Galen Cheney is a painter living and working in North Adams, Massachusetts. Galen received a BA from Mount Holyoke College and an MFA from the Maryland Institute, College of Art. She has had solo exhibitions at David Richard Gallery in NYC, the Aidron-Duckworth Museum in Berlin, NH, the University of Maine at Augusta, The Painting Center in NYC, Da Wang Culture Highland in Shenzhen, China, Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site in Cornish, NH, and Galerie 1225 in Montreal among many others. Her many group exhibitions include Mark Bettis Gallery in Asheville, Khawam Modern + Contemporary in West Palm Beach, Lockwood Gallery in Kingston, NY, Berkshire Art Museum in North Adams, MA, The Fleming Museum in Burlington, VT, SITE Gallery in Brooklyn, Greenville (SC) Center for the Arts, Gray Contemporary in Houston and the University of Dallas.
She has received fellowships to attend residencies at the Millay Colony, Da Wang Culture Highland in China, and the Vermont Studio Center. In 2020 she received a North Adams Project Grant and in 2019 attended the Studios at MASS MoCA.
Her work has been collected widely and has been featured in many publications, including New American Paintings, Berkshire Magazine, Kolaj Magazine, Art New England, Studio Visit, Tupelo, Mud Season Review, Whitefish Review, and The Laurel of Asheville. The many blogs that have featured her work include Art Spiel, I Like Your Work, The Weird Show, Design Milk, Artsy Forager The Periphery and Pattern Pulp.