Randy Pender (b. Columbia, SC USA)

Oil Painter & Portrait/Figurative Artist

Charlotte, NC | randypender@gmail.com

http://randypenderart.com Facebook @randypender Instagram @randy_pender

Selected Group & Juried Exhibitions

2026

• Guilding the Mint, The Mint Museum & Guild of Charlotte Artists Juried Show,

Charlotte, NC

• Look and See, Guild of Charlotte Artists, The Cain Center for the Arts, Cornelius,

NC

• Beyond the Pillars, Awaken Gallery, Mount Holly, NC

• Roots and Branches Juried Show, Arts of Mount Holly, Mount Holly, NC

• Participant in ARTFIELDS 2026, Lake City, SC

• Transcendence, Awaken Gallery, Mount Holly, NC

2025

• Honorable Mention, Arts of Mount Holly Juried Show, Mount Holly, NC —

Awarded for ‘Sky Song’

• Selected Artist (Class of 2025), ArtPop Street Gallery Cities Program, Charlotte

Region — Winning Painting: ‘Contentment’

• Epics, Awaken Gallery, Mount Holly, NC

• Archetypes, Awaken Gallery, Mount Holly, NC

• Guilding the Mint, Guild of Charlotte Artists, The Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC

• 7th Anniversary Show: In the Beginning, Awaken Gallery, Mount Holly, NC• Winter Juried Show, Guild of Charlotte Artists, Charlotte, NC

2024

• Best in Show, A Visual Harvest Juried Show, Gaston County Art Guild, Gastonia,

NC — Awarded for ‘Yearning’

• Honorable Mention, Juried Show, Cabarrus Art Guild, Concord, NC —

Awarded for ‘Rembrandt Remembered’

• Mastery (one-man show), Awaken Gallery, Mount Holly, NC

• Winter Juried Show, Charlotte Art League, Charlotte, NC

• History Repeating, Awaken Gallery, Mount Holly, NC

2023

• A Visual Harvest Juried Show, Gaston County Art Guild, Gastonia, NC

• 34th Annual Juried Show, Arts Council of York County, Rock Hill, SC

• 12th Annual Juried Exhibit, Yadkin Arts Council, Yadkinville, NC

• WERQ (Charlotte Pride Event), Awaken Gallery, Mount Holly, NC

• 5th Anniversary Show: Two Words, Awaken Gallery, Mount Holly, NC

• Messages: An Awaken Gallery Exhibit, Gaston County Museum, Dallas, NC

2022

• Winter Juried Show, Charlotte Art League, Charlotte, NC

• Fall Opening, Awaken Gallery, Mount Holly, NC

• Crossover Exhibit, Charlotte Art League / Stormwater Studios, Columbia, SC

• Spring Juried Show, Charlotte Art League, Charlotte, NC

2021

• Winter Juried Show, Charlotte Art League, Charlotte, NC• A Visual Harvest Juried Show, Gaston County Art Guild, Gastonia, NC

• 32nd Annual Juried Competition, Arts Council of York County, Rock Hill, SC

• Fantasy, Charlotte Art League, Charlotte, NC

2020

• Oddities, Charlotte Art League, Charlotte, NC

Public Arts Projects

2023

• Luminous Lane Mural Installation, Charlotte SHOUT! Festival, Featured Artist,

Charlotte, NC — Mural Title: ‘Helios’