Lucia's CV
EDUCATION
1989 BFA · Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Solo Shows
2025 CODA Gallery — "The Furry Side" Palm Desert, CA
2024 CODA Gallery — "Urban Animals" Palm Desert, CA
2023 CODA Gallery — Solo Show Palm Desert, CA
2022 Musei San Salvatore Lauro — Solo Show Rome, Italy
2022 Rehs Contemporary Gallery — "Beneath the Surface" New York City, NY
2021 Rehs Contemporary Gallery — "Spirit Animals" New York, NY
2021 CODA Gallery — Solo Show Palm Desert, CA
Major Art Fairs
2025 Seattle Art Fair, with Rehs Gallery Seattle, WA
2025 Art Busan 2025, with Gallery Unplugged Busan, South Korea
2025 The Palm Beach Show, with Rehs Gallery Palm Beach, FL
2024 The Philadelphia Show, with Rehs Gallery Philadelphia, PA
2024 The Palm Beach Art Show, with Rehs Gallery Palm Beach, FL
2023 LA Art Show — LA Convention Center Los Angeles, CA
2023 Palm Beach Art Show Palm Beach, FL
2023 Miami Art Week Miami, FL
Notable Group Shows
2025 Springville Museum of Art — ARC Featured Artist 2025 Springville, UT
2024 Modern Eden Gallery — "Paracosmic Escape," curated by Beautiful Bizarre San Francisco, CA
2024 Rich Art Gallery – “Journey of the Fluffies” Taichung City, Taiwan
2023 Corey Helford Gallery — "Secret Longing," curated by Beautiful Bizarre Los Angeles, CA
2023 Abend Gallery — "Wild at Art" 4-Person Exhibit Denver, CO
2022 Zions Bank Invitational Salt Lake City, UT
2021 Haven Gallery — "Animalia," curated by Beautiful Bizarre Northport, NY
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
2025 ARC Salon — "The Paint Job" — Springville Museum Exhibition Award & Dual Category Award
2025 ARC Salon — "Love Potion No. 9" — Semi-Finalist
2024 Richeson 75 — "Oasis" — Animals, Birds & Wildlife · Finalist & Honorable Mention
2023 Richeson 75 — "The Paint Job" — Animals, Birds & Wildlife · Finalist
2020 Richeson 75 — "UnCommon Cowboy" — Animals, Birds & Wildlife · First Place
2020 ARC Salon — "UnCommon Cowboy" — · Finalist
2019 ARC Salon — "Apple Music" — Rehs Contemporary Gallery Award
2019 ARC Salon — "Washington Gothic" — Haynes Galleries Award
2019 Richeson 75 — "Sealrio" — Animals, Birds & Wildlife · Honor Award
SELECTED PRESS
Fine Art Connoisseur — 17th International ARC Salon Special Section (2025)
Elle Magazine Korea — "We Love Animals" Editorial (2023)
American Art Collector — "Wild at Arts" (2023)
Forbes — "Anthropomorphized Animals" (2021)
Colossal — "Absurdly Flexible Chicks…" (2021)
Die Zeit — "Yoga Chicks" (2021)
My Modern Met — "Fluffy Chicks Practice Yoga Poses…" (2022)
American Art Collector — "Taking Flight" (2020)
Artnet News — "Best of the Best" (2020)
Bored Panda — "Humorous Animal Paintings by Lucia Heffernan" (2025)