Carly Sheehan (b. 1992, Massachusetts) Currently lives and works in Seattle, WA.

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

All images on this site are to scale with each other and organized in chronological order from newest to oldest. For installation documentation and more views of works, click on images.

CV updated November 2025

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 and Two Person Exhibitions

2026 Solo at Double Garage Gallery, Seattle, WA (Forthcoming)

2026 Solo at Sandpoint Gallery, Seattle, WA (Forthcoming)

2025 "Call Me Superstitious" Specialist Gallery, Seattle, WA

2025 "Obsessed with forgetting what it is" Two Person Exhibition with Rebecca Shippee, North Loop West, Los Angeles, CA

2024 "Nightblooming" Sandpoint Gallery, Seattle, WA

2022 "Preserve Me Gently" 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

2025 Surf Point Residency, York, ME (By Nomination)

2025 Jones and Kreielsheimer Large Grant, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

2024 & 2023 Wyckoff Milliman Grant, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (Three Cycles)

2021 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Bridge Fund Grant (Emergency Grant COVID)

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

2019 Helen Frankenthaler Scholarship, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT

2015 John Crowe Artist/Teacher Award, MassArt Education Department, Boston, MA

Publications & Written Contributions

PRESS: University of Washington Magazine “Find UW at art exhibits across Seattle (and beyond) this fall”, By Caitlin Klask And Shin Yu Pai, Published August 7, 2025.

“Obsessed with forgetting what it is” Exhibition Catalog, Co-Edited with Rebecca Shippee, Designed by Luiza Dale, Texts by Cameron Clayborn, Izzy Lee, Ravi Jackson, and Ian Page. Published 2025.

LA Art Documents - Carly Sheehan and Rebecca Shippee / Obsessed with forgetting what it is / North Loop West, Los Angeles, CA, Published June 18, 2025.

“Wreck After Wreck: 5 Years of Critical Practice at Yale School of Art, 2016–2021” Collection of Essays, Contribution by Invitation, Designed by Willis Kingery, Published 2021.

“Body of Work: Yale School of Art MFA 2020” Features Works and Essay Contribution by Invitation. Designed by Bryant Wells. Published 2021.

“New Voicemail Received" Exhibition Catalog for Yale School of Art Painting and Printmaking 2020, Features Works and Interviews, Edited and Designed by Lau Huaranga, Julia Schafer, and Bryant Wells. Published 2020.

PRESS: Galerie Magazine “Discover the Art World’s Rising Stars in These 2020 MFA Graduate Shows”, By Lucy Rees, Published July 10, 2020.

Curatorial Projects

Artist Member at Specialist Gallery, Seattle, WA (2025–2026).

Exhibitions Organized:

2026 Susan Metrican (Forthcoming)

2026 Madison Donnelly (Forthcoming)

2025 Every 2 Weeks, Kyler Pahang

2025 a pain that is not private, Group Show, PRESS: Variable West “2 Washington shows to see this month” By Brittney Frantece, Published June 4, 2025.

2025 Son of Bird Inferior, Ebb Bayley, PRESS: Seattle Times “Top 5 Seattle art exhibit picks for March 2025” By Margo Vansynghel, Published February 25, 2025.

Teaching Experience

2023–2026 University of Washington, School of Art + Art History + Design, Full-Time Lecturer, Painting, Drawing, and Printmaking Department (Fixed-Term Appointment)

Courses: Beginning Drawing, Figure Drawing, Beginning Painting, Beginning Printmaking, Beginning Painting and Printmaking Combo Class, Intermediate Painting, Intermediate Drawing, Advanced Drawing, Advanced Painting, Senior Studios, Graduate Seminar: Painting & Drawing.

2022–2023 Yale School of Art, Appointed Faculty

Courses: On the Surface (Graduate Seminar), Spring 2023, Basic Drawing (Undergraduate), Spring 2022

2021–2023 University of New Haven, Adjunct Faculty

Courses: Drawing I, Spring 2023, Introduction to Studio Art, Online – Asynchronous, Spring 2022, Summer 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, 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

Courses: 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