Renee Danz: All of Us Creatures| On view in the Main Gallery from 30 October - 27 December 2026


Member Preview
          6:30 to 8 p.m. Friday 30 October 2026

Public Opening
          1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Sunday 1 November 2026
          Artist gallery talk at 2 p.m.
Picture
Untitled September 2025 Acrylic. 29 3/4”x37 1/2”
     Renee Danz was raised in Battle Lake, Minnesota. From 1971 to 1974 she studied art at Minnesota State University Moorhead and the University of Oregon in Eugene, OR. In 1975, Renee married Greg Danz. They moved to Sioux Falls, SD, for work. They have two children, Castle and Josepha. Renee pursued painting and exhibited at Gallery 306, a solo exhibition at The Civic Fine Arts Center in Sioux Falls, as well as Worthington, MN.

     In 1989, Greg and his brother, Jeff, opened Zandbroz Variety in downtown Sioux Falls. In 1991, they opened another Zandbroz in downtown Fargo, ND. Greg and family moved to Fargo to manage the store. Renee did window design and visual merchandising until Greg closed the store in 2024. While in Fargo, Renee participated in the Annual Midwestern Invitational at The Rourke Gallery + Museum and in the Great Winter Crow Show at The Spirit Room and created a six-floor installation at Innovis Hospital. She exhibited at the Nemeth Art Center, Park Rapids, MN, and the New York Mills Art Center in New York Mills, MN. For several years, Renee was in the abstract painting group led by Marjorie Schlossman. She participated in abstract painting exhibits at West Acres and the Spirit Room.

     In 2026, Greg and Renee bought a house in Minneapolis, MN, so they could be near their daughter Josepha, her husband, Don, and their baby, Harrison.
Artist Statement 

     Making Art, no matter what medium you’re working in, needs to make a statement that you want other people to relate to. Between Nature, the outside world, the Human Experience, and our inner lives, we need to communicate. We need to take a stand in what we believe in.  I believe we are all connected. Nature is connected to us and we are connected to nature.

     I work on a piece of Art until I like it. It is often not easy. I work to find solutions to make a decent piece that others might find worthy.

     --Renee Danz, 2026
Picture
A Friendly Hello. September 2025 Acrylic. 29 3/4" x37 1/2"
Exhibitions and operations are supported in part by the generous support of the following regional, state, and local entities:
This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.
Operation support is provided in part by
​the FM Area Foundation.
This activity is funded by The Arts Partnership,
with support from the Cities of Fargo, Moorhead and West Fargo.
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