Kelsey Renko is a painter who lives in Kingston, NY. Kelsey received her MFA in 2023 at the University at Albany where she received the Terri Boor Graduate Award and her BFA from the College of Saint Rose in 2015 where she was awarded the Hy Rosen Award for Excellence in Art.
Kelsey attended the Vermont Studio Center Residency in 2019 and has an upcoming residency in Buffalo, NY. Kelsey worked at the Tang Teaching Museum at Skidmore College from 2019-2023 where she created Roommate, the Tang’s student art loan program. In addition to making her own work, Renko has curated shows and from 2018-2022 she served on the Exhibitions Committee at Collar Works, a nonprofit gallery in Troy, NY. Currently in addition to teaching painting at UAlbany and Jamestown University Kelsey works as an artist assistant to Sarah Cain.
Kelsey has exhibited widely within in New York including: LABspace Gallery, The University Art Museum at UAlbany, Joyce Goldstein, The Melrose House, Field Projects, Onondaga Community College, Olympia, Collar Works, Albany Center Gallery, The Arts Center of the Capital Region, The Laffer Gallery, babayaga (The Grand Buffet), Olympia x JIP Gallery, yngspc, and The Woodstock Artists Association and Museum.