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.

TREY ABDELLA was featured in the art21 short film Trey Abdella's Miserable Dream which premiered at MoMA in October 2025 as part of art21 at the Movies. 

Solo exhibitions with the artist include: KMAC Contemporary Art Museum, Louisville (2025, upcoming); Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin (2025, upcoming); 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).

His work is in the collections of: 

Albertina Museum, Vienna

Institute of Contemporary Art Miami

Kistefos Museum, Jenkavar, Norway

Perez Art Museum, Miami

Pond Society, Shanghai

X Museum, Beijing

Zabludowicz Collection, London