RENE HINDS
Website: RHindsArts.com
E-Mail: RHindsArts @ aol.com

EDUCATION
Northwestern University, Chicago Illinois, 40 hour intensive course in Forensic Art, 2006
Forensic Art, John Jay College, Continuing Education, 2006
Mt. Sinai Hospital, Sexual Assalt and Violence Intervention Program, Certified Crisis Councellor, 2006
The Swedish Institute for Massage Therapy, NYS Licensed Massage Therapist, 1995
Apprentice to Sari Dienes, Painter and Sculpture, 1988 - 1991
Fordham University at Lincoln Center, NYC, Cum Laude B.A. Fine Arts and Media Studies, 1982
New York Institute of Technology, NYC Graduate Program in Computer Graphics, 1985
Art Students LeagueCooper Union, Continuing Education Program
Albert Pels School of Art, NYC 1979

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007 Open Studio Exhibition, NYC
2006 Open Studio Exhibition, NYC
2004 Paris Health Club Gallery, NYC
2003 Open Studio Exhibition, NYC
1999 Paris Health Club (yearly one-person show since 1990)
1997 New York Sports & Spine Complex, NYC
1996 Laurita's Gallery and Restaurant, NYC
1994 Mix Company, NYC
1994 West Side Arts Coalition, "Open Studios", NYC
1993 Roberts Restaurant, NYC
1992 Mo'Better Restaurant, NYC
1991 Now's the Time Gallery, NYC
1988 West Side Arts Coalition, "Open Studios", NYC
1987 Cafe Macando, NYC
1986 7A Cafe, NYC

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 Fusion Art Museum, Adam's Rib, NYC
A.I.R. Gallery. Wish You Were Here 9, NYC
2009 Manchester Craftsman Guild, Seeing Jazz, Pittsburgh, PA
2008 JVC Jazz Festival Event, NYC
A.I.R Gallery, NYC
Mills Pond House Gallery, Smithtown NY
2007 Monkdogz Urban Art Gallery, The Next Tortured Genius, Celsea, NYC
The Concorde Room Gallery, British Airways, JFK Airport, NYC
2006 Benefit Auction for SAVI Program, Mt. Sinai Hospital, NYC
Fusion Arts Museum, Tribute to Enrico Baj, NYC
Monkdogz Urban Art Gallery, Seven, Chelsea, NYC
ZIPCODE, Benefit and Auction for Victims of Hurricane Katrina, NYC
FusionArtsMuseum, "Light My Ire", NYC
Citibank, NYC
2005 JVC Jazz Festival Event, NYC
Palm House, Brooklyn Botanical Gardens, Learning Spring School Gala, NYC
PM Club, ARIA Benefit, Awareness of Rape and Incest Through Art, NYC
2004 FusionArtsMuseum, “Then and Now - Lower East Side Art from a Fusion
Perspective,”, NYC
Lambert Gallery, Global Vision, Atlanta, GA
HOWL, 2nd Annual Festival of East Village Arts, NYC
Savacou Gallery, 7th Biennial Global Vision Exhibition, NYC
Exit Art, Public Execution, Big Glass, NYC
Fusion ArtsMuseum, Infusions, NYC
Strays Traveling Exhibition, Ontario, Canada
FusionArtsMuseum, Transformations II, NYC
FusionArtsMuseum, Transformations, NYC
2003 FusionArts Museum, NYC
HOWL Festival, 1st Annual Festival of East Village Arts, NYC
Nurture Art Gallery, Benefit Exhibiiton, NYC
Flatotel International, HSMAI Genefit for The Children's Hope Foundation, NYC
Fire Patrol # 5 Benefit Exhibition, NYC
Atelier Gallery, JVC Jazz Festival, NYC
2002 New Century Artistist Gallery, Global Vision VI, Art to Heal, Chelsea, NYC
A Salon Above and Beyond, NYC
Savacou Gallery, Art to Heal 2, NYC
Fire Patrol No 5 Gallery, Women's History Month, Harlem, NYC
Children's Hope Foundation, Hotel Roger Williams, NYC
Fire Patrol No 5 Gallery, Corporate Delecti, Harlem, NYC
Kentler International Drawing Space, Small Works on Paper, Brooklyn, NY
Fire Patrol No 5 Gallery, The Unbearable Art Festival, Harlem, NYC
Brooklyn Working Artists Coalition (BWAC), Pier Show 10, Brooklyn, NY
Blue Heron Theatre Company, NYC
JVC Jazz Festival, NYC
International Women in Jazz, St. Peter's Church, NYC
2001 Fire Patrol No 5 Gallery, The Unbearables Art Festival, , Harlem, NYC
New Century Artist Gallery, Global Vision, Fear of Aids or Fear of Sex, NYC
Fire Patrol No 5 Gallery, FEMMES, Harlem, NYC
Brooklyn Working Artists Coalition, Small Works, Brooklyn, NY
Fire Patrol No 5 Gallery, Cry for Peace, Harlem, NY
2000 Smithtown Township Arts Council, Smithtown, NY
New Century Artists Gallery, 4th Biennial Global Vision, NYC
1999 U.S. Federal Building, NYC
Feral Arts Salon Show, Brooklyn, NY
NY International Film & Video Festival, Madison Square Garden, NYC
Bordentown Art Festival, Bordentown, NJ
1998 Wells Restaurant, NYC
National Black Theatre, NYC
Postcards on the Edge, Jupiter, FL
1997 Systems, NYC
The Times Square Hotel, Time Travel. NYC
Bordentown Firehouse Gallery, Bordentown, NJ
New Century Artists Gallery, Global Vision III, NYC
1996 The 10th Annual Art Show at the Dog Show, Wichita, KA
Women's Studio Workshop, Women and Violence, Rosedale, NY
The Times Square Hotel, Women Who Create Community, NYC
New Women, New Leadership Conference, Sheraton Hotel, NYC
Mercer Gallery, Rockester, NY
1995 The Emerging Collector, Black History, NYC
The Times Square Hotel, Home is Where the Art Is, NYC
ABA Studios, Women's Global Vision, NYC
The Puck Building, NYC, "Creative Hands"
1994 MTA Exhibition, Here We are, The Women Artists of Today, NYC
Spazi Contemporary Art Gallery, Small Works, Housatonic, MA
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
The Prince Street Gallery, Timely Values, NYC
The Stylt Gallery, Goteborg, Sweden
The Times Square Hotel, Healing Through the Arts, NYC
1993 The Emerging Collector, 6th Anniversary Exhibit, NYC
W.R. Carver College. Time Cards/Time/Paid Labor. Palatine, IL
Stylt Gallery, Goteborg, Sweden
The Times Square Hotel, Housing for Artists, NYC
Excellence Center for Art and Culture, Grover Beach, CA
Ernani Silva's Studio Exhibition, NYC
ACC Gallery, Latin and American Artists, NYC
1992 The Limelight, Benefit for the Green Guerillas, NYC
The Prince Street Gallery, Diversity and Vision, NYC
Loft 101 Gallery, NYC
Brazil 2000 Restaurant, NYC
Art Winds Gallery, Global Fusion, NYC
1991 The Limelight, Expo Extra, NYC
World Women's Congress for a Healthy Planet, NYC
Women's Caucus 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Chicago, IL
Cultural Enrichment Center, Global Vision I, AXE, NYC
AIR Gallery, NYC
1990 Goddard Riverside, Exhibit for the Homeless, NYC
The Broadway Mall, New Influences, NYC
The Cork Gallery at Lincoln Center, NYC
Ceres Gallery, NYC
1989 Red Zone Disco, New York Press Party, Love, Romance & Passion, NYC
International House, Journey of the Self, NYC
ARTNEWS World Market Conference, NYC
Avanian Gallery, NYC
1988 Morin-Miller Galleries, NYC
Montreal Art Trading Company, Montreal, Canada
1986 Costillo Gallery, The Peep Show, NYC
MBP David Dinkins Office, Summer Passion, Summer Heat, NYC
The Discovery Restaurant, Small Works, NYD
Art on the Drive, NYC
Women's Caucus for Art, Autobiography - Herstory, NYC
Shneyer & Shen Law Firm Gallery, NYC
The Broadway Mall, Large Works, The Nude, NYC
1972 University of the Streets, NYC

