ABBY CHENEY
  • Paper Sculpture
  • Woven Paintings
  • Works on Paper
  • CV
  • Paper Sculpture
  • Woven Paintings
  • Works on Paper
  • CV
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.
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​@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
2024        Common Structures, 81 Leonard Gallery, New York, NY
2022        Kitchen Fixtures, Flux Factory, New York, NY
2022        Mingled Dwelling, SPRING/BREAK Art Fair, New York, NY
2020        Container, Chashama Space to Present, 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
2023       
 Haystack Mountain School of Craft, Deer Isle, ME (forthcoming)
2021         Byrdcliffe Artists 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
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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
© 2025 ABBY CHENEY.
  • Paper Sculpture
  • Woven Paintings
  • Works on Paper
  • CV