Trey Abdella

TREY ABDELLA (b. 1994) lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. His work reckons with the horror and melancholy of the American dream. Blurring the lines between painting, sculpture, and assemblage, he utilizes a number of techniques to create hyperrealist, mixed-media works. Abdella works with acrylic, resin, fiberglass, 3D hologram fans, and other materials and incorporates a variety of found objects such as wigs, fake flowers, toys and Christmas decorations, playing on the illusionistic depth in his scenes. Abdella received his BFA from the School of Visual Arts and his MFA at the New York Academy of Art.

His works have been shown internationally with solo exhibitions at Vito Schnabel Gallery, New York (2023); David Lewis Gallery, New York (2023); X Museum, Beijing (2022); KÖNIG GALERIE, Seoul (2021); T293 Gallery, Rome (2021); KÖNIG GALERIE, Berlin (2021); T293 Gallery, Rome (2019); and group exhibitions at Vito Schnabel Gallery, Los Angeles; David Lewis, New York; Zian Gallery, Hangzhou; Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles; Future Gallery, Berlin; among others.

Abdella's work is in the collections of: 

Albertina Museum, Vienna

Institute of Contemporary Art Miami

Perez Art Museum, Miami

Pond Society, Shanghai

X Museum, Beijing

Zabludowicz Collection, London