Claudia Renzi

I am a Venezuelan-born artist. I grew up in Valencia, the third-largest city in Venezuela, where my Italian parents had immigrated after World War II.

Upon graduation from high school in 1989, I had the opportunity to come to the United States and experience life as an exchange student in Tucson, Ariz. A year later, I received a full tennis scholarship and
moved to Atlanta to study marketing at Georgia State University and Graphic Design at the Portfolio Center. I went on to earn bachelor’s degrees in both fields.

It was during my time in Atlanta that I discovered my love for drawing, painting, and photography. Needing extra money to pay for Graphic Design School,
I began painting large acrylic paintings and sold them to friends and co-workers.

Over the years, however, my pens and brushes got pushed aside by the time demands of my graphic design career. Until, around 2010, when I reconnected with them while searching for something to help me cope with life stresses. The creative process and the media were, for me, a balm for the soul, much like meditation. When I draw and paint, I am relaxed—and free. Free of rules and deadlines, free of what others might think, free of problems and stress. I think of nothing but captur...

Portfolio Center in Atlanta (Graphic Design and Illustration)
Georgia State University (Marketing)

2022 The Other Art Fair / Virtual Edition
2022 The Other Art Fair / Meet the Others Artist
2020 ARC Gallery / Chicago
2019 The Other Art Fair / Chicago
2017 Portraiture in Pencil
Palette & Chisel Art Academy