curator
CONSULtANT
DESIGNER
ARTIST
Scott Renfro is a curator and art consultant based in Chicago. He holds a BA in Strategic Communications from Miami University (OH) with a focus in Studio Art Practices and a MA in Arts Management from Columbia College Chicago. He is currently the Associate Director + Curator for salonlb. — an exhibition and event space with an emphasis on site-specific installation, sculpture, and contemporary craft.
AFFILIATIONS
Harris Theater for Music and Dance | Chicago | 2017 - 2023
Associate Board - Founding Member
The Other Art Fair | Chicago | 2022
Juror | New Futures Grant Selection Committee
5th Annual Art For Life Chicago | DIFFA Chicago | 2021
Juror | Selection Committee
CURATORIAL
2023
FEMINIST TO THE CORE | salonlb., Chicago | 08.18.2023 – 09.22.2023
Co-curated with Curators Gone Rogue
Artists: Lisa Jean Allswede, Susan Aurinko, Bridgette Bramlage, Lauren Brescia, Patty Carroll, Julie Carcione, Laura Collins, Jennifer Cronin, Rebecca Cynamon-Murphy, Kim Dotty Hachmann, Savannah Jubic, Iyomi Ho Ken, Barbara Kendrick, Aga Kubiak, Elaine Luther, Britni Mara, Paula Martinez, Bobbi Meier, Maggie Meiners, Eve Ozer, Melissa Ann Pinney, Sara Salass, Sondra Schwetman, Suzanna Scott, Shima Star, Ginny Sykes, Sydney Vize, and Holly Wong
NEW WORKS | salonlb., Chicago | 04.15.2023 – 06.03.2023
Artists: Jeni Emery, Annie Hejny, Sally Ko, Emily Shopp, Beth Swanson
2022
SIMPLE PLEASURES + SILVER LININGS: AN UNSEEN UNIVERSE | salonlb., Chicago | 12.16.2022 – 03.17.2023
Artist: Renee Robbins
NEWTOK: SEEN AND UNSEEN | salonlb., Chicago | 10.28.2022 – 03.17.2023
Artists: Jennifer Cronin + Dusty Patches
WORK IN PROGRESS 2022 Annual Benefit | Chicago Artist’s Coalition | 09.22.2022
Curated and designed the “Reunion Video Lounge”
Featured Artists: Lauren Brescia, Laura Collins, Dana Lynn Harper, Bobbi Meier, Colleen Walsh, Jade Williams, and Jeff Zimmermann
GOT SOUL Group Exhibition | Epiphany Center for the Arts, Chicago | 08.19.2022 – 09.24.2022
Co-Curated with Project Onward
Artists: Alfred Banks, Dijon Barrett, Julius Bautista, Ruby Bradford, Michael Bryant, C.M. Butterfly, Laura Collins, Louis DeMarco, William Douglas, David Holt, Savannah Jubic, Paul Kenneth, Bobbi Meier, Parvin Peivandi, Luke Shemroske, Michael Smith, Hailee Tyner, Sereno Wilson
THE OTHER ART FAIR | Chicago | 04.21.2022 - 04.24.2022
Juror - “New Futures” Grant Selection Committee
EMILY SHOPP PRINTMAKING COLLECTION | salonlb., Chicago | 03.18.2022 – 06.17.2022
Artist: Emily Shopp
2021
5th ANNUAL ART FOR LIFE CHICAGO | Chicago | 10.21.2021
Juror -DIFFA Chicago’s Fundraising event supporting the fight against HIV/AIDS
THE OTHER ART FAIR | Chicago | 09.30.2021 – 10.03.2021
MATERIAL GIRLS: MATERIALITY IN A MATERIAL WORLD | salonlb., Chicago | 09.24.2021 – 11.19.2021
Artists: Théo Bignon, Molly Blumberg, Rachel Hefferan, Parvin Peivandi
6th ANNUAL RIVER NORTH DESIGN DISTRICT FALL GALLERY WALK | Chicago | 09.10.2021 – 10.11.2021
eggersmann showroom: featuring artists Bobbi Meier, Emily Shopp, and Mia Wiener
Designer Partner: Sarah Jacquelyn Interiors
*Named 2021’s “Best Vignette”
TOTO showroom: featuring artists Savannah Jubic and Sara Salass
Designer Partner: Hailey Gurvis Designs
