Renate Aller
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Renate Aller is a multidisciplinary artist based in New York and Princeton. Her large-scale photo exhibitions create immersive room experiences for the viewer showing the interconnectedness of distant environments.
Biography
Born in Germany, 1960.
Lives and works in New York and Long Island.
Publications
2021
The Space Between Memory and Expectation. A new Project and Monograph by Renate Aller published by Kehrer Verlag. With essays by Makeda Best, Richard L. Menschel Curator of Photography at the Harvard Art Museums, and Courtney J Martin, director of the Yale Center for British Art.
2020
side walk. 6' apart in New York City. April - May 2020. by Renate Aller. With essays by Marilyn S. Kushner and Lara Pan and published by Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany.
2018
Mountain Interval. Photography by Renate Aller. Essay by Terrie Sultan.
2014
Ocean | Desert Book. Monograph published by Radius Books. Photography by Renate Aller. Essay by Janet Dees.
2013
PASCUA. Renate Aller. "PASCUA" was included in and inspired the concept for the exhibition "Desert Serenade" curated by Christie Davies for the Lannan Foundation (2014).
2012
dicotyledon. Monograph published by Radius Books. Photos by Renate Aller. Essay by David Anfam.
2010
Oceanscapes - One View - Ten Years. Photographs by Renate Aller. Essays by Rickard B. Woodward and Dr. Petra Roettig. An Interview with the artist by Jasmin Seck.
2021
The Space Between Memory and Expectation. A new Project and Monograph by Renate Aller published by Kehrer Verlag. With essays by Makeda Best, Richard L. Menschel Curator of Photography at the Harvard Art Museums, and Courtney J Martin, director of the Yale Center for British Art.
2020
side walk. 6' apart in New York City. April - May 2020. by Renate Aller. With essays by Marilyn S. Kushner and Lara Pan and published by Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany.
2018
Mountain Interval. Photography by Renate Aller. Essay by Terrie Sultan.
2014
Ocean | Desert Book. Monograph published by Radius Books. Photography by Renate Aller. Essay by Janet Dees.
2013
PASCUA. Renate Aller. "PASCUA" was included in and inspired the concept for the exhibition "Desert Serenade" curated by Christie Davies for the Lannan Foundation (2014).
2012
dicotyledon. Monograph published by Radius Books. Photos by Renate Aller. Essay by David Anfam.
2010
Oceanscapes - One View - Ten Years. Photographs by Renate Aller. Essays by Rickard B. Woodward and Dr. Petra Roettig. An Interview with the artist by Jasmin Seck.
Selected Solo shows
2022/23
The Space Between Memory and Expectation, Brattleboro Museum, VT
side walk 6 apart in NYC April - May 2020, New York Historical Society Museum, permanent collection and a solo exhibition in March - July 2022
2020/21
Landscape and Memory at Weber Fine Art, Greenwich, CT, two person exhibition with Lynn Davis
2019
The Space between Memory and Expectation, Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY, (March 24 to July 28)
shared history, MM Gallery, Southampton, NY
Mountain Interval – Compositions, Weber Fine Art, Greenwich, CT
parallel realities from multiple locations open up conversations about the different (political) landscapes in which we live”, Special Project Space, The Photography Show / AIPAD, New York, NY
2018
Mountain Interval, Catherine Couturier Gallery, Houston, Texas
Mountain Interval, Chiaroscuro Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Mountain Interval, Weber Fine Art, Greenwich, CT
Mountain Interval, PH-Neutro, Siena, Italy
2017
Ocean | Desert” New York Public Library, NY NY
2016
Ocean | Desert, Fotofest Biennale and artsBrookfield, Houston, Texas
2014
Ocean | Desert, Catherine Couturier Gallery, Houston, Texas
Ocean | Desert, PH-Neutro, Italy
Ocean | Desert, Chiaroscuro Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2012
