One of Joni's original works, a painted piano done as a commission for the Pacific Symphony of Orange County, California. This piano is now on display in the Artists' Village in Santa Ana.
Joni Renee is an interior architect whose design writing has appeared on xoJane, Hit Record, and in community newspapers. For fun she enjoys bourbon and living vicariously through couchsurfers.
Described as "intellectual, seductive, hurtful...somehow, inspiring" this Portland-based alto lives in a river of creation, with recent projects ranging from modern dance performances with Marina Abramovic and painting shows to architectural and textile design commissions.
ART + DESIGN
PAINTING EXHIBITIONS
FORMAL TRAINING
Described as "intellectual, seductive, hurtful...somehow, inspiring" this Portland-based alto lives in a river of creation, with recent projects ranging from modern dance performances with Marina Abramovic and painting shows to architectural and textile design commissions.
ART + DESIGN
- 2013, Writing featured on the front page of xoJane.com
- 2013, America's Got Talent
- 2012, Winner of The Moth StorySlam
- 2012, Chautauqua! Play and Choreography with Stacy Dawson Stearns at the Segerstrom/Orange County Performing Arts Center, Costa Mesa
- 2011, Museum of Contemporary Art annual Gala event performance and dance work with Marina Abramovic, Los Angeles
- 2011, "In the Valley of Secrets", her debut folk album available on iTunes, made local headlines with its release: "Her lyricism stands apart in its biting honesty--Joni is the breath of razorsharp brutality we've been craving".
PAINTING EXHIBITIONS
- 2012, Planet Tnez, Anaheim
- 2011, Barbecue My Heart Gallery Exhibit, Santa Ana
- 2011, Graphite Forever, Fullerton
- 2011, Red Show, Santa Ana
- 2011, Paintings on Pianos, Costa Mesa
- 2011, Dia De Los Muertos Collective Exhibit, Santa Ana
- 2010, Dia De Los Muertos Collective Exhibit, Santa Ana
- 2010, Looking Up, Santa Ana
- 2009, Printers and Lettermakers, Portland
- 2008, Transportation Agents, Tel Aviv
- 2008, Some Present Dangers, Cairo
FORMAL TRAINING
- 2013, Architecture, Portland State University
- 2008, Performance Art, Guild of Bedouin Artists, Sinai, Egypt
- 2008, Performance Art, University of Tel Aviv, Israel
- 2007, Poetry, Chapman University (Honors)
