2025
Under Other Skies
Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
2023
Running With Our Shadow
Deli Gallery, New York, NY
With Tenderness (two-person with Emma Prempeh)
Tiwani Contemporary, London, UK
2022
Abigail Lucien and Brittney Leeanne Williams (two-person)
Deli Gallery, New York, NY
2018
Face Tan/Night Swim
Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
SOLO + TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
Tomorrow is Already Behind Us
Lyles & King, New York, NY
2024
Tituba, qui pour nous protéger?
Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
Dear Mazie,
Institute of Contemporary Art at VCU, Richmond, VA
In and Out
Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2023
We Buy Gold SEVEN.
Jack Shainman Gallery and Nicola Vassell Gallery, New York, NY
SIGHTLINES on Peace, Power, and Prestige
Bard Graduate Center, New York, NY
Subject to Change
Swivel Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Toward a Tangled Turn: Knots, Nets, Threads, & Loops
Sheppard Contemporary, Reno, NV
Earthly Pleasures
Deli Gallery, New York, NY
Everything, Earth and Sky
Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL
2022
OFFSITE
James Fuentes, New York, NY
Summer Nights
Klaus von Nichtssagend, New York, NY
Summer Days
CANADA, New York, NY
Guardar semillas en el cabello
MAC PANAMÁ, San Blas, Panamá
A dim light blinking really far away in the distance.
Titanik Gallery, Turku, Finland
Leave a Light On
The Valley of Taos, Taos, NM
Relic, University of Chicago
APL, Chicago, IL
2021
In Practice
SculptureCenter, Long Island City, NY
Thick Like Dumpling,
HOUSING gallery, New York, NY
2020
Index
Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA.
2019
In Search Of Our Mothers’ Gardens, We Made Armor
Sediment Gallery, Richmond, VA
WHAT WE EMANATE
Black Ball Projects, Brooklyn, NY
panteen19
Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
Print + Systems + Sound
Unrequited Leisure, Nashville, TN
2018
Say Loss, Say Bounty
High Tide Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Mane N' Tail
The Luminary, St. Louis, MO
2017
Past Skin
MoMA PS1, Long Island City, NY
Surface Forms
The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA
East Coast Screenprint Biennial
Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
EDUCATION
2023
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Skowhegan, ME
2017
University of Tennessee Knoxville, MFA in Printmaking, Knoxville, TN
2014
Florida State University, BFA with Honors in Studio Art, Minor in Art History, Tallahassee, FL
HONORS + AWARDS
2023
Janet & Walter Sondheim Art Prize
Ruby Artist Grant
2021
Forbes 30 Under 30 Art + Style Honoree
Hopper Prize
Trawick Prize, Second Place
2020
HARPO Foundation Emerging Artist Fellow
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Professional Fellowship
2018
Summer Studio Grant, The Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA
Faculty Research Grant, VCU, Richmond, VA
2017
Outstanding Research Contribution, Graduate Student Senate, U. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Diles Award for Outstanding Graduate Work, Ewing Gallery, U. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
RESIDENCIES ⋆˙⟡
2024
Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
2023
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Skowhegan, ME
Amant Studio and Research Residency, Brooklyn, NY
2022
ACRE. Steuben, WI
2021
The Luminary, St. Louis, MO
Ox-Bow School of Art & Artist Residency, Saugatuck, MI
BURNAWAY Artist Writing Incubator, Atlanta, GA
2020
Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM
2018
Studio 2 3, Richmond, VA
2016
The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts, Wrocław, Poland
2015
The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS * . ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ .
