a b o u t :
Abba Cudney was born and raised outside of Chicago, IL. She moved to New Hampshire in 2011 and earned her BFA in Painting and Printmaking at the Institute of Art and Design at New England College (formally the New Hampshire Institute of Art). She has exhibited throughout New England as well as New York, Chicago, and Italy. Her work has been published in several publications including Art New England, Boston Accent Lit, Take Magazine, and Big Red & Shiny. She currently resides in Chicago, IL.
C V :
2015
New Hampshire Institute of Art- Manchester, NH
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Painting & Printmaking
Magna Cum Laude
· “Outstanding Capstone Paper of the BFA Class of 2015”
2013
Firenze Arti-Visive- Florence, Italy
Training in painting and printmaking
Awards
· “Outstanding Capstone Paper of the BFA Class of 2015”
Curatorial Projects
· “2nd Annual Flock Gallery Pop-Up,” Flock Gallery, Manchester, NH- July 23-28, 2015
· “Pressed,” Firenze Arti-Visive, Florence, Italy-December 7-12, 2013
Publication
· Boston Accent Lit, March 2019
· Boston Accent Lit, March 2018
· Art New England, January 2018
· Take Magazine, December 2017
· Big Red & Shiny, August 2017
· IRU Magazine, August 2016
· New Hampshire Institute of Art Viewbook- 2013-2014, 2015-2016
· Firenze Arti-Visive Viewbook- 2014
· Ayris Magazine- 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Public Projects
· “Dupont Pool Project Mural,” Manchester NH, July 2016
Artist Residencies
· Canterbury Shaker Village, July 17-21, 2018
Solo Exhibitions
· “Interior Journey: Paintings & Monotypes by Abba Cudney”, Lyceum Gallery, Manchester, NH, December-January 2020
· BankRI Main Gallery, Providence, RI, July, 2019
· Pitman Gallery, Providence, RI, June, 2019
· Mott & Chace Sotheby's, Providence, RI, March-May, 2019
· "A Spectrum of Memory", Hope & Feathers Framing & Printing, Amherst, MA, August 2018
· Mott & Chace Sotheby's, Providence, RI, 2017
· “Nostalgia,” BeanTowne Coffee House, Hampstead, NH, July 1st-29th, 2016
Two Person Exhibitions
· “Remembered Places" Woonsocket, RI, August 2022
· “Providence Art Club Presents Abba Cudney and Rachele Romano at the Atrium Gallery," Providence, RI, September 2017-January
2018
· “Inside-Out: An Exploration of Home," Verge Gallery, Manchester, NH, 2015
Group Exhibitions
2023
· "Housewarming”, Michael Rose Fine Art, Providence, RI
2021
· "117th Annual Little Pictures Show & Sale ”, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
· "All Types”, Bristol Art Museum, Bristol, RI
· "The Hot Type Print Portfolio ”, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
2020
· "116th Annual Little Pictures Show & Sale”, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
· "Class and Staff Show”, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
2019
· “Christmas at Linden Place”, Linden Place, Bristol, RI
· "Providence Art Club’s National Open Juried Exhibition”, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
· "Between Process and Product”, The Vault Gallery, Manchester, NH
· "Prisms”, The Kiln Room Gallery (Providence College), Providence, RI
· "The Overlook”, Launch F18, NYC, New York
· "Do You Remember?”, Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA
· "Artists in Residence Reception & Exhibit”, Canterbury Shaker Village, Canterbury, NH
· "Class and Staff Show”, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
2018
· "Rising Stars”, Furniture Masters’ Gallery, Concord, NH
· The 2018 New Hampshire Furniture Masters Main Event, Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH
· "Place(holder)", Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA
· "New Hampshire Furniture Masters Exhibition", Roger Williams Gallery, Manchester, NH
· “Things I Have No Words For", Kelley Stelling Contemporary, Manchester, NH
2017
· “The Heart is a Lonely Hunter", Robert M. Larsen Gallery, Concord, NH
· “Class and Staff Show", Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
2016
. "Class and Staff Show", Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
. "One Big Holiday", Sharon Arts Center, Peterborough, NH
· “NOW: NHIA Alumni Exhibition”, French Gallery, Manchester, NH
· “On the Map", 3S Artspace, Portsmouth, NH
· “Verge & Ayris End of the Year Reception", Verge Gallery, Manchester, NH
· “Cross-Pollination", Studio 550, Manchester, NH
· “4th Annual Juried Self-Portrait Exhibition", Verge Gallery, Manchester, NH
· “14th Annual Minumental Exhibition”, French Gallery, Manchester, NH
2015
· “Kaleidoscope”, Castle in the Clouds, Moultonbourough, NH
· “2nd Annual Flock Gallery Pop-Up”, Flock Gallery, Manchester, NH
· “13th Annual Minumental Exhibition”, Amherst Gallery, Manchester, NH
· “Inside-Out: An Exploration of Home”, Verge Gallery, Manchester, NH
2014
· “New Visions, Voices, Views”, Castle in the Clouds, Moultonbourough, NH
· “Flock Gallery Pop-Up”, Flock Gallery, Manchester, NH
· “Eye on Professional Artists”, Eye Gallery, Manchester, NH
· “12th Annual Minumental Exhibition”, Amherst Gallery, Manchester, NH
· “The Boston Printmakers North American Print Biennial”, The Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA
· “Reflections”, Student Center Gallery, Manchester, NH
· “Celebrate the Arts”, Fox Valley Performing Arts Center, Dundee, IL
· “Annual Student Show”, Amherst Gallery, Manchester, NH-May 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015