CV
René D. Shoemaker
P.O. Box 761, Athens GA 30603, USA
+1.706.424.4739
Juchefaux, 23200 St. Maixant, France
+33.6.86.13.84.80
rene.shoemaker@gmail.com
www.reneshoemaker.com
Curriculum Vitae 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
Museum Permanent Collections
2016 Columbus Museum, Columbus, GA
Commissioned site-specific installations
2022 Places and Names. Galerie des Marches, Aubusson, France
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. Le Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
(My artwork is included in an installation artwork by Simón Vega, Archipiélago de
Intercambio)
Residency
2020 Fiber Forward Focus Fellowship, AIR Serenbe, Serenbe, 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, France
2017 La mémoire et le lieu. La Mairie de Felletin, Felletin, France
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’ecorce, Anne Buxerolle et René Shoemaker.
La Caféothèque de Paris, 75004 Paris, France
2018-2019 Call & Response: Works by Judy Bales & René Shoemaker. Lyndon House Arts
Center, Athens, GA
Instruction/Teaching
2021-2022 Business of Art. KA Artist Gallery, Athens, GA
2021-2022 Silk Painting Workshops. KA Artist Gallery, Athens, GA
2022 Linograveur. Artemis en Creuse, Aubusson, GA
2019 Guest Lecturer. Silk Painting Workshop. University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg,
MS
2019 Silk Painting Workshop. Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Laurel, MS
2016-2020 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
Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation
Publications
2023 Flagpole Magazine. Athens, GA
2023 VoyageRaleigh. Los Angeles, CA
2022 La Montagne. Clermont-Ferrand, France
2020 Selvedge Magazine, London, UK
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
Awards + Honorable Mentions
2016 Historic Columbus Foundation. Columbus, GA
Preservation Award: “Discovering the Chattahoochee Valley”
2015 40th Annual Lyndon House Juried Exhibit. Lyndon House Art Center, Athens GA
Merit Award: “'Night Time, Auzances, Limousin, France”
2013 Monroe Art Guild 18th Annual Winter Art Show. Monroe Art Guild, Monroe, GA
Honorable Mention: "Kennedy Road Beaver Pond, Oconee County, GA"
2011 36th Annual Lyndon House Juried Exhibit. Lyndon House Art Center, Athens GA
Honorable Mention: "YWCA Building, Hancock & Pulaski"
2009 Summer Members Show. Monroe Art Guild, Monroe, GA
Honorable Mention: "YWCA Building - Facade, Athens, GA”
2008 Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation. Athens, GA
Preservation Award. Co-curator “Fred J. Orr, Architect, Athens, GA”
Group Exhibitions
1998-2022 Participated in over 90 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