Grace Carney, 2022. Photo by Aurora Rose DeCrosta
Referencing Baroque and Renaissance painting, literature, daily life, and her own body, Grace Carney (b. 1992) eschews easy categorization in paintings that hover between abstraction and the suggestion of figurative forms. Often restricting her palette, Carney begins each work from a place of discomfort or constraint, wrestling with distinct personal narratives, memories, and relationships with bold vulnerability. Born in Minnesota, Carney received her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, in 2014, and her MFA in Painting from the New York Studio School, New York, NY, in 2022. Carney was awarded the Jane C. Carrol Scholarship in 2020-2022 and the Hohenberg Travel Grant in 2022. Her work is in the permanent collections of Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy; Aïshti Foundation, Jal El Dib, Lebanon; Marquez Art Projects, Miami, FL; Pond Society, Shanghai, China; and Scharpff-Striebich Collection, Berlin, Germany. She has been featured in various publications, including Galerie Magazine and W Magazine. Her group exhibitions include I’m Not Your Mother, P·P·O·W, New York, NY; Three Women: Grace Carney, Jeane Cohen, Abigail Dudley, Steven Harvey Fine Arts Projects, New York, NY; Considering Female Abstractions, Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas, TX; and Table Manners, Barbati Gallery, Venice, Italy. Carney has presented solo exhibitions internationally, including Wrestle, Beacon Gallery, Munich, Germany; girlgirlgirl, P·P·O·W, New York, NY; and Subrisio Saltat, Kiang Malingue, Hong Kong. Her second exhibition with P·P·O·W will open this October.
Grace Carney
b. 1992
Lives and works in New York, NY
Education
2022 MFA, New York Studio School, New York, NY
2014 BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Solo Exhibitions
2026
P·P·O·W, New York, NY (forthcoming)
2025
Subrisio Saltat, Kiang Malingue, Hong Kong
2024
girlgirlgirl, P·P·O·W, New York, NY
2022
Wrestle, Beacon Gallery, Munich, Germany
Group Exhibitions
2026
Table Manners, Barbati Gallery, Venice, Italy
2023
Considering Female Abstractions, Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas, TX
2022
I’m Not Your Mother, P·P·O·W, New York, NY
Three Women, Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, New York, NY
Grants & Awards
2022
Hohenberg Travel Grant, New York Studio School, New York, NY
2020
Jane C. Carrol Scholarship, New York Studio School, New York, NY
Public Collections & Foundations
Aïshti Foundation, Jal El Dib, Lebanon
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy
Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas, TX
Marquez Art Projects, Miami, FL
Pond Society, Shanghai, China
Scharpff-Striebich Collection, Berlin, Germany
Shah Garg Foundation, San Francisco, NY
Grace Carney
Bad Before Good, 2025
oil on canvas
48 x 36 ins.
121.9 x 91.4 cm
Grace Carney
Angel, 2024
oil on linen
78 x 66 ins.
198.1 x 167.6 cm
Grace Carney
At My Side, 2024
oil on canvas
72 x 66 ins.
182.9 x 167.6 cm
Grace Carney
Tickle Pink, 2023
oil on canvas
72 x 66 ins.
182.9 x 167.6 cm
Grace Carney
Girlfriend, 2023
oil on canvas
85 x 89 ins.
215.9 x 226.1 cm
Grace Carney
Drawing XIII, 2022
sanguine crayon on paper
41 x 57.5 ins.
104.1 x 146.1 cm
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