Carmen Neely
Carmen Neely (b. 1987 in Charlotte, North Carolina; lives and works in Chicago) trades in semantics. For Neely, the difference between two types of line is not so much a precious commitment to formal queries that lead nowhere outside of the canvas; rather these marks are an earnest stab at solving real problems in expressing one’s own history and the histories that are passed through us by the act of mark making.
Neely’s canvases are surfaces taught with conflict, line, color and language. The marks ricochet and collide off one another, their meanings always affected by their proximity to other gestures. In Neely’s paintings, memory, speech, and feeling are not necessarily linear or discrete expressions and experiences but are rather codependent on a series of contexts that produce, interrupt and re-form them over time.
Her paintings give a feeling of catharsis, bursting with colorful and calligraphic strokes on delicate and soft backgrounds. The tableaus propose the peace that comes through an ongoing process of renegotiation and reiteration. If each line holds expressions of identity, values, and memory passed through generations of family and friendships, Neely’s consistent modulation of gesture and color in her own vernacular suggest the mutability and evolution of these values over time and geography. The process is about intricacies of interpretation with the resulting works expressing a methodological approach to language that remains vulnerable to Neely’s own ongoing confrontation with selfhood.
Neely holds a Master in Fine Arts from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and is included in the collection of The University of North Carolina (Charlotte, North Carolina), and Plattsburgh State Museum of Art, New York. Neely is currently an adjunct professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Carmen Neely
chronic conditions11 Oct - 30 Nov 2024ParisMariane Ibrahim is pleased to present, a solo exhibition of new works by Carmen Neely entitled, chronic conditions . On view from October 11 until November 30, 2024 this show...Read morePalimpsest
30 Jul - 24 Aug 2024ChicagoMariane Ibrahim is pleased to announce Palimpsest , a summer group exhibition presenting work by ruby onyinyechi amanze, McArthur Binion, Bethany Collins, Carmen Neely, Zohra Opoku, Michael Rakowitz, and Edra...Read moreCarmen Neely
Sometimes a painting is a prayer26 May - 8 Jul 2023Chicago“Are you sure, sweetheart, that you want to be well?… Just so’s you’re sure, sweetheart, and ready to be healed, cause wholeness is no trifling matter. A lot of weight...Read moreUn Abrazo
Group Exhibition 8 Feb - 29 Apr 2023Mexico CityThe inaugural group exhibition, Un Abrazo , features new work uniting a selection of represented artists. The exhibition explores the new possibilities of immersion, culture, and sensation that Mexico City...Read moreCarmen Neely and Ferrari Sheppard
Where to begin...11 Dec 2021 - 15 Jan 2022ParisMariane Ibrahim presents “ Where to begin…” the gallery’s second group exhibition in Paris following the inaugural opening in September 2021. The show highlights significant new and large scale works...Read more
Carmen Neely
Zach Bernsten, Cultured Magazine, October 14, 2024
Cultured MagazineCarmen Neely
Lucy Rees, Galerie Magazine , April 12, 2023
Galerie MagazineCarmen Neely
Nicholas Nauman , Art Basel
Art BaselMariane Ibrahim
Brian Ng, Artsy, October 20, 2022
ArtsyCarmen Neely
Kaylen Ralph, Chicago Reader, September 16, 2022
Chicago Reader
ART ONO
Setec, Seoul, Korea19 - 21 Apr 2024BOOTH # 113 EXHIBITING ARTISTS: ruby onyinyechi amanze Patrick Eugène Yukimasa Ida Eva Jospin Carmen Neely Zohra Opoku Mariane Ibrahim is pleased to participate in...Read moreBARELY FAIR
COLOR CLUB13 - 21 Apr 2024Mariane Ibrahim is delighted to present a miniature work by Carmen Neely in the 4th iteration of Barely Fair, an artist-run international art fair. Organized...Read moreArt Basel Miami Beach
1 - 3 Dec 2022BOOTH #D33 EXHIBITING ARTISTS: Amoako Boafo M. Florine Démosthène Patrick Eugène Yukimasa Ida Clotilde Jiménez Shannon T. Lewis No Martins Ian Micheal Ian Mwesiga Carmen...Read moreParis+ par Art Basel
19 - 23 Oct 2022BOOTH # E16 EXHIBITING ARTISTS: Raphaël Barontini Amoako Boafo Yukimasa Ida Clotilde Jiménez Shannon T. Lewis Ian Mwesiga Carmen Neely Peter Uka Mariane Ibrahim is...Read moreThe Armory Show
9 - 11 Sep 2022BOOTH # 126 EXHIBITING ARTISTS: ruby onyinyechi amanze M. Florine Démosthène Maïmouna Guerresi Mwangi Hutter Ayana V. Jackson Shannon T. Lewis Carmen Neely Zohra Opoku...Read moreArt Basel
14 - 19 Jun 2022BOOTH # R24 EXHIBITING ARTISTS: Raphaël Barontini Amoako Boafo M. Florine Démosthène Mwangi Hutter Yukimasa Ida Ayana V. Jackson Clotilde Jiménez Ian Mwesiga Carmen Neely...Read moreEXPO CHICAGO
7 - 10 Apr 2022BOOTH # 223 EXHIBITING ARTISTS: Raphaël Barontini Amoako Boafo Yukimasa Ida Clotilde Jiménez No Martins Ian Micheal Ian Mwesiga Carmen Neely Zohra Opoku Our presentation...Read more
Carmen Neely
chronic conditions November 20, 2024Mariane Ibrahim is pleased to present, a solo exhibition of new works by Carmen Neely entitled, chronic conditions . On view from October 11 until...Read moreCarmen Neely
Sometimes a painting is a prayer June 23, 2023Neely’s exhibition Sometimes a painting is a prayer materializes the interwoven experiences of intimacy, generosity and risk that shape her interior emotional and psychic life...Read more
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