Carly Burnell (b. 1991) is a painter from Santa Barbara, CA, currently living and working in New York. Burnell completed her BFA in Fine Arts at Parsons The New School of Design in 2015 and received her Masters in Studio Art from New York University in 2017. Most recently Burnell had a solo exhibition at Mariposa, Paris in January 2024. In 2019, and in 2023, she had solo exhibitions at Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York. Burnell’s work has been included in group exhibitions in New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Nashville, and Paris. Burnell was featured on David Zwirner’s Platform in 2021. Burnell is also a writer and performs with Stanley Love Performance Group.

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