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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. Reflecting an underlying interest in liminal spaces, her canvases embrace the ambiguity and messiness of the paint itself. Within the manifold layers of her densely worked surfaces, Carney confronts the complexity of contemporary existence and the pursuit of self-determination and transformation. Born in Minnesota, Carney received her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, in 2014, and 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 has been exhibited in I’m Not Your Mother at P·P·O·W, New York, NY, and Three Women: Grace Carney, Jeane Cohen, Abigail Dudley at Steven Harvey Fine Arts Projects, New York, NY. Wrestle, her first solo exhibition in Europe, was on view at Beacon Gallery, Munich, Germany, in the winter of 2022. Carney has recently been featured in Galerie Magazine and W Magazine, among others. Carney presented her largest canvases to date in girlgirlgirl, her first solo exhibition with P·P·O·W in January 2024.

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 

2024
girlgirlgirl, P·P·O·W, New York, NY 

2022
Beacon Gallery, Munich, Germany  

Group Exhibitions  

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, New York, NY

Selected Works

Selected Works Thumbnails
Grace Carney
Oh Me, 2023
oil on canvas
72 x 66 ins.
182.9 x 167.6 cm

Grace Carney
Oh Me, 2023
oil on canvas
72 x 66 ins.
182.9 x 167.6 cm

Grace Carney
Kiss, 2023
oil on canvas
66 7/8 x 51 1/8 ins.
169.9 x 129.9 cm

Grace Carney
Kiss, 2023
oil on canvas
66 7/8 x 51 1/8 ins.
169.9 x 129.9 cm

Grace Carney
Tickle Pink, 2023
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
Son and Mother, 2022
oil on canvas
72 x 66 ins.
182.9 x 167.6 cm

Grace Carney
Son and Mother, 2022
oil on canvas
72 x 66 ins.
182.9 x 167.6 cm

Grace Carney
Drawing XIII, 2022
sanguine crayon on paper
41 x 57.5 ins.
104.1 x 146.1 cm

Grace Carney
Drawing XIII, 2022
sanguine crayon on paper
41 x 57.5 ins.
104.1 x 146.1 cm

Grace Carney, Girl, 2021

Grace Carney
Girl, 2021
oil on canvas
64 x 68 ins.
162.6 x 172.7 cm

Grace Carney
Oh Me, 2023
oil on canvas
72 x 66 ins.
182.9 x 167.6 cm

Grace Carney
Oh Me, 2023
oil on canvas
72 x 66 ins.
182.9 x 167.6 cm

Grace Carney
Kiss, 2023
oil on canvas
66 7/8 x 51 1/8 ins.
169.9 x 129.9 cm

Grace Carney
Kiss, 2023
oil on canvas
66 7/8 x 51 1/8 ins.
169.9 x 129.9 cm

Grace Carney
Tickle Pink, 2023
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
Son and Mother, 2022
oil on canvas
72 x 66 ins.
182.9 x 167.6 cm

Grace Carney
Son and Mother, 2022
oil on canvas
72 x 66 ins.
182.9 x 167.6 cm

Grace Carney
Drawing XIII, 2022
sanguine crayon on paper
41 x 57.5 ins.
104.1 x 146.1 cm

Grace Carney
Drawing XIII, 2022
sanguine crayon on paper
41 x 57.5 ins.
104.1 x 146.1 cm

Grace Carney, Girl, 2021

Grace Carney
Girl, 2021
oil on canvas
64 x 68 ins.
162.6 x 172.7 cm

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