Athena Parella (b. 1995) is an American artist living and working in NY.
Her work explores memory and narrative through portrayals of urban/suburban experience — where houses, chairs, and figures exceed their domestic meanings. Through the representation of familiar subject matter with careful invention, Parella reveals a complicated relationship with the past.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 - P.S. 10 Postcard Show, Nucleus Portland, Portland, Oregon
2025 - What the house dreams of, Ruby/Dakota, NY, NY
2025 - Celestial II, Arch Enemy Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2025 - Salut 10, Nucleus Portland, Portland, Oregon
2025 - Paper, Site: Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2025 - 2025 Spotlight Showcase, Arch Enemy Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2025 - Dollhouse, Era Contemporary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2025 - Works on Paper, The Gallery at Green and Stone, London, England
2025 - Small Works, Strata Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2025 - Surreal Salon 17, Baton Rouge Gallery, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
2024 - P.S. 9 Postcard Show, Nucleus Portland, Portland, Oregon
2024 - The Shape of Things, BAU Gallery, Beacon, New York
2024 - Beauty in the Ordinary, AVA Center, Gillette, Wyoming
2024 - Salut 9, Nucleus Portland, Portland, Oregon
2023 - Unframed, Shockboxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, California
2023 - Summer Camp, Shockboxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, California
2023 - Nostalgia, District Arts Gallery, Frederick, Maryland
2022 - Memento, Arden Gallery, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, Massachusetts
2022 - Artist's Choice, Rhode Island Water Color Society, Pawtucket, Rhode Island
2022 - Providence Art Club National Open Juried Exhibition, Maxwell Mays Gallery, Providence Art Club, Providence, Rhode Island
2020 - SMALL WORKS 7th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Main Street Arts Gallery, Clifton Springs, NY
Residencies, Recognition and Education
2025 - The Flying Fruitbowl Podcast, Episode 109: Athena Parella
2024 - NG Creative Art Residency, Maussane-les-Alpilles, France
2022 - 2nd Place Memento, Arden Gallery, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, Massachusetts
2022 - Award of Merit Providence Art Club National Open Juried Exhibition, Maxwell Mays Gallery, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
2017 - Bachelors of Fine Arts, University of Massachusetts, Amherst