KELSEY RENKO Kingston, NY MFA in Fine Arts, Painting, The University at Albany (2023) BA in Studio Art, Painting, The College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY (2015) Price Range $450-$9,720.00 CV
Kelsey Renko is a painter based in Kingston, NY. Her paintings play with the push and pull between abstraction and figuration where intimate scenes hide and reveal themselves. Kelsey received her MFA in 2023 at the University at Albany where she received the Terri Boor Graduate Fellowship. She received her BFA from the College of Saint Rose in 2015. Kelsey has been an artist in residence at The Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts, Ithaca, NY, The Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT; and 321 Residence, Buffalo, NY. Kelsey has had solo exhibitions at The Woodstock Artists Association and Museum in Woodstock, NY as well as Collar Works Gallery in Troy, NY. She has been included in group shows at galleries and DIY spaces including Utopia Gallery, Kingston, NY; Creative Legion; Hudson, NY; LABspace, Hillsdale, NY; Collar Works, Troy, NY; Babayaga, Hudson, NY; The Melrose House, Albany, NY; Walter’s, Amsterdam, NY; Olympia Gallery; New York, NY; and The University Art Museum in Albany, NY. all in
2025
acrylic, glitter, oil sticks and pastels on canvas
40 x 30 inches
$4,200.00 detailed imagesbefore sunrise
2026
oil and oil sticks on panel
5 x 7 inches
$450.00 detailed imagesbut when it rains it pours
2026
acrylic, oil, graphite and spray paint on canvas
48 x 46 inches
$5,200.00 detailed imageslovespell
2026
oil on panel
10 x 8 inches
$800.00 detailed imagessending symbols
2025
oil, acrylic, dye, spray paint, collage, oil sticks and gold leaf on canvas
72 x 60 inches
$9,720.00 detailed images
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