Carly Sheehan (b. 1992, Massachusetts) earned her MFA in Painting and Printmaking from the Yale School of Art in 2020 and her BFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design in 2014. She is a Visiting Artist and Full-Time Lecturer at the University of Washington, Seattle. Carly has exhibited with several artist-run spaces, including Triangle Projects LA and Green Shutter House in New Haven. In 2024, she joined the artist team at Specialist Gallery in Seattle. She currently lives and works in Seattle, WA.

Contact: carlys8@uw.edu | Instagram: @c4rlota

Education

2018-2020 MFA Painting/Printmaking, Yale School of Art, New Haven CT

2017-2018 Post Baccalaureate Studio Art, Brandeis University, Waltham MA

2010-2014 BFA Studio Education & Painting, MassArt, Boston MA

Solo Exhibitions

Upcoming: 2025 at Specialist Gallery, Seattle WA

2024 "Nightblooming" Sandpoint Gallery, UW SoAAHD, Seattle WA

2022 "Heartbreak over breakfast" Triangle Projects, Los Angeles CA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2023 "Bedroom Bathroom Show" Triangle Projects, Miami FL

2022 "Friends in Bricolage" Green Shutter House, New Haven CT

2020 “Painting and Printmaking Yale” Perrotin Gallery, New York NY

2020 “ONLY WHEN YOU ARE CALLED” Green Gallery, New Haven CT

2018 “Run What You Brung: MFA 2020” Green Gallery, New Haven CT

2018 “Paired” Pollack Gallery, Waltham MA

2017 “Under Covers” Laconia Gallery, Boston MA

2014 “All School Show” President’s Gallery, Boston MA

2013 “FLUX” Student Life Gallery, Boston MA

2013 “Stand, Rock, Sway” Sparring Partners, Boston MA

2012 “Wildthings” Godine Gallery, Boston MA

2012 “TransFIREmation” Student Life Gallery, Boston MA

Awards, Grants, Residencies

Upcoming: 2025 Surf Point Residency

2024 & 2023 Wyckoff Milliman Grant, University of Washington

2021 Bridge Fund Grant, Foundation for Contemporary Arts

2020 Dean’s Critical Practice Research Grant, Yale School of Art

2019 Helen Frankenthaler Scholarship, Yale School of Art

2015 John Crowe Artist/Teacher Award, MassArt Education Department

Publications & Written Contributions

2022 Wreck After Wreck: 5 Years of Critical Practice at Yale School of Art, 2016-2020, Published 2022 by Yale School of Art 2022

2021 Body of Work: Yale School of Art MFA 2020, Published by Yale School of Art 2021

2020 Only When You Are Called MFA Publication Catalog, Published by Yale School of Art, 2021

2020 Discover the Art World’s Rising Stars in These 2020 MFA Graduate Shows, Galerie, Written by Lucy Rees, Published July 10

Teaching Experience

2023 - 2025 University of Washington, Visiting Full Time Lecturer

Undergraduate Beginning Drawing: The Figure, Fall 2023, Winter 2024

Undergraduate Intermediate Painting Topics, Fall 2023, Winter 2024, Fall 2024

Undergraduate Intermediate Drawing, Winter 2024

Undergraduate Beginning Painting, Spring 2024, Winter 2025

Graduate Seminar, Painting and Drawing, Spring 24

Undergraduate Advanced Drawing, Fall 2024

Undergraduate Senior Studios, Spring 2025

Undergraduate Printmaking - Intaglio into Painting, Spring 2025

2022 - 2023 Yale School of Art, Appointed Faculty, Critic

Graduate Course: On the Surface, Spring 2023

Undergraduate Basic Drawing, Spring 2022

2021 - 2023 University of New Haven, Adjunct Faculty

Undergraduate Drawing I, Spring 2023

Intro To Studio Art, Online Asynchronous, Spring 22, Summer 22, Fall 22, Spring 23

Ancient Art History I, Lecture, Fall 2021

2019 Yale School of Art, Teaching Assistantship, Printmaking I, Taught by Alex Valentine, Fall 19

2017 - 2018 Brandeis University, Teaching Assistantships

Basic Drawing, Taught by Sean Downey, Spring 2018

Intermediate Painting, Taught by Susan Lichtman, Fall 2017

Basic Painting, Taught by Sean Downey, Fall 2017

Basic Painting, Taught by Alfredo Gisholt, Spring 2017