Abby Cheney

Abby Cheney is an artist from Baltimore, MD, currently living and working in Brooklyn, NY. She received her MFA in Painting from Pratt Institute in 2018 and her BA in Fine Art and English from Kenyon College in 2014. She has exhibited in numerous group shows, including those at HEREArts (New York, NY), Living Gallery Outpost (New York, NY), Sotheby’s Institute of Art (New York, NY), Pierogi’s The Boiler (Brooklyn, NY), and Maryland Art Place (Baltimore, MD). She has held residencies at COPE NYC (2016), Ox-Bow School of Art (2017), Trestle Art Space (2018) and Vermont Studio Center (2019). The objects we carry through our lives fascinate me, and I aim to better understand why and how we give materials meaning. I create sculptures, paintings, and videos relating to the idea of the “significant object” using recylced packaging, cardboard, and wrappers – materials that are considered disposable, yet play a vital role in contemporary life. Through creating art out of what is considered garbage I aim to highlight the varied processes through which objects acquire meaning.