Randi Renate
Biography
Randi Renate was born ‘en caul,’ intact inside the amniotic sac, in San Antonio, TX. She is an MFA graduate of the Sculpture Department at the Yale School of Art, and the recipient of numerous fellowships including Socrates Sculpture Park in Queens, NY, Lighthouse Works on Fishers Island, NY, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art in Omaha, NE, and Fountainhead in Miami, FL, Santa Fe Art Institute, NM, and Sculpture Space, NY. Her 2021 permanent public sculpture, “blue is the atmospheric refraction I see you through,” at the Adirondack History Museum, was made in part by the 2021 New York State Council of the Arts DEC Community Arts Grant and featured in Interior Design Magazine. Featured in Sculpture Magazine is her most recent public sculpture in NYC for the 2022 Socrates Annual exhibition “Sink or Swim Climate Futures.” Randi also produces the podcast CORALESCENCE: conversations highlighting the connection between art and science. These episodes are “studio visits” she conducts with scientists and other researchers in their fields, exploring a broad range of topics starting with coral restoration, global climate change and ecology.
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