Renée Switkes

Awards

• Top Five by AMPLIFY Juror, Adrian Arias, 2024, Rose-Hidden Treasures

• Platinum Award J. Mane Gallery 2023, Dahlia - Eternal

• Platinum Award J. Mane Gallery 2023, Echeveria - Afterglow

• Bronze Award Camelback Gallery 2023, Aeonium - Everlasting 

• Bronze Award Camelback Gallery 2023, Gardenia - Harmony

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Solo Show​

• The Phantom Gallery, Milpitas, 2023

• Botanical Portraits, The Forum at Rancho San Antonio, Cupertino, 2025

 

​Group Exhibitions​​

2025

• Noble Gallery, Interwoven, Juried by genArts Silicon Valley, San Jose, CA

• CSMA Mohr Gallery, Expressions of Fall, Juried by Silicon Valley Visual Arts, Mountain View, CA

• Arc Gallery, FourSquared XVI, Invited by Michael Yochum, San Francisco

• New Museum NUMU, Breaking Through, Juried by Kristin Lindseth Rivera and Daniel Garcia, Los Gatos

• KnK Contemporary, Blue Note, Curated by Kaytea Petro and Kalie Capadona, San Francisco

• Richmond Art Center, Big Feelings, Ayesha Ateekh, Bhagyasshree Ramakrishna, and Shivani Vinayak Atre, Richmond

• Fine Art in the Park, Juried by Los Altos Rotary Club, Los Altos

• KnK Contemporary, Super Bloom, Curated by Kaytea Petro and Kalie Capadona, San Francisco

• Granucci Gallery, Honoring the Feminine, Curated by Sheila Metcalf Tobin, Grass Valley

• SOMArts Cultural Center, Art Launch, San Francisco

2024​

• Arc Gallery, Joy, Juried by Priscilla Otani and Karen M. Gutfreund, San Francisco

• STUDIO Gallery, Tiny, Curated by Jennifer Farris, San Francisco

• 2358MRKT, Botanical Collection, Curated by Kalie Capadona, San Francisco

• Voss Gallery, Ethereal Bloom, Curated by Ashley L. Voss, San Francisco

• New Museum NUMU, Boundaries, Juried by Margaret Luo, Allison Railo, Pamela Walsh, Los Gatos

• Voss Gallery, Urban Tides, Juried by Ashley Voss, Joen Madonna, and representatives from SFMOMA, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco

• Fine Art in the Park, Juried by Los Altos Rotary Club, Los Altos

• Triton Museum of Art, State-wide Competition & Salon, Juried by Aly Gould

• The Drawing Room, Women Rising, San Francisco

• Leon Event Hall, Revealed Nature, Invited by Elham Ashrafi, San Francisco

• SOMArts Cultural Center, Art Launch, San Francisco

• Arc Gallery, 6000 Circle Project; Honoring the Feminine, San Francisco

• Voss Gallery, Art for the Heart, Invited by Ashley L. Voss, San Francisco

2023​

• Hunt & Gather Gallery, pop-up, San Francisco

• Abrams Claghorn Gallery, Devastating Loves and Transcendent Hatreds, Juried by Robert Abrams and Leah Andrews, Albany

• Pacific Art League, Anniversary Show, Juried by Preston Metcalf, Palo Alto

• Voss Gallery, Refusés of the Bay, Juried by Ashley L. Voss, San Francisco

• SFWA Gallery, Bay Area Artists' Choice, Juried by Devon Bella, San Francisco

• Four Chicken Gallery, Salon de Refuses: A Celebration of de Yong Open Rejects, San Francisco

• Fine Art in the Park, Juried by Los Altos Rotary Club, Los Altos

• Sausalito Center of the Arts, Spanning the Gate, Invited by Shiva Pakdel, Sausalito

• Triton Museum of Art, State-wide Competition & Salon, Juried by Cuong Nguyen, Santa Clara

• 6th Street Studios, Spring Blooms, Gilroy

• Pacific Art League, Members Show, Palo Alto

• The Drawing Room, Sky, Curated by Renée DeCarlo, San Francisco

• SOMArts Cultural Center, Art Launch, San Francisco

• Pacific Art League, Anniversary Show, Juried by Preston Metcalf, Palo Alto

2022

• Ark Art Gallery, More the Merrier, San Jose

• SFWA Gallery, Bay Area Artists' Choice, Juried by Ashley L. Voss, San Francisco

• 307 Cortland, Bianca Levan, Rinat Goren, & Renée Switkes, San Francisco

• Far Out Gallery, Flowers, San Francisco

• Pacific Art League, Members Show, Palo Alto

• The Drawing Room, Women Rising, San Francisco

• Pacific Art League, 101st Anniversary Show, Juried by Pamela Walsh, Palo Alto

• SOMArts Cultural Center, Art Launch, San Francisco

• Ark Art Gallery, Silicon Valley, San Jose

2021​

• Pacific Art League, 100th Anniversary Show, Juried by George Rivera, Palo Alto

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Corporate Commisions

Tulips - Rise with Enthusiasm Banner, RINCON Center, San Francisco, CA

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Corporate Exhibitions

2024 & 2025

• CSMA Mohr Gallery, Silicon Valley Visual Arts, Los Altos

2023

• Crema Coffee Roasting Co, Who Am I, San Jose, juried by GenArts Silicon Valley

• Milpitas Library, Milpitas, City Selected

• Maker Nexus, Sunnyvale, SVOS Preview Show

• Los Altos Library, Los Altos, SVOS Preview Show

2022​

• Mission Bowling Club, San Francisco, ArtSpan, Selected

2021

• Los Altos Library, Los Altos, SVOS Preview Show

2019

• Sheppard-Mullin Law Firm, Palo Alto, Kids & Art

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Online Juried Exhibitions

• Camelback Gallery, Artist Choice, Juried by K. Kaye, K. Paulus and F. Assuncao

• Artsy, Into the Light, Juried by Laura Sanders

• J. Mane Gallery, 5th Anniversary, Juried by Jessica Manelis

• Camelback Gallery, Flower Power, Juried by Sesse Lind, Kathy Paulus, and Linda Lindus

• Artsy, A World of its Own, Juried by John Yoyogi Forets

• J. Mane Gallery, In Full Bloom, Juried by Jessica Manelis

• Camelback Gallery, Shades of Green, Juried by J. Lowe, H. Hartman, and C. Pruys

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Open Studios

• Alameda Artworks, San Jose, 2024, 2025

• ArtSpan, San Francisco, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

• Silicon Valley, San Jose, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025

Benefit Auctions

• ArtSpan, San Francisco 2024

• Old Orchard Service League, Campbell, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024

• Kids & Art Foundation, San Fransisco, 2020, 2023, 2025

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Virtual Events

• SVOS Social Media, March 30th & April 26th, 2023

• Boothy, October 26th, 2022

• ArtSpan Salon, November 18, 2022

• Morgan Hill Open Studios, October 28, 2021

• San Francisco Open Studios, October 12, 2021

• BoothCentral, September 29, 2021 

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Publications & Videos

• Artist Mother Proud & Serious, published by Women United Art Movement, December 7, 2023

• Shoutout Colorado, September 20, 2022

• SVOS Interview October 1, 2022

• Kids & Art Amaeyzing ArtKits™ @Home November 2022