Introducing the Artist
About Eric M. Renard
Eric M. Renard is a Los Angeles based fine art photographer and one of California’s leading contemporary artists. His passion for photography was ignited at Tufts University in Boston, where he studied photography under Siegfried Halus. After graduating, Eric worked as an architectural/real estate photographer in San Francisco before moving to Los Angeles, where he is still works as a Creative Director for advertising.
In recent years he has explored the modern world through black & white photography. His most recent show “Retrospective Hindsight” exhibited over 20 photographs including color and abstract images that were created over the past 20 years.
In 2004, The Black White Captures of the World exhibition was created and curated by Eric, along with San Francisco based photographer Gigi Chung. The team scrutinized hundreds of photographs submitted from Argentina, Belgium, Ecuador, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Iran, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, the UK and across the United States. This very unique exhibition showcased some of today’s best photographers from across the globe and was displayed at both The Artists Gallery in Los Angeles and OC Camera.
Eric M. Renard’s previous exhibitions “Slice of Light”, “Nobody Walks in L.A.”, “Soul of a City” and “Urbanity in Black and White” focused on high contrast, urban cityscapes, reflecting an eerie sense of peace and tranquility. The cityscape is the hero in these photographs, with the people subject to the power of their surroundings.
The “Nobody Walks in L.A.” solo exhibition ran October-December in 2023 at the Sasse Museum of Art in Pomona. In 1982, the song “Walking in L.A.” by the new wave band Missing Persons, poked fun at Los Angeles for its dependence on cars with the refrain — “Nobody Walks in L.A.”. Forty years later, the world still thinks we don’t walk much but we do and we also saunter, stroll, and strut our stuff on bikes and scooters wherever we go. In this series of images we explore the unique architecture of Los Angeles, some of it loved, some of it hated and some of it completely unnoticed.
Eric M. Renard’s photography has found its way into art galleries in London, Paris, Barcelona, Budapest, Athens, Mexico, Brazil, New York, Texas, Oregon, Minnesota, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Connecticut and across California. His photography has received numerous Best of Show awards and has been published in both books and photography magazines, including the cover of Black & White magazine.
He is co-president of The Artists Gallery in Los Angeles , the Exhibition Chair for the California Art League and on the Board of the San Fernando Valley Arts and Cultural Center.