SE SON ROSE, FIORIRANNO Group Exhibition | salonlb., Chicago | 05.21.2021 - 07.16.2021
Artists: Lisa Marie Barber, Molly Blumberg, Lauren Brescia, Laura Collins, Audry Cramblit, Jennifer Cronin, Jeni Emery, Lana Filippone, Gloria Han, Dana Lynn Harper, Annie Hejny, Savannah Jubic, Paul Kenneth, Alexander Korzer-Robinson, Grace Lee, Bobbi Meier, Yae Jee Min, Anna Murphy, Raul Ortiz, Dan Polyak, Emily Shopp, Mia Wiener, Jeff Zimmermann
2020
STRANGE ETIQUETTE | salonlb., Chicago | 01.17.2020 - 02.01.2020
Artist: Bobbi Meier
2019
CHARYBDIS | salonlb., Chicago | 11.15.2019 - 12.03.2019
Artists: Jeni Emery, Lauren Brescia
LIT | salonlb., Chicago | 10.18.2019 - 11.01.2019
Artist: Sara Salass
2017
WABI SABI: PORTRAITS IN EVOLUTION | The Golden Triangle, Chicago | 09.08.2017
Artists: Adam Siegel
VIP After Party for the 3rd Annual River North Design District Fall Gallery Walk
2016
FLUX | Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago | 10.07.2016 - 10.30.2016
Artists: George Keaton
IN THE CORNER OF A ROUND ROOM | Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago | 09.23.2016 - 10.30.2016
Artists: L. Lee Junge, Wayne Bertola, Sharon Bladholm, Jason Brueck, Nikole Cooney, Dimitre, Kate Harrold, Karl Jahnke, Amalia Kouvalis, Richard Laurent, Joan McLane, Daniela Ovtcharov, Vladimir Ovtcharov, Sasha K. Perez, CV Peterson, Jeff Sadowski, Miguel Tio, Kurt Brian Webb
ONE WALL 2016 | Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago | 07.08.2016 - 09.02.2016
ROUND ONE: Intersect Artists Collective | July 8th - July 21st
ROUND TWO: Paul Kenneth | July 22nd - August 4th
ROUND THREE: Kate Darmody | August 5th – August 18th
ROUND FOUR: Lisa Marie Barber | August 19th – September 2nd
BAGGAGE CLAIM | Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago | 05.05.2016 - 05.29.2016
Artists: Anastasia Mak
TRES | Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago | 03.04.2016 - 05.01.2016
Artists: Carlos Barberena, Rolando Cruz, Pedro Igrez
BEAUTY | Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago | 01.22.2016 - 02.28.2016
Artists: James Mesplé, Robert Tolchin, Bruce Adams, Raymond Thornton, Amalia Kouvalis, Lilla Dent, Stephanie Karamitsos, Kevin Connaughton, Léon 47, Francine Gourguechon
2015
BEST IN SHOW | Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago | 11.06.2015 - 01.10.2016
Artists: Rita Dianni-Kaleel, Anne Leuck Feldhaus, Cheryl Holz, Kate Hoyer, J. Allen Hyde, Laura Lee Junge, Kristina Knowski, James Mesple, Matt Mitchell, Dimitri Pavlotsky, Dave Szpunar, Stacy Sternberg, Ilie Vaduva
POWER, POLITICS, AND PAVEMENT | Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago | 09.18.2015 - 11.01.2015
Artists: Brian Morgan
EXCERPTS FROM A FADING BLOOM | Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago | 09.11.2015 - 11.01.2015
Artists: Jason Hawk
ONE WALL 2015 | Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago | 07.10.2015 - 08.13.2015
ROUND ONE: Laurie Wessman LeBreton | July 10th – July 16th
ROUND TWO: Brandin Hurley | July 17th – July 23rd
ROUND THREE: Lauren Brescia | July 24th – July 30th
ROUND FOUR: Brittany Kowalski | July 31st – August 6th
ROUND FIVE: Annie Hejny | August 7th – August 13th
