EDUCATION
2017 SKOWHEGAN SCHOOL OF PAINTING AND SCULPTURE | Skowhegan, ME
2015 RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN (MFA) | Providence, RI
2009 CORNELL UNIVERSITY | Ithaca, NY
RESIDENCIES
2025 Montello Foundation | Montello, NV | (forthcoming)
2024 Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Studio Program | New York, NY
2023 Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Studio Program | New York, NY
2022 Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Studio Program | New York, NY
2021 Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Studio Program | New York, NY
2020 Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Studio Program | New York, NY
2019 Materials For the Arts, Artist in Residence | Long Island City, NY
2019 Michelle Grabner: Residency #174, Atlantic Center for the Arts | New Smyrna Beach, FL
2017 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture | Skowhegan, ME
AWARDS
2017 Adjunct Grant | Virginia Commonwealth University | Richmond, VA
2016 Adjunct Grant | Virginia Commonwealth University | Richmond, VA
2015 Fountainhead Fellowship | Virginia Commonwealth University | Richmond, VA
2015 Toby Devan Lewis Award | Rhode Island School of Design | Providence, RI
2014 Rhode Island School of Design Scholarship | Providence, RI
2014 Maharam Steam Fellowship | Rhode Island School of Design | Providence, RI
2014 Graduate Studies Grant | Rhode Island School of Design | Providence, RI
2013 Rhode Island School of Design Scholarship | Providence, RI
2009 Charles Baskerville Painting Scholarship | Cornell University Graduation | Ithaca, NY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026 Untitled, CHART Gallery, New York, NY (forthcoming)
2025 Untitled, The Jacksonville Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, FL (forthcoming)
2023 Ticket to Paradise, CHART Gallery, New York, NY
2020 Frozen Foods, Solo Booth Spring Break Art Fair, New York, NY
2017 Raft, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA
2017 Solo booth, NADA Art Fair, ADA Gallery, New York, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Bellyache,curated by Shona McAndrew, Chart Gallery, New York, NY
2023 Summertime Rolls, curated by Benjamin Pritchard, Equity Gallery, New York, NY
2023 Info Bahn, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna Beach, FL
2022 Waiting Room, Curated by Benjamin Pritchard, 57West57 Gallery, New York, NY
2022 Vector, Curated by Bianca Boragi, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL
2022 The Sustainable Art Show, curated by Sarah Reisman,630 Flushing Ave, Brooklyn, NY
2022 Positive/Negative 37 National Art Exhibition, Juried by Kevin Tucker, Slocumb Galleries, Johnson City, TN
2022 Dread in the Eyes, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
2020 Freedom is an Act, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
2020 Frozen Foods, Solo Booth Spring Break Art Fair, New York, NY
2019 Loose Ends, Artist in Residence Show, Materials For The Arts Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2017 Group Show, Sussex Contemporary, Ottawa, Canada
2017 AIR Biennial, curated/juried by Piper Marshall and Lola Cramer, Brooklyn, NY
2017 New Waves, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, juried by Ken Harmon, Virginia Beach, VA
2016 Untitled Art Fair, ADA Gallery, Miami, FL
2016 AB Fab 3, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA
2016 The Compound, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, VA
2015 Sub-Scheme, curated by Stephanie Cristello, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
2015 RISD Painting Thesis Exhibition, Kathryn Markel Gallery, New York, NY
2015 RISD 2015 Thesis Show, Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence, RI
2015 New Work: A Group Exhibition, Zoya Tommy Gallery, Houston, TX.
2014 UFO Hunters, Sol Koffler Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2014 Not Tight, Memorial Hall, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2014 The Chicago Effect: Redefining The Middle, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2014 The Rainbow Room, 111 Front Street Galleries, New York, NY
2014 2014 MFA Juried National Competition, First Street Gallery, New York, NY
2014 RISD MFA Painting Show, 1st Dibs Gallery at NYDC, New York, NY
2014 Cutlog Contemporary Art Fair, New York, NY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2023 TICKET TO PARADISE: AN INTERVIEW WITH WHITNEY OLDENBURG, By Claire Gemima, Whitehot Magazine, Dec 13
2023 Surface: Itinerary, Surface
2023 This Week in Culture: October 30-November 5, Cultured
2021 Friday Focus: Whitney Oldenburg, Parapluie, May 3rd
2016 New American Paintings, MFA Annual Issue No.129
2016 Yes Ma’am, Issue 8 “In All Modesty,” January 7th
2015 RISD News “Champion of Failure,” September 30th
2015 Hyperallergic “Highlights from the RISD MFA Painting Exhibition,” July 24th
2015 Wall Street Journal “Yale, RISD MFAs go on Display,” Peter Plagens, July 17th
2015 Houston Press Blog “Zoya Tommy Reunites Contemporary Artists…”
2014 New York University Academic Journal, “Anamesa”
2013 New York University Academic Journal, “Anamesa”
ARTIST LECTURES
2017 Hollins College, October 18th
2015 Virginia Commonwealth University, September 16th