2023-present
Hunter College
Dept of Art and Art History
Assistant Professor / Area Head of Sculpture
New York, NY
2020-2023
Maryland Institute College of Art
Interdisciplinary Sculpture Dept
Professor / Full-Time Faculty
Baltimore, MD
2019-present
Ox-Bow School of Art & Artist Residency
Faculty / ALAANA Thought Partner
Saugatuck, MI
2017-2020
Virginia Commonwealth University
Sculpture + Extended Media Dept
Full-Time Faculty / Shop Technician
Richmond, VA
LECTURES + SCREENINGS
2024
Columbia University, Visiting Artist, New York, NY
ICA VCU, Black Architecture Panel: Critical Perspectives on Black Spatial Thinking, RVA
Ox-Bow School of Art & Artist Residency, Visiting Artist, Saugatuck, MI
2023
Yale University, Visiting Artist, New Haven, CT
University of Nevada, Visiting Artist, Reno, NV
Old Dominion University, Visiting Artist, Norfolk, VA
Walter Art Museum, Artist Talk, Baltimore Maryland
Amant, For Your Reference Artist Talk and Publication Launch, Brooklyn, NY
Harvard University, Artist Talk, Cambridge, MA
University of Pennsylvania, Visiting Artist Lecture, Philadelphia, PA.
2022
The Studio Museum in Harlem, Widline Cadet in Conversation with Didier William, Madjeen Isaac, and Abigail Lucien, Artist/Panelist, Harlem, NY
Women’s Studio Workshop, Behind the Curtain, Artist/Panelist, Kingston, NY
2021
SculptureCenter, ‘Care in a time of its rationing’, Artist/Panelist, Long Island City, NY
The Space for Creative Black Imagination, Artist Lecture, MICA, Baltimore, MD
2020
Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, Artist Lecture, Lancaster, PA Wofford College, Artist Lecture, Spartanburg, SC
Santa Fe Art Institute, Artist Lecture, Santa Fe, NM
Maryland Institute College of Art, Artist Talk, Baltimore, MD
Alfred University, Artist Talk, Alfred, NY
2019
Printed Matter, Everything is where it is expected, Panel hosted by Nontsikelelo Mutiti, NY, NY
Ox-Bow School of Art & Artist Residency, Artist Talk, Saugatuck, MI
VCU, Sculpture + Extended Media Dept, Artist Lecture, Richmond, VA
In Search of Our Mothers’s Gardens, We Made Armor, Artist Talk, Sediment Gallery, RVA
2018
Tyler School of Art at Temple University, Visiting Artist Lecture, Philadelphia, PA
Holland Projects, Video Screening, Reno, NV
2017
Indiana University Moving Image Archives, video NOW NOW NOW!, Bloomington, IN
Marshall University, Visiting Artist Lecture, Huntington, West Virginia
Track One, Desert Islands : Film Screening, Nashville, TN
2016
Macondo Gallery, Artist Lecture, Wrocław, Poland
University of Tennessee Knoxville, Artist Lecture, Knoxville, TN
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY + PUBLICATIONS
2025
The Nasher Magazine, Artist Feature, Nasher Sculpture Center, print, February 2025.
2023
Seen Issue 006, Artist Feature, BlackStar Projects, print, November 2023.
NAN VANT SOLÉY LA, Author: Abigail Lucien, GenderFail Press, New York, NY
2022
Art in America: The State of Sculpture, “THING THEORY: Rountable with artists Gordon Hall, Abigail Lucien, Lydia Ourahmane, and Michael Rakowitz”, print, September 2022.
Apogee Journal, Cover Artist + Artist Feature, online. NY. December 2022.
2021
MARCH International, “NAN VANT SOLÈY LA / IN THE BELLY OF THE SUN”, Author: Abigail Lucien, web, August 2021.
BmoreArt, Issue 11: Comfort, print. Baltimore, MD. June 2021.
Dialogue Mag, Artist Feature, print. Richmond, VA. June 2021.
LVL3, Artist of the Week, online. Chicago, IL. June 2021.
BmoreArt, Art AND artist interview, online. Baltimore, MD. July 2021.
2020
The Collaborative Center for Storm, Space & Seismic Research. “Black Rasberry”. Abigail Lucien. Same Page Column, Contributor. October 2020.
2018
Walls Divide Press. “This Winter Could Be Your Wettest Ever.” Abigail Lucien. September 2018.
HYPERALLERGIC. G’Sell, Eileen. “Rich and Varied Visions of Black Female Glamor”. March 6.
