About

Abbi Kenny (born 1998 in Boston, MA) is an emerging artist and painter living and working in Brooklyn, NY. She received her MFA in painting from Boston University College of Fine Arts (2024) and her BFA with honors in painting and a minor in the Theory and History of Art and Design from the Rhode Island School of Design (2020). At RISD, she participated in the European Honors Program in Rome, Italy. Abbi is a recipient of the Royal Drawing School’s Dumfries House Estate drawing residency and grant near Cumnock, Scotland (2019) and the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant in painting (2022). Recently, Abbi was awarded a residency and Cottage Award at the Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild Artist Residency in August 2024. Her work has been exhibited across the United States and abroad.

 

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News

I am thrilled to announce this painting will be included in Group Crit: MFA Painting and Sculpture 1969 – 2024 at Boston University’s 808 Gallery, 808 Commonwealth Ave, Brookline, MA. The exhibition will be on view from September 3rd through October 20th, with a public reception on October 10th from 5 - 8 pm.
Photo credit Wenbin Huang courtesy of Boston University School of Visual Arts

Please join us for the opening of This Time Tomorrow at Morgan Lehman Gallery, Chelsea, NY. on Thursday, July 11 from 6 - 8 pm. The exhibition will be on view from July 11 through August 2, 2024.

Please find this article regarding the upcoming BU MFA Painting 2024 exhibition at Morgan Lehman Gallery in New York.