Test: Nina Chanel Abney

Born in Chicago, Illinois, 1982. Education: Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, B.F.A., 2004. Parsons School of Design, NYC, NY, M.F.A., 2007. Lives and works in New York City.

Nina Chanel Abney earned her BFA from Augustana College and her MFA from the Parsons School of Design. Abney’s solo museum exhibition Royal Flush (2017) at the Nasher Museum of Art, North Carolina, traveled to the Chicago Cultural Center; Institute of Contemporary Art and the California African American Museum in Los Angeles; and the Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, State University of New York. Abney has exhibited widely in additional solo presentations and group shows at venues including the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston; the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; and the Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France. Abney has created multiple large-scale, site-specific commissions, including most recently a major project for the Miami Worldcenter and another at the David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York. Her work is held in numerous public and private collections, including the Bronx Museum; the Brooklyn Museum; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Rubell Family Collection; the Whitney Museum of American Art; and the Burger Collection, Hong Kong.

  • Each painting starts with a general idea that's usually sparked by a dream, conversation, or experience.

    - Nina Chanel Abney

  • CV

    Solo shows
    2019

    Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, New York. “Nina Chanel Abney: Royal Flush”.


    Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California, and California African American Museum, Los Angeles, California. “Nina Chanel Abney: Royal Flush”

    2018

    Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois. “Nina Chanel Abney: Royal Flush”


    Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California, and California African American Museum, Los Angeles, California. “Nina Chanel Abney: Royal Flush”.

    2017

    2017 Mary Boone Gallery, NYC, NY. “Safe House”.


    Jack Shainman Gallery, NYC, NY. “Seized the Imagination”.


    Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina. “Nina Chanel Abney: Royal Flush”

    2016

    The Gateway Project, Newark, New Jersey. “If You Say So…”.


    Kravets/Wehby Gallery, NYC, NY. “Always a Winner”.


    Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago, Illinois. “Run Run”.


    Galeria Rabieh, São Paulo, Brazil. “If You Say So…”.

  • Group shows
    2017

    The Brant Foundation Art Study Center, Greenwich, Connecticut. “Animal Farm”.


    Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada. “Juxtapoz x Superflat”.


    Dio Horia Gallery, Mykonos, Greece. “Greek Gotham”.


    Nicole Ripka Gallery, Watermill, New York. “AfterModernism Hamptons”.


    Jack Shainman Gallery, NYC, NY. “For Freedom”.


    Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC, NY. “Flatlands”.

    2016

    The Brant Foundation Art Study Center, Greenwich, Connecticut. “Animal Farm”.


    Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada. “Juxtapoz x Superflat”.


    Dio Horia Gallery, Mykonos, Greece. “Greek Gotham”.


    Nicole Ripka Gallery, Watermill, New York. “AfterModernism Hamptons”.


    Jack Shainman Gallery, NYC, NY. “For Freedom”.


    Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC, NY. “Flatlands”.

    2015

    The Brant Foundation Art Study Center, Greenwich, Connecticut. “Animal Farm”.


    Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada. “Juxtapoz x Superflat”.


    Dio Horia Gallery, Mykonos, Greece. “Greek Gotham”.


    Nicole Ripka Gallery, Watermill, New York. “AfterModernism Hamptons”.


    Jack Shainman Gallery, NYC, NY. “For Freedom”.


    Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC, NY. “Flatlands”.

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  • Bibliography

    2022

    Sargent, Antwaun, “Hip-Hop Guru and Art Lover Swizz Beatz on Collecting Nina Chanel Abney”, GALERIE MAGAZINE, Winter 2017, p.144.


    Staff, “Nina Chanel Abney”, THE NEW YORKER, 4 December 2017, p. 6.


    Saltz, Jerry, “To Do: See Nina Chanel Abney”, NEW YORK MAGAZINE, 27 November-10 December 2017.


    Can Yerebakan, Osman, “Studio Visit: Nina Chanel Abney”, BOMBMAGAZINE.ORG, 8 November 2017.


    Menconi, David, “‘Black Lives Matter’ is one of many threads running through Nina Chanel Abney’s art”, THE NEWS & OBSERVER, 1 March 2017.


    Greenberg, Blue, “At the Nasher, canvases from a new voice”, THE HERALD SUN, 25 February 2017.


    Wilder, Nina, “Nina Chanel Abney’s ‘Royal Flush’ opening party, a celebration of black art and culture”, THE CHRONICLE, 22 February 2017.

    2020

    Saltz, Jerry, “To Do: See Nina Chanel Abney”, NEW YORK MAGAZINE, 27 November-10 December 2017.


    Feldblum, Samuel, “Nina Chanel Abney: Royal Flush”, THE BROOKLYN RAIL, 1 April 2017.


    Menconi, David, “‘Black Lives Matter’ is one of many threads running through Nina Chanel Abney’s art”, THE NEWS & OBSERVER, 1 March 2017.


    Wilder, Nina, “Nina Chanel Abney’s ‘Royal Flush’ opening party, a celebration of black art and culture”, THE CHRONICLE, 22 February 2017.