RENÉE BOUCHARD
P.O. Box 4012 Bennington, Vermont 05201 (802) 733-7651
EDUCATION
MFA, visual art, Vermont College of Fine Art, 2021
BFA, painting with honors, Maine College of Art and Design, 1999
AWARDS
Pollock-Krasner Foundation
Fellowship in painting, 2023
Puffin Foundation
Unlearning Imperialism, 2022
Robert Rauschenberg Foundation
Power of Art Grant, 2003, 2022
Vermont Arts Council
Individual Artist Grant, 2008
RESIDENCIES
Vermont Studio Center, 2008
The Cooper Union, 2005
Kate Millett Art Colony for Women, 1999
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021
LA Arts Center, “Allegory of Prudence” Lewiston, ME
2017
Southern Vermont College, “We The People” Burgdorff Gallery, Bennington, VT
2016
Vermont State House, Governor’s Gallery, “Kaleidoscopic Pathos” Montpelier, VT
2013
McDaris Fine Art, “Confluence” Hudson, NY
2015
Kirkland Art Center, “New Paintings” Clinton, NY
2009
The Bennington Museum, “Scapes” Bennington, VT
2006
Southern Vermont Art Center, “New Landscapes” Manchester, VT
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Artspace New Haven, “Short Shift: Art to Action” New Haven, CT
2022
Lyman Allyn Museum,
Connecticut College, “Gathering as Praxis, Nasty Women Connecticut” New London, CT
2022
Coral Door Gallery, “Elemental Fictions” New York, NY
2020
University of Maine at Augusta, Danforth Gallery, “#MyDearMaine” online, Augusta, ME
Southern Vermont Arts Center, “Unmasked: Pandemic Response” Manchester, VT
The Cordial Eye, “Reimagining Family” Hyannis, MA
The Interchurch Center, “Three Women Artists” New York, NY
ICA Gallery at MECA & D, “MECA COLLECT” Portland, ME
2017
Andrew Edlin Gallery, “Es Tu Art Brut?” New York, NY
2014
Big Town Gallery, “Seven Women Artists” Rochester, VT
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, Gallery 51, “Inside the Outside: Reconsidering Our Views About Art” North Adams, MA
2009
Storefront Artist Project, “Cultural Corridor” Pittsfield, MA
2005
University of Massachusetts, “New York, New England, New Talent” Amherst, MA
Aucocisco Gallery, “Emerging Maine Painters” Portland, ME
1999
Center for Maine Contemporary Art, “Next Generation” Rockland, ME
LECTURES
2022 Robert Frost Museum at Bennington College, A Literary and Painterly Landscape
2020 Vermont College of Fine Art, Color Interaction, lecture/pop up workshop
2015 Bennington Museum, Lecture/Workshop: Rock Art and Printmaking
2014 Big Town Gallery, Rochester NY: Conversation with Seven Women Painters exploring questions of life, work, family & creativity.
2012 Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts and Gallery 51, North Adams, MA: Exhibiting Artist Talk: Inside the Outside: Reconsidering Our Views About Art, Evening Panel Discussion Art Education and the Education of the Artist
2008 Union College, Visiting Artist Slide Lecture/Critique
Vermont Arts Exchange, Stark Hose Gallery, Individual Artist Grant Process Talk
2004 University of Southern Maine, Visiting Artist Slide Lecture
2002 ICA at The Maine College of Art, Panel Discussion: Isolation and Dislocation
1999 Learning Disabilities Association of America, The Power of Art for Students on the spectrum.
PUBLICATIONS
2023
INTERLOCUTOR Magazine “Artist/Mother” Spring, Interview
2021
Art New England “Unmasked: Artful Responses to the Pandemic” March/April, Review
2020
Isele Magazine “Artist/Mother/Quarantine” Creative Nonfiction Essay
2017
The Country and Abroad, "WE THE PEOPLE" Exhibit by Artist-in-Residence, Renée Bouchard, at Southern Vermont College Gallery, April/May, Beth Potter, Interview
The Bennington Banner, "Mindscapes derived from memory
With Artist Renee Bouchard opens new exhibition at SVC gallery" January 15, 2017, Telly Halkias, Interview
2016
Vermont Digger, SOUTHERN VERMONT COLLEGE ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE RENÉE BOUCHARD TO OFFER “ART, MAKING AND MEANING", December, 2016, Marion Whiteford, Interview
The Berkshire Eagle, “Artist in Focus/Renée Bouchard: From small town to state house”, July, Telly Halkias, Interview
The Times Argus, Visual Art Review: The World and Within: Renee Bouchard and Tom Wies”, July, Interview
2015
Hill Country Observer, “A toddler as muse, Bennington artist blends family, creative lives in works that challenge” July, Telly Halkias, Interview
Folk Art Messenger "Inside the Outside: Reconsidering Our Views About Art" Tony Gengarelly, Review
2014
Down East Magazine, 60th Anniversary Commemorative Cover, August,2014
2013
Southern Vermont Arts and Living, “The Art/Life Balance Southern Vermont artists reflect on juggling their creative pursuits and the realities of parenting” April 3, Arlene Distler, Review
2011
Art New England, “Renée Bouchard, Towle Hill Studio, Corinth VT”, July/August, Arlene Distler, Review
2009
Southern Vermont Arts and Living “Color Sense” Note cover image: “Peripheral Scattering, ‘Scapes’ Recent Paintings by Renee Bouchard at the Bennington Museum” Fall, Arlene Distler, Interview and cover image
Vermont Art Zine “WALKABOUT: The Bennington Museum” Janet Van Fleet, Review
Bennington Banner “Birth, Death have their place in Stark Installation” Ryan, Review
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
2023 P.A.V.E (Project Against Violent Encounters)
2021-22 Unlearning Imperialism Collective
2018-20 Artists Against Fascism
2015 Jessica Park Project Advisory Committee
2010-11 Kidspace, MASS MoCA, Teacher Advisory Committee