About

Abbi Kenny (b. 1998 in Boston, MA) is an artist based in Kingston, NY. She received her MFA in painting from Boston University’s 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). She is a Lecturer of Painting and Drawing at Purchase College, SUNY. In recent years, Abbi has lived in Brooklyn, Boston, Toronto, and Providence. While at RISD, Abbi participated in the European Honors Program in Rome, Italy. She is a recipient of the Royal Drawing School’s Dumfries House Estate drawing residency and grant near Cumnock, Scotland (2019), the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant in painting (2022), a residency and Cottage Award at the Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild Artist Residency (2024), and most recently, a residency at the Vermont Studio Center (2026). Her work has been published in New American Paintings, Maake Magazine, and the Observer. She has exhibited at Main Projects in Richmond, VA; September Gallery in Kinderhook, NY; Field Projects in New York, NY; Morgan Lehman Gallery in New York, NY; and the RISD Museum in Providence, RI, among others. Her first solo show will take place at Main Projects in June 2026.

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