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@renee.i.f
renee.fritschel@gmail.com

Even as the landscape changes, memory is held within natural cycles; there is a lot of work and life happening beneath the surface. My work centers around elements in the natural world such as water and light, looking at the microcosms that the landscape creates. For me, these elements are rituals; they are a constant connection throughout time and space and through their changes, are reflective of how the world is evolving and suffering. A focus on natural phenomena makes note of the small but powerful systems that are constantly at work around us, leading away from a human-centered view of the world.


Renée Fritschel is from Cambridge, Massachusetts and studied studio art at Skidmore College. Her introduction to art and creating began when she learned how to sew at age 6. Textiles were, and still are an important framework for how she sees the world; pattern and texture now influence her work as a painter. She is the co-creator of SCEPTER, an artist-interview publication with her friend Maitreya Ravenstar.

She loves earl gray tea.

Experience
January - May 2025 - Public Programming Intern - Tang Teaching Museum at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs NY
January - May 2025 - Designer/Editor of Urban Renewal Publication - MDOCS and CREATE Community Studios, Saratoga Springs NY
July - August 2024 - Intern - WIRWIR, Berlin DE
June - December 2023 - Tang Guide - Tang Teaching Museum at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs NY
March - May 2021 - Intern - Unbound Visual Arts, Brighton MA
July 2018 - March 2020 - Craft Associate - Gather Here, Cambridge MA

Group Exhibitions
2026    The Shelf - Behind VA Shadows, Cambridge MA
2026    First Look - Somerville Museum, Somerville MA
2026    Renew - KMW School of Painting, Somerville MA
2026    Artwear Fashion Show - Crystal Ballroom, Somerville MA
2025    Senior Thesis Exhibition - Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Saratoga Springs NY
2025    Queer Ecology Hanky Project - Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Saratoga Springs NY
2025    120 Intercollegiate Regional: Forever Now - Lapham Gallery, Glens Falls NY
2024    Corners & Stones - Case Gallery, Saratoga Springs NY
2024    Fort - Case Gallery, Saratoga Springs NY
2024    Juried Student Show - Schick Art Gallery, Saratoga Springs NY
2022    Artbash Book Arts Show - School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL

Education
September 2022 - May 2025 - Skidmore College - BS in painting with honors
January - April 2024 - Syracuse Florence - painting and printmaking courses
September 2021 - May 2022 - School of the Art Institute of Chicago - fibers concentration
June - August 2019 - Rhode Island School of Design Precollege - fibers concentration