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Alex Renbarger

Alex Renbarger

Artist
Profile Location
Lincoln , NE
Biography

Alex Renbarger (b.1999) specializes in painting isolated interior scenes with intense lighting and vivid colors, based on AI-generated images. She received an MFA in painting and drawing from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln after earning a BFA in studio art from Texas State University. Select exhibitions include the Graduate Juried Exhibition at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, MS; Smoke & Mirrors at the Medici Gallery in Lincoln, NE; UARK x UNL Exchange at Sugar Gallery in Fayetteville, AR; The Artist’s Studio at Spellerberg Projects Main St. Gallery in Lockhart, TX; Illusions of Reverie at Texas State Galleries in San Marcos, TX; and Here and There at Clamplight Gallery in San Antonio, TX.

Artist Statement

My paintings of constructed interior scenes are initially collaged using AI-generated images from Stable Diffusion, Midjourney, DALL·E 2, and Adobe Firefly. Combining traditional oil painting with constantly developing technology allows a merging of universal and personal perspectives. Cinematic lighting and an absence of figures invite the viewer into a quiet moment of temporal displacement that borders on magic realism. These ambiguous spaces with oversaturated colors waver between dream and memory, pointing to the layered, multifaceted emotions involved in fading memory and the ongoing process of learning to live with trauma. Raised in a household where visibility often meant vulnerability, my pieces also reflect a desire for peace and autonomy, spaces untouched by external factors.

 
 

Exhibitions Featuring this Artist

Jaden Estes Carlson
Alex Renbarger
Dec
24
12/24/25
Jan
09
1/9/26 to 2/27/26

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