Renee Stout was born on 1958 and is an American sculptor and contemporary artist known for assemblage artworks dealing with her personal history and African-American heritage.
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Renee Stout was born in Junction City, Kansas to a family that enjoyed creative activities.
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When Renee Stout was one year old, her family returned to the East Liberty neighborhood in Pittsburgh.
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Renee Stout took weekend classes at the Carnegie Museum of Art as a child, which she credits for exposing her to African art.
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Renee Stout attended Carnegie-Mellon University, where she trained as a photo-realist painter.
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Renee Stout graduated with a BFA in 1980, where she followed the realist style of Edward Hopper and Richard Estes.
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Renee Stout then worked as a professional sign painter, exhibiting her skill by painting convincing images of textures such as glass, plastic and cardboard.
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Additionally, Renee Stout uses imaginary characters to create a variety of artwork, some of which include: painting, mixed media sculpture, photography and installation.
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Renee Stout is the recipient of awards from the Joan Mitchell Foundation, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation and the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation, and has shown her work in solo and group shows throughout the United States, and in England, Russia and the Netherlands.
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In 1993, Renee Stout was the first African American to have a one-person exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African Art.
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Renee Stout's exhibition was titled The Eyes of Understanding: Kongo Minkisi and The Art of Renee Stout.
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Renee Stout was a 2000 Artist-in-Residence at the Tryon Center for Visual Art in Charlotte, NC.
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Renee Stout has participated in a large number of solo shows in the United States and internationally.
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Renee Stout has participated in numerous group shows and exhibitions, including Afro-Atlantic Histories.