Vanessa Renwick

Vanessa Renwick (born 1961) is an American artist and filmmaker living in Portland, Oregon. Since 1981, she has been working in experimental and documentary forms—writing, producing films, videos, photography, sculpture and installations. In 1996, she started her own production company, called The Oregon Department of Kick Ass. Renwick's art reflects an interest in place, landscape use and transformation, as well as relationships between bodies and landscapes.

She is the recipient of the Bonnie Bronson Fellowship (2014).[1]

Renwick was born in Chicago, Illinois.

Exhibitions

Renwick has created over fifty works that have been shown internationally at sites such as The Centre Pompidou,[2] Museum of Modern Art, The Kitchen, International Film Festival Rotterdam,[3] The Viennale, and The Andy Warhol Museum.

In 2009, with Brian Borrello, she created People's Bike Library of Portland (also known as Zoobomb Pyle) part of the City of Portland and Multnomah County Public Art Collection. In 2013, a 2-day retrospective of her work, "Raw, Raucous and Sublime: 33 ½ Years of Vanessa Renwick" was presented by Oregon Movies, A to Z at the Hollywood Theater in Portland, Oregon.[4]

Awards

Renwick has received several film festival awards, including:

  • First place in the Peripheral Produce World Championship Invitationals (2001)
  • Best Documentary Video at Microcinefest in Baltimore (2002)
  • The Judges Award at the Northwest Film and Video Festival from James Benning (2003)
  • The Gus Van Sant Award for Best Experimental Film at the Ann Arbor Film Festival (2005)[5]
  • The Judges Award at the Northwest Film and Video Festival from Michael Almereyda (2005)[6]
  • The Jim Demulling Speak Out Award for Best Social Awareness Documentary at the Humboldt Film Festival (2007)
  • "The DIY of All-Time Award", The Judges Award from the Northwest Filmmakers' Festival from Mike Plante (2013)[7]
  • Bonnie Bronson Fellowship (2014)[1]

See also

References
  1. "Vanessa Renwick receives the 23rd annual Bonnie Bronson Fellowship Award". Leland Ironworks. 17 March 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  2. "Keep Portland Weird" (in French). Centre Pompidou. 2012.
  3. "Vanessa Renwick". International Film Festival Rotterdam. 2010.
  4. "Vanessa Renwick Retrospective". Hollywood Theater. 2012. Archived from the original on 9 March 2016.
  5. "48th Ann Arbor Film Festival Award Winners". Ann Arbor Film Festival.
  6. "Shorts III". 32nd Northwest Film & Video Festival. 2005.
  7. "Judge's Awards". The 40th Northwest Filmmakers' Festival. 2013.
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