Reenie Charriere

"I am most interested in how objects accumulate in our everyday spaces. My work is motivated by the drama of landscapes and waterways, urban and rural.
I experiment by collecting and transforming everyday materials, especially throwaways. Through photography, drawing, and sculptural installation my notions play upon the unpredictable juxtaposition of natural and synthetic matter." - Reenie Charriere

Charriere received her MFA in Visual Art 2009 from Maine College of Art in Portland, Maine. Her work addresses environmental issues exposing the natural beauty as well as the synthetic troubles all around us, and actively considers the consequences of our human endeavors.
Reenie has received numerous grants including two Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants in 2015, and 2011, and a Roderick Dew Travel Grant in 2008. She has been awarded Artist Residencies by the Fish Factory in Iceland, 2016, Maine College of Art in 2015, the La Napoule Art Foundation in France, 2012-14, SF MOMA, 2013, Arts Benicia, 2014, and Vermont Studio, 2011.  Her work has been exhibited in venues internationally, as well as all over the United States.