Renee Castro-Ring

Renee Castro-Ring's lineage stems from the Chochenyo Ohlone tribe. Born in Oakland, "The Town" next to San Francisco and Berkeley, the movement of city life and her heritage inspires much of her art. Her art themes include deeply rooted connections to the natural world, the loss of identity, and storytelling. Her other influences include Mexican and Spanish folklore, pop culture, broken-hearted femme fatales, and disheveled muses.

Renee has extensive art training throughout her childhood; she attended the Oxbow School in Napa and completed two years of college at California College of the Arts before leaving to pursue a full-time career in tattooing. After six years of tattooing, Renee could not resist her desire to obtain her undergraduate degree and pursue her dream career in art conservation. She graduated from UC Berkeley in 2022 with a degree in History of Art. Recently, Renee was selected out of hundreds of applicants for the prestigious Andrew W. Mellon Opportunity for Diversity in Conservation workshop, where she got an introduction to art conservation training at the Getty Villa in Malibu, CA, last Summer. This Summer (2024), Renee will continue her conservation training at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in DC.
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“Whispered Murmurs” encapsulates a moment of silent communion beneath the veil of night, where unspoken words resonate by the firelight. Each brushstroke beckons viewers into a serene dialogue celebrating the quiet strength in nature and heritage.