Renée Zangara Title: Utopia (2011) Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 50″ X 49″

Exhibition open one hour prior to each festival performance
Sept. 14-29, 2012 • Free

Throughout Miracle Theatre Group’s 2012 La Luna Nueva festival, visual art lovers can view the original paintings by Renée Zangara, a Portland Latina whose fresh landscapes and abstract works feature rich, luscious “daubs, dabs and jots” that draw the viewer into a vibrant and rhythmic world of color.

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Renee Zangara was born in Oakland, California and lived in the San Francisco Bay Area until moving to Portland, Oregon in 1992.  She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Marylhurst University in 1996. Following her graduation, she completed a residency at the Vermont Studio Center. Her work has been exhibited nationally and is in private and public collections, including: the Regional Arts & Cultural Council’s (RACC) Visual Chronicle, Oregon Health and Sciences University (OHSU), Oregon State University’s College of Agricultural Sciences, and Seattle’s Swedish Medical Center Foundation. She is an active member of Portland’s art community, and a member of Nine Gallery. A portfolio and complete list of exhibitions can be seen at reneezangara.net

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Artist’s Statement:

My primary medium is oil paint.  My paintings are layered with paint applications that place attention on nature’s abundance and purpose, and reflect my detection and perception of the silent and dynamic energy that permeates and surrounds the Earth.

My intent is to merge the recognizable with implications of the invisible, and to invest into the paintings a mirthful, contemplative, or dreamlike state.