Rene Romero Schuler

René Romero Schuler
René Romero Schuler
René Romero-Schuler
Born René Romero
November 29, 1968
Chicago, Illinois, US
Known for Painting
Website
www.reneschuler.com

René Jenette Romero Schuler is an American painter and is one of the most important and well-collected contemporary artists to emerge from the Midwest in the last decade. Whether on canvas, paper or three-dimensional sculpture, Romero Schuler studies the relationship between what is immediately apparent at the surface and what exists beneath. Romero Schuler has taught painting at the Illinois Institute of Art and Chicago City Colleges and has lectured at Northwestern University. She is a current board member of the Loyola University Museum of Art (LUMA) in Chicago.[1]

Early life and background

Romero Schuler was born on November 29, 1968 in Chicago, Illinois. She finished her education and began her career in interiors, eventually launching her own mural and decorative painting business. Since then, she has participated in several major shows throughout the world, with current representation in Paris, France, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Chicago, Illinois and Carmel, California. Notable patrons, Silicon Valley CEOs and television personalities are among Romero Schuler’s collectors here and abroad. She extends her passion for art as a board member of the Loyola University Museum of Art by curating exhibits and avidly procuring a personal collection of fine art.

Romero Schuler shares her artistic talent and passion by teaching at the Illinois Institute of Art and Chicago City Colleges and lecturing at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. Her art is on display in public collections in Chicago, including inside the Prudential Building, the Chanel boutique at Neiman Marcus, Hyatt Hotels and in the permanent archives at the Art Institute of Chicago. Romero Schuler’s work has exhibited internationally, most recently in Rome and Paris, at Art Basel since 2011 and continues to be permanently represented in the United States and in Paris.

A book, René Romero Schuler: Life and Works, showcasing images of the artist’s thick impastos, striking figural canvases and sculptures, was released in 2013 and provides readers with a look into her artistic process.

She has also been featured on TV and radio and in numerous publications including the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Social Magazine, LUXE interiors + design Magazine, Chicago Collection Magazine, NS Modern Luxury Magazine, Forest & Bluff Magazine, Sheridan Road Magazine, Nightclub and Bar Magazine, Hospitality Design Magazine, Pioneer Press, Gazebo News, North Shore Magazine and the Chicago Reader.[2][3]

Style

Romero Schuler’s early expressionistic paintings have been compared to Jean Dubuffet and Willem de Kooning, while her recent work is influenced by Susan Rothenberg, Michel Nedjar and Maryann Kolb. The content and execution of her abstract female figures, however, set her apart from all others. Romero Schuler captures the complexity of modern femininity and explores the many dynamic facets of the human spirit including power, vulnerability, resilience, spirituality, beauty and imperfection; yet her art also projects a deliberate optimism with the aim of inspiring her viewers with hope, fortitude and, ultimately, strength. Her approach is personal yet universal, and profoundly intimate. The female figures she captures are equal parts self-portraiture and portraits of a range of human emotions. Her work is visually and emotionally affecting and powerfully reveals her appreciation for the struggle and triumph of the human condition. Of late, Romero Schuler has focused more introspectively to reveal work that speaks to feminist and societal issues that resonate with her.

Whether on canvas, paper or three-dimensional sculpture, Romero Schuler studies the relationship between what is immediately apparent at the surface and what exists beneath. A self-taught artist, she applies layers of oil paint using a palette knife. Her technique involves harnessing textural strata of paint, palette scratches and bold colors to stress the inherent tension between surface and depth. Romero Schuler’s current style can be described as a controlled abstract expressionism wedded with a pop culture sensibility that is uniquely her own.

Schuler's style, especially with her work at Jennifer Norback, is more leaned to content and technique rather than to art rules, as she delves into feminist issues, but with a universal language approach.[4]

Exhibitions

"René Romero Schuler" April 2014 St. Thomas University-Sardinas Gallery-Miami Gardens, FL-SOLO EXHIBITION-Museum/University

"René Romero Schuler" January 2014 Orland Park Public Library-Orland Park, IL-SOLO EXHIBITION-Museum/Institution

"Grand Opening-MAC Artists" November 2013 MAC Fine Art-Fort Lauderdale, FL-GROUP EXHIBITION-Gallery

"Chicago In Paris" June/July 2013 Galerie Beckel Odille Boîcos-Paris, France-GROUP EXHIBITION-Gallery

"Beholding Beauty" May/June 2013 ArtRom Gallery-Rome, Italy-GROUP EXHIBITION-Gallery

"Body & Soul" December/January 2012/2013 Jennifer Norback Fine Art-Chicago, IL-GROUP EXHIBITION-Gallery

"MAC Artists" November/December 2012 MAC Fine Art-Miami, FL-GROUP EXHIBITION-Gallery

"Shadows" October 2011-Jennifer Norback Fine Art-Chicago, IL-SOLO EXHIBITION-Gallery

"Paintings" January 2011-Jennifer Norback Fine Art-Chicago, IL-SOLO EXHIBITION-Gallery

References

  1. ↑ Yvone Peters (July 7, 2011). "Lake Forest Artist Hopes Work Touches Viewers' Hearts". Lake Forest. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
  2. ↑ "René Romero Schuler". Chicago Art Magazine. November 2, 2010. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
  3. ↑ "René Romero Schuler Biography". Mac Art. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Art Rules". ArtLetter.com. Retrieved February 29, 2012.

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