Photography installation, dicotyledon, Chiaroscuro Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Photography installation, dicotyledon, Adamson Gallery, Washington, DC
2011
Photography, One view – Ten years, John Cleary Gallery, Houston,TX
2008
Photography, Aplanat Gallery, Hamburg, Germany
2006
Photography and Video Installation, Prato. Italy curated by Vittoria Ciolini – catalog
Photography / Video, Fixed Coordinate, Adamson Gallery, Washington DC
2003
Multimedia Installation, You’ve red between the lines, Prato, Italy
2002
Photographic Installation, Tuscan Phototrienale, Villa Romana, Florence
Photographic Installation, AFTERWARD, Goethe Institut, New York
Photography Installation, In Remembrance of September 11th, German Consulate, New York and Freilichtmuseum Kommern, Germany
2000/2002
Photography, Monaghan County Museum, Ireland
Group shows
2025
OPEN BOOK(S), presented by Mana Contemporary in collaboration with the Monira Foundation, curated by Ysabel Pinyol and Kele McComsey, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ
2024
Beyond the Horizon, Parrish Art Museum, Watermill, NY
Dialogues on Humanity, Photo Elysee, travelling exhibition, incl. Red Cross Museum, Switzerland
2023
This Earth, curated by Stefan Hagen, Concord Art, Concord, MA
MELTDOWN : A Visualization Of Climate Change, in collaboration with Project Pressure, Kuehlhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2022
MELTDOWN PART 2 in NZ: A Visualization Of Climate Change, in collaboration with Project Pressure, Nelson Provincial Museum Pupuri Taonga O Te Tai Ao, New Zealand
MELTDOWN, in collaboration with Project Pressure, at Whirinaki Whare Taonga Museum and Arts Centre, Upper Hutt, New Zealand
MELTDOWN, MGML Museums of Ljubljana Galerija Jacopic with Project Pressure, Ljublana, Slovenia
Patricia Conde Galeria, as part of Zona Maco, Mexico City, Mexico
2020
Keeper of the Hearth Houston Center For Photography, Houston, TX
Pausa Patricia Conde Galeria , Mexico City, Mexico
Fall Exhibition, Chiaroscuro Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
50th Anniversary Exhibition, Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, WI
Winter Exhibition, Chiaroscuro Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2019
Mountain Interval, Alt.+1000 festival de photographie @ Le Cachot, presented by Musée des Beaux-Arts, Le Locle, Switzerland
APPROACHES OF ABSTRACTION // CONSTRUCTION OF A LANDSCAPE, Patricia Conde Gallery, Mexico City
THE ASSEMBLY, FOTOFEST at Silver Street Studios, Houston, TX
Winter Group Show, Chiaroscuro Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM
2018
Paris Photo, Paris, France
Scale, CMA Museum, New York
2017
Augeo Art Space, Rimini, Italy
PH Neutro, Verona, Italy
Fall Group Show, Chiaroscuro Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Hurricane Harvey Benefit, Catherine Couturier Gallery, Houston, TX
New Works in Context, Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY
2016
Elemental Perspectives: Land, Sea + Sky, Adamson Gallery, Washington, DC
From Liberty to Freedom”, PH-Neutro, Italy
2015
40: The Anniversary Exhibition, Hal Bromm Gallery, New York, NY
2014
Hunting and Gathering, New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM
´Adamson Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Desert Serenade, Lannan Foundation, Santa Fe, NM
Contemporary Landscape Photography, Oceanside Museum of Art – OMA, Oceanside, CA
Chiaroscuro Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2013
From the permanent collection, on view in the 21st Century Gallery, Chazen Museum of Art, University of Madison, WI
Again: Repetition, Obsession and Meditation”, Lannan Foundation, Santa Fe, N.M.
Winter Show, Chiaroscuro Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2012
The Deep Element: Photography at the Beach, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
oceanscapes – 1999 to present”, Lannan Foundation (recent acquisitions), Santa Fe, NM
Waterscapes , Photographs from the collection at the New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM