Shannon Cartier Lucy

Our New Home, 2017. Oil on canvas. 28 x 22 inches.

Girl with Swans, 2019. Oil on canvas. 31 x 22 inches.

Naptime, 2018. Oil on canvas. 23 x 30 inches.

Woman with Tulips, 2019. Oil on canvas.
52 x 27 inches.

Offering, 2018. Oil on canvas. 22 x 26 inches.

Sex After Death, 2019. Oil on canvas. 29 x 42 inches.

If My Hand Offends, 2019. Oil on canvas. 25 x 34 inches.

My Signature Act, 2017. Oil on canvas. 18 x 22 inches.

Ruffles and Bells, 2019. Oil on canvas. 34 x 22 inches.

Day at the Library, 2018. Oil on canvas. 21 x 17 inches.

Select Press

The New York Times: 3 Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now

Artforum: Chloe Wyma on Shannon Cartier Lucy

Artforum: Critics’ Picks

The New Yorker: Goings On About Town

The Brooklyn Rail: Shannon Cartier Lucy: The Loo Table

W Magazine: Meet Shannon Cartier Lucy, the Artist Whose Paintings You Can’t Stop Staring At

Bomb Magazine: Do Not Ignore the Gift: Shannon Cartier Lucy Interviewed by Osman Can Yerebakan

Forbes: In New Paintings, Shannon Cartier Lucy Blows The Lid Off Reality

Garage Magazine: Shannon Cartier Lucy Finds Her Home

artnet News: ‘Along the Way, Life Took Over’: Painter Shannon Cartier Lucy on Her Wayward Path to Art-Making and Personal Redemption

Two Coats of Paint: Painting and the anti-Oedipal insurgency

Cultured Magazine: Welcome Home: Michael St. John and Shannon Cartier Lucy in Conversation

Vulture: NYC Almost Killed This Up-and-Coming Artist, But Now, at 40, She’s Back

Sensitive Skin Magazine: Assembling the American Uncanny – Interview with Shannon Cartier Lucy

Art of Choice: A Close Look Into the Mind of Shannon Cartier Lucy

Artspace: 7 Standouts from NADA Miami 2019

Born 1977, Nashville, TN. Lives and works in Nashville, TN.

Exhibitions

2025

Soft Opening, London, UK (solo) (forthcoming)

2024

ECCENTRIC. Aesthetics of Freedom, Pinakothek der Moderne, Sammlung Moderne Kunst, Munich, Germany

Shannon Cartier Lucy

Born 1977, Nashville, TN. Lives and works in Nashville, TN.

Exhibitions

2025

Soft Opening, London, UK (solo) (forthcoming)

2024

ECCENTRIC. Aesthetics of Freedom, Pinakothek der Moderne, Sammlung Moderne Kunst, Munich, Germany

Silver Bells and Cockle Shells, Galerie Hussenot, Paris, France (solo)

2023

Rubedo, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)

2022

The secret ingredient è la morte, Massimo de Carlo, Milan, Italy (solo)

DISTRESS TOLERANCE, Hessel Museum of Art, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York

2021

A Stapled Glass, Massimo de Carlo, Hong Kong (solo)

The Loo Table, Lubov, New York, NY (solo)

Cake on the Floor, Soft Opening, London, UK (solo)

Bodywork: Discomfort and Existence, Massimo De Carlo, Milano, Italy

2020

Fooled Again, Galerie Hussenot, Paris, France (solo)

(Nothing but) Flowers, Karma, New York, NY

Eigenheim, Soft Opening, London, UK

The Ever-Flashing Strap, Nina Johnson Gallery, Miami, FL (solo)

Woman with a Machete, De Boer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)

Home is a crossword puzzle I can’t solve, Lubov, New York, NY (solo)

2019

NADA Miami with Lubov, Miami, FL

Vernacular Environment, Part 3, Edward Cella Art and Architecture, Los Angeles, CA

2009

No Applause, Kathleen Cullen Gallery, New York, NY

2008

Bad Thoughts, David Gallery, Nashville, TN

2007

No Dancing, Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York, NY (solo)

2006

I Am a Child, My Heart is Pure Amen, Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York, NY (solo)

2000

3 Person Group Show, Team Gallery, New York, NY

Bibliography

“Welcome Home: Michael St. John and Shannon Cartier Lucy in Conversation”. Cultured Magazine. January 21, 2020.

Reid, Hilary. “NYC Almost Killed This Up-and-Coming Artist, But Now, at 40, She’s Back”. Vulture. January 17, 2020.

Pivnik, Lee. “7 Standouts from NADA Miami 2019”. Artspace. December 6, 2019.

Awards

2019 The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant

Education

MS University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

BA New York University, New York, NY