Renee Cosgrave lives and works in Naarm/Melbourne on Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Country. She’s from Aotearoa/New Zealand of Irish, Māori (Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāi Tūhoe) and Scottish ancestry. Renee’s practice explores painting, drawing and collaboration, her recent works are inspired by painterly process and raranga (Māori weaving), her palette can reference colours from land, waters, and speaks to concepts of whakapapa (genealogy), works become dedicated to people or place.

Renee Cosgrave completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honours at Monash University in 2009. She was a finalist in the Geelong Contemporary Art Prize in 2022, and awarded the MECCA M-Power National Gallery of Victoria Arts Mentoring Grant in 2019. Her recent exhibitions include: Dreams and Language, Laree Payne Gallery, 2025; We are all future ancestors, Ramp Gallery, 2025; The Melbourne Art Fair, with Haydens, 2024; Papa, Two Rooms, 2023; Whanaunga with Aunty Dorothy Nilson, Blak Dot Gallery, 2022; and Serotonin, Futures Gallery, 2022.