b. 1991 in Baltimore, Maryland;
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. Abby Cheney explores how we assign value to objects based on emotion through her sculptures and paintings made from discarded cardboard, paper pulp, and found materials. Taking cues from household appliances, decorative trends, and domestic spaces, her works are humorous and precarious representations of how our homes and possessions become personal. @abby__cheney |
Education
2018 MFA Painting, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York
2014 BA Studio Art and English, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio
Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2022 Kitchen Fixtures, Flux Factory, New York, NY
2022 Mingled Dwelling, SPRING/BREAK Art Fair, New York, NY
2020 Container, Chashama Space to Present, 320 W 23rd Street, New York, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022-2023
Irrational Craft, 81 Leonard Gallery, New York, NY
Cats & Dogs, ABC No Rio, New York, NY
2021
Blessed Bodies, SPRING/BREAK Art Fair, New York, NY
The Fridge Show, Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY
A World Away, A Thought Apart, Gallery Petite, Brooklyn, NY
2020
This Must Be the Place, 601artspace, New York, NY
Settle In, HERE Arts, New York, NY
2019
Reused and Recycled, Site:Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
Many Faces, Living Gallery Outpost, New York, Ny
2018
Hypnagogia, Sotheby’s Institute of Art, New York, NY
Watch It Burn, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Allow Me To Reintroduce Myself, The Cigar Factory, Queens, NY
Boiling Point, The Boiler | Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY
Object Lessons, The Pfizer Building, Brooklyn, NY
Residencies/Awards
2021 Byrdcliffe Artist Colony, Artist Residency, Woodstock, NY
2019 Vermont Studio Center, Artist Residency, Johnson, VT
2018 Trestle Art Space, Artist Residency, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Pratt Institute Graduate Student Engagement Fund, Artist Grant, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Ox-Bow School of Art, Artist Residency, Saugatuck, MI
2016 COPE NYC, Artist Residency, Brooklyn, NY
Curatorial Projects
2021 Blessed Bodies, SPRING/BREAK Art Fair, New York, NY
2021 The Fridge Show, Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY
2020 Settle In, HEREArts Center, New York, NY
2019 Common Ground, Steuben Galleries, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Object Lessons, The Pfizer Building, Brooklyn, NY
Selected Press
2022 “See Inside Spring/Break, the Indie Fair that Took Over Ralph Lauren’s Offices with Edgy,Outrageous, and Surprisingly
Affordable Art”, Artnet
2022 “The Holy Fool”, Ayin Press
2021 “With A Medieval Flair, Spring Break Art Show Celebrates the Eccentric”, Hyperallergic
2020 Botanicus Fantasticus, Fox Galleries
2019 “Shimmer Secrets at Humble Bloom Collective”, A Woman’s Thing Magazine
2019 A Celebration of 50 Years of Women Artists, Kenyon College
2018 “Meet Some of Pratt’s Most Talented Artists”, Artspace
2018 MFA Painting, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York
2014 BA Studio Art and English, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio
Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2022 Kitchen Fixtures, Flux Factory, New York, NY
2022 Mingled Dwelling, SPRING/BREAK Art Fair, New York, NY
2020 Container, Chashama Space to Present, 320 W 23rd Street, New York, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022-2023
Irrational Craft, 81 Leonard Gallery, New York, NY
Cats & Dogs, ABC No Rio, New York, NY
2021
Blessed Bodies, SPRING/BREAK Art Fair, New York, NY
The Fridge Show, Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY
A World Away, A Thought Apart, Gallery Petite, Brooklyn, NY
2020
This Must Be the Place, 601artspace, New York, NY
Settle In, HERE Arts, New York, NY
2019
Reused and Recycled, Site:Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
Many Faces, Living Gallery Outpost, New York, Ny
2018
Hypnagogia, Sotheby’s Institute of Art, New York, NY
Watch It Burn, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Allow Me To Reintroduce Myself, The Cigar Factory, Queens, NY
Boiling Point, The Boiler | Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY
Object Lessons, The Pfizer Building, Brooklyn, NY
Residencies/Awards
2021 Byrdcliffe Artist Colony, Artist Residency, Woodstock, NY
2019 Vermont Studio Center, Artist Residency, Johnson, VT
2018 Trestle Art Space, Artist Residency, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Pratt Institute Graduate Student Engagement Fund, Artist Grant, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Ox-Bow School of Art, Artist Residency, Saugatuck, MI
2016 COPE NYC, Artist Residency, Brooklyn, NY
Curatorial Projects
2021 Blessed Bodies, SPRING/BREAK Art Fair, New York, NY
2021 The Fridge Show, Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY
2020 Settle In, HEREArts Center, New York, NY
2019 Common Ground, Steuben Galleries, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Object Lessons, The Pfizer Building, Brooklyn, NY
Selected Press
2022 “See Inside Spring/Break, the Indie Fair that Took Over Ralph Lauren’s Offices with Edgy,Outrageous, and Surprisingly
Affordable Art”, Artnet
2022 “The Holy Fool”, Ayin Press
2021 “With A Medieval Flair, Spring Break Art Show Celebrates the Eccentric”, Hyperallergic
2020 Botanicus Fantasticus, Fox Galleries
2019 “Shimmer Secrets at Humble Bloom Collective”, A Woman’s Thing Magazine
2019 A Celebration of 50 Years of Women Artists, Kenyon College
2018 “Meet Some of Pratt’s Most Talented Artists”, Artspace