Renee Richetts (November 5, 1954) is an American artist best known for her hinged metal books, created from re-purposed materials.
Examples of her work are represented in public collections at the University of California, San Diego, and the Girl Scout Museum in New York.
The series was an oft-times comedic pun between the precooked meat product Spam, (which is a staple in her kitchen), and the junk mail bane of internet users.
In 2008, Richetts' Space gallery in Southern California began showing her art work and curator skills full-time, through installations and exhibits of her work and that of other artists, including painters Lisa Bebi, and Victoria Huckins, photographers Colene Nguyen and Brooke Binkowski, and glass artists Kellene Richetts-Nguyen and Cherrie La Porte.
Richetts was raised in a family of visual artists beginning with her grandfather, who was a cartoonist for Walt Disney, her mother a painter and print-maker, and her father, a wood-carver.
Other influences included Niki de Saint Phalle, Judy Chicago, Edgar Degas, and Henri Matisse.
Richetts also draws continual inspiration from music and starts most of her art work sessions with renditions by Talking Heads, David Bowie, and most recently, Lorde.