Lily Furniss
b. 1995, Wilmette, Illinois
Lives and works in Chicago, IL
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 Everyone Meets Their End Eventually; S. Tucker Cooke Gallery, Asheville, NC
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 MIDNIGHT THINGS, The Martin, Chicago, IL
2020 B.A.S.E; Anna Zorina, New York, NY
2020 Public Opinion; AUTOMAT, Philadelphia, PA
2020 Jump Into The Fire; Atelier FAS Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2019 Exercises in Ineffability; Marginal Utility, Philadelphia, PA
2019 Reflections; Anne Bryan Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2019 Portraits; Pagus Gallery, Norristown, PA
2019 Salon des Refusés; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2019 Stories to Tell; The Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA
2019 The PAFA Emerging Artists Exhibition; The Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA
2019 Action & Reaction; Gallery 8, Philadelphia, PA
2018 Hot & Cold; Gallery 8, Philadelphia, PA
2018 51st Annual UNC Asheville Juried Student Exhibition; Asheville Area Arts Council, Asheville, NC
DIGITAL EXHIBITIONS AND PUBLICATIONS
2024 Bold Journey, Lily Furniss
2024 SHOUTOUT LA., Meet Lily Furniss: Visual Artist
2020 Alternatives ‘20, Operating System Exhibitions
2020 (Em)body Vol III, The Olympia Project
2020 (Em)body Zine Vol I & II, Embody Zine
2020 Body(No)Body; Young Space
RESIDENCIES
2018 Summer Undergraduate Residency Program, New York Academy of Art (Merit Scholarship)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2023 Columbia Chicago Community Schools, Art Teacher K-8 (Beidler, Brennemann, and Darwin Elementary Schools)
2019-2020 PAFA; Teaching Assistant; After-School Studio Arts Program For High School Students: Life Drawing
2019 PAFA; Teaching Assistant; Narrative and Sequential Drawing
2019 PAFA; Teaching Assistant; Painting From The Masters
ARTIST TALKS
2020 UNC Asheville; Graduate School in 2020, Advanced Drawing
EDUCATION
2020 MFA, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (Merit Scholarship)
2018 BFA: Drawing, UNC Asheville (Merit Scholarship)