Renee is a curator and educator whose practice realises projects, exhibitions, pedagogical formats, performances, discursive events, films, and relationships through collaboration.

She is Senior Lecturer in Fine Art at Camberwell College of Arts (UAL) teaching on BA Fine Art: Drawing and has developed Knowledge Exchange partnerships between Fine Art, industry and local community partners. She organized and hosted Perspectives (2021-22) the Fine Art lecture series; co-developed a conference, an exhibition, and collaborations with Autograph, Bold Tendencies, Drawing Room and South London Gallery. She has previously lectured on postgraduate courses on Curating, Fine Art, Education at Camberwell, Central Saint Martins, Goldsmiths, London Metropolitan and London South Bank universities.

Renee was formerly Whitechapel Gallery’s Swarovski Foundation Curator: Youth Programmes (2016–21) and additionally Curator: Community Programmes (2016-17). She curated commissions and exhibitions including Ayo Akingbade’s A Glittering City, co-developed many participatory projects with artists, workshops, public events, and professional development initiatives for 15–24 year olds and local adult audiences. Her work with the youth collective, Duchamp & Sons focused on collaboration, co-creation and exchange, increasingly taking up space within the institution, and challenging what a youth programme could be. This earned her an Engage Marsh Award for Excellence in Gallery Education in 2019. Renee led the Gallery’s professional development courses for industry peers on How to Curate a Youth Programme (2017-18) and How to Curate with Communities co-developed with MIMA (2019). She has spoken on participation and programming at events including Norwegian Museums Association’s Seminar, Astrup Fearnley Museet, Norway and The Studio Accra, Ghana. She also developed collaborations with institutions including Tate, Siobhan Davies Studios and English National Opera.

Renee works with institutions and foundations advising on supporting artists and new artistic production, diversity and inclusion, young people in the arts, and contemporary African Art. Selected recent work include Bank of America’s The State of the Arts Round Table at National Portrait Gallery; Freelands Foundation’s Visualise Report, and the Education Steering Group; Turner Contemporary’s O Dreamland Creative Estuary Commission and the Genesis Foundation Kickstart Fund.