RESCUED MOMENTS | Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago | 06.05.2015 - 06.28.2015
Artists: Pedro Igrez
SALVAGED BEAUTY | Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago | 05.22.2015 - 06.28.2015
Artists: Wayne Bertola, Walter Early, Deva Suckerman, Tim McNamara, Carrie Ann Schumacher, Jennifer Meyers, Tom Robinson, Jody Oesterreicher, Efren Andre, Sharon Bladholm, Judith Gries, Allyson Reza, Brian Gregory, Kim Laurel, Carol Weber, Cristina Velazquez, Teresa Peterson, Chris Gallevo, Tai Taeolii and Ted Harris
THE NOTION OF MOTION | Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago | 03.20.2015 - 05.17.2015
Artists: L. Lee Junge, David Mayhew, Audry Cramblit, Judith Gries, Barbara Eberhard, Eve Ozer, Alicia Forestall-Boehm, Robin Monique Rios, Kathryn Scott, Natasha Kohli, Kristi Sloniger, Shirley Nannini and Candace Wark, Kathy Roman, Evan Ishmael, Stephen Ursino and Brian Morgan
MARDI GRAS JUBILEE | Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago | 02.06.2015 - 03.01.2015
Artists: Andrea Mistretta
NAKED AND NOT AFRAID | Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago | 01.23.2015 - 03.01.2015
Artists: L. Lee Junge, James Mesple, Audry Cramblit, Ruth Aizuss Migdal, Eric Bendickson, Colm McCarthy, Gerardo Villareal, Katie Hovencamp, Karen Hanrahan, Ken Beach, Rita Dianni-Kaleel, Tori Lane, Eric Baillies, Jan Wurm, Berthold Boone, Robert Tolchin, Judith Gries
2014
EAT, DRINK, & BE MERRY | Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago | 11.08.2014 - 01.16.2015
Artists: Alexander Bauxbaum, Lauren Brescia, Laura Collins, Eric Cooney, Lilla Dent, Rita Dianni-Kaleel, Erin Elizabeth, Judith Gries, Kara Hanrahan CJ Hungerman, Pamela Johnson, Laura Lee Junge, Richard Laurent, Benjamin Madeska, Thomas Robert Meyers, Alan Teger, Kate Tully
UP THE MISSISSIPPI: A JOURNEY OF THE BLUES | Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago | 09.19.2014 - 10.28.2014
Artists: Will Armstrong
DUET: A SYMPHONY OF REALISM & ABSTRACTION | Jackson Junge Gallery, Chicago | 03.07.2014 - 04.27.2014
Artists: Audry Cramblit, Laura Lee Junge
2013
LET THEM EAT F#CKING CAKE | 657 W Lake Street, Chicago | 10.25.2013
Artists: Lauren Brescia, Laura Collins, Missy Dahl, Dan Polyak, Nikki Proctor, Scott Renfro
Performance: Lipstick and Lyrics
Co-Curator: Allie Markman Event Producer: Derek Elliot Bagley
Proceeds benefiting Chicago House and Social Services
DIVERSITY & ITS PENALTIES: THE HISTORICAL SUPPRESSION OF FREE EXPRESSION | The HumanThread Project, Chicago | 02.02.2013 - 02.28.2013
Artists: Brenton Hamilton
2012
MUSLIM AMERICAN/AMERICAN MUSLIM | The HumanThread Project, Chicago | 11.09.2012 - 11.13.2012
Artists: Robert Gerhardt
PORTRAITS OF TRUTH | The HumanThread Project, Chicago | 10.10.2012 - 10.30.2012
Artists: Milton Rogovin and Sheila Barabad
Presented by Neighborhood Writing Alliance
VISIBLE: AN EXHIBITION BY AUSTIN SPECIAL ARTISTS | The HumanThread Project, Chicago | 05.10.2012 - 05.30.2012
Artists: Austin Special Artists
2012: ABUNDANT AFFLICTION | The HumanThread Project, Chicago | 01.09.2012 - 01.30.2012
Artists: CJ Hungerman and Aaron Wooten
2011
LUSTFUL APPETITE | The HumanThread Project, Chicao | 11.04.2011 - 11.30.2011
Artists: Carlos Barberena
Co-Curator: Allie Markman