Renee Stout

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Renee Stout (born 1958) is a contemporary artist known for assemblage artworks dealing with her personal history and African American heritage.[1]

Born in Junction City, Kansas, Stout lives and works in Washington, D.C. and received a Bachelor in Fine Arts from Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1980. She has participated in numerous exhibitions including several exhibitions at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. and at the De Beyerd Museum in the Netherlands. Her work is in numerous collections including The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI, and the Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD. Her awards include two Pollock Krasner Foundation Awards, The Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Regional Visual Arts Fellowship and a Tryon Center for Visual Arts Residency. [2][3]

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  1. ^ Ackland Art Museum article retrieved January 7, 2007
  2. ^ The View From Here article retrieved January 7, 2007
  3. ^ Official website of Artist Renee Stout retrieved January 7, 2007