SPECIAL PROJECTS
Goddard Riverside Community Center, NYC, Committee for Mural Retrospective, 1988
Coordinator, West Side Arts Coalition, 1987
Mother's in Action Day Care Center, NYC, Organized Pre-School Art Show, 1974

COMMISSIONS/COLLECTIONS
Wildcat Services, Eliot Bicycle Shop, Bristol Myers, Dr. Deborah McGriff,
Neighborhood Youth Center, Mr. and Mrs J. Eddington, Odyssey House

PUBLISHED WORKS
Wrobel, Tara, Sarasvati, A Journal About Art and Life, Volume 2, Issue 3, p. 2-3.
Nicholas, Tom and Terelak, John C., Jurors, Best of Oil Paintings, Rockfort Press,
Rockfort MA, Fall 1996, p. 117.
Mitchell, Gregory, ed., Brooklyn School-to-Work Partnership", The Self-Help Resource
Guide, Brooklyn, NY, 1996.
Lininger, Ann and Neuberger, Zoe, Reforum Magazine, Vol 11, Issue 1, p.2.
McKee, Char. Ed, "Art as Activism," Woman of Power Magazine, Spring 1987, p.29
Krantz, Les, The New York Art Review, Fall 1988, Pgs. 666, 668, 631, 671.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
NY Feminist Art Institute, Foundation for the Community of Artists, College Art Association, Fordham University Alumni Federation, The Culture Club, Women's Caucus for Art NY/National Chapters, The NY Artist's Equity, Goddard Riverside Community Center, West Side Arts Coalition, National Organization of Women, Uptown Arts, Global Vision International Artists Coalition, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Brooklyn Working Artist's Coalition, Global Vision, Awareness of Rape and Incest Through Art (ARIA)

SLIDE REGISTRIES
Artist's Space, NYC; West Side Arts Coalition, NYC; % for Art Program at Department of Cultural Affairs, NYC; Foundation for Contemporary Artists, Miami FL; Chemot Gallery Jersey City, NJ; Metro Dade Art in Public Places, Miami FL; The National Museum of Women Artists, Washington DC; New York Department of Cultural Affairs, NYC; Connecticut Commission on the Arts. National Museum of Women in the Arts, Brooklyn Working Artist's Coalition, Brooklyn, NY, Global Vision, NYC, White Columns. The Sculpture Center .

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