Combining representation and abstraction, Nina Chanel Abney’s paintings capture the frenetic pace of contemporary culture. Broaching subjects as diverse as race, celebrity, religion, politics, sex, and art history, her works eschew linear storytelling in lieu of disjointed narratives. The effect is information overload, balanced with a kind of spontaneous order, where time and space are compressed and identity is interchangeable. Her distinctively bold style harnesses the flux and simultaneity that has come to define life in the 21st century.
 
Through a bracing use of color and unapologetic scale, Abney’s canvases propose a new type of history painting, one grounded in the barrage of everyday events and funneled through the velocity of the internet.
 
Abney was born in Harvey, Illinois and currently lives and works in New York. Her work is included in collections around the world,  including the Brooklyn Museum, The Rubell Family Collection, Bronx Museum, and the Burger Collection, Hong Kong.
 
Recent exhibitions include Nina Chanel Abney in the Elleboogkerk at Kunsthal Kade, Amersfoot, Netherlands (on view through January 1, 2026); Now What? Or What Else? at Perrotin Paris (2025); Winging It with Jeffrey Deitch in Los Angeles (2025); Flagged at Anthony Gallery in Chicago, Illinois (2025); LIE DOGGO at Jack Shainman Gallery, The School in Kinderhook, New York (2024); and Big Butch Energy/Synergy at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Georgia (2024). Her public works include large-scale indoor and outdoor murals in cities including Memphis, Tennessee; Bentonville, Arkansas; New York and Brooklyn, New York, Detroit, Michigan; Chicago, Illinois; Boston, Massachusetts; Gwangju, South Korea; Toronto, Canada; and Paris and Lyon, France. A highlight of these works include the Basketball Court for Project Blackboard in Chickasaw Heritage Park in Memphis, Tennessee; a stairwell mural for Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas; the facade for David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center in New York; and the Coney Island Art Walls in Brooklyn, New York.
 
The purchase price of $1,000 is fully tax deductible.
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Studio visit sales are available on a first-come basis. 
Studio visits are non-refundable. 
All studio visits take place in New York City area unless otherwise noted.
The date and time if each will visit will be arranged by the artists' studios in cooperation with the IFPDA and guests.
 
Images:
1. Courtesy of the artist. Photo by Jesper Damsgaard Lund.
2. Nina Chanel Abney, Magic 2024, Relief print, 59 1/2 x 39 1/4 inches, Edition of 30. Courtesy of the artist and Pace Prints.
3. Nina Chanel Abney, Johnny X 2022, Collage on panel, 78 x 66.75 inches. Courtesy of the artist and Pace Prints.