Renee Couture

Glide, OR

Biography

Since becoming a mother three years ago, Renee Couture has made work addressing her desire to understand her relationship with motherhood. To do this, she turns the camera onto herself, making her experiences and her emotions the subject of her work.

She holds an MFA in Visual Art from Vermont College of Fine Art and a BA in Studio Art from Buena Vista University. Couture’s work has been exhibited nationally in group exhibitions and as a solo artist. She is the recipient of an Individual Artist Fellowship and three Career Opportunity Grants from the Oregon Arts Commission and four project grants from the Douglas County Cultural Coalition. Couture has been granted residencies at Ucross Foundation, Djerassi Residency Artist Program, Jentel, PLAYA, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Vermont Studio Center, and ARIM.

Currently, Couture lives on seven acres in rural southern Oregon with her husband, toddler, and dog. She works out of a retrofitted 20-foot camper turned studio space located in her garden.

www.rcoutureart.com