of 130 exhibits curated