René Vandenbrink is a visual artist living in Antler River and works in drawing, textiles, printmaking and bookbinding. Her work is process based and focuses on the handmade, collecting ephemera, and surface design. She is a fan of trees, food sovereignty, magic, DIY, reading, swimming, and hanging out under the stars.

She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honors Specialization in Studio Art from the University of Western Ontario and an Art Studies Certificate in Vocational Art from BealArt. Her work has been exhibited at Artlab Gallery, Forest City Gallery and The Westland Gallery in London, Ontario, at Graven Feather, the Japanese Paper Place, and OCADU's Graduate Gallery in Toronto, Ontario as well as Art Mûr and the Centre for Feminist Pedagogy at Centre des arts actuels Skol in Montreal, Québec.