Ethan Cherry (b. 1996) is a painter currently based in Colorado.
He received his BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2018,
and his MFA from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2026.
instagram: ethernet1000
email: ethancherry@me.com
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Here to Serve at CU Art Museum; Boulder, CO - 4/2026
MFA Thesis Exhibition
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Ruins at East Window; Boulder, CO - 08/2026
Curated by Nathan Storey
Time and Attention at Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art; Boulder, CO - 4/2025
Curated by Jeanne Quinn and Julie Poitras Santos
King Award Exhibition at CU Visual Arts Complex; Boulder, CO - 4/2025
Curated by Kealey Boyd and Stacey Steers
Archive Fever Dream at Space Space; Boulder, CO - 4/2025
Curated by Rory Fitzgerald Bledsoe
Aspects of Touch at East Window; Boulder, CO - 4/2025
Curated by Marina Kassianidou
Co-Op Group Show at 905 W Eastman; Chicago, IL - 4/2021
Selected recent watercolors and a woodblock print in a group show with four other featured artists of a local environmental co-op
Monthly Featured Artist Exhibition at Y.N.K. Gallery; Naperville, IL - 2/2019
Selected recent works in oil paint and watercolor in a group show with two other featured artists
Happy Mother's Day at Waterman Gallery; Providence, RI - 5/2018
Several oil paintings from Faerie Magyk series in a group show with Emma Soucek, Maddy Parrasch, Max Hertz, and Yunyao Gu
Degree Project Showcase at Memorial Hall; Providence, RI - 5/2018
Several oil paintings in a group show with Emma Soucek, Maddy Parrasch, Kalina Winters, and Zoo Somaini
You're Invited! at Gelman Gallery, RISD Musuem; Providence, RI - 5-6/2018
Three small watercolors in a group show curated by Mary Kwan, Madison Billings and Mehdie Whittington
RISD Painting, Senior Exhibition at Woods Gerry; Providence, RI - 4/2018
Several small watercolors, one oil painting, and two sculptures in the RISD Painting senior exhibitions
EHP Winter Exhibition at Piazza Cenci; Roma, Italy - 12/2017
Ten small watercolors installed in the Beatrice Room of Piazza Cenci in Rome, Italy for a small group show curated by Jeffrey Egner and Maddy Parrasch
RISD + Castelvecchio at Castelvecchio Calvisio; L'Aquila, Italy - 9/2017
Two drawings installed in the piazza of a small mountain town in Northern Italy for an exhibition of the European Honors Program (EHP)
re|ACT at Brown University's Granoff Center; Providence, RI - 3/2017
Two large oil paintings in the student portion of a month-long interdisciplinary symposium on arts and environmental issues
RISD Painting, Junior Exhibition at Memorial Hall; Providence, RI — 1/2017
One large oil painting in an exhibition of RISD students curated by the RISD Painting Department faculty
Pettie Zoo at Exposé; Providence, RI - 11/2016
Several collages and three sculptures in a group show called "Pettie Zoo" curated by Tess Wagman and Jian Yu
RISD Painting, Sophomore Exhibition at Woods Gerry; Providence, RI — 8/2016
One large oil painting in an exhibition of RISD students curated by the RISD Painting Department faculty
Open House at Trade Pop-Up; Providence, RI — 5/2016
One large oil painting in a small group show called "Open House" curated by Stavely Kuzmanov and Molly O'Naire
RESIDENCIES
Hazel Barnes Flat - 2026
London, United Kingdom
Weeping Willow Farm - 2025, 2024, 2022
Taos, New Mexico
Neem Karoli Baba Ashram - 2023, 2022, 2018, 2016
Taos, New Mexico
Koyama Provides: Sponsored Mentorship - 2021
Remote
Green Trails Fellowship with India Hikes - 2019
Uttarakhand, India
RISD in Rome: European Honors Program - 2017
Rome, Italy
PUBLICATIONS
Ethanopolis Urban Planning Compendium - 4/2025
(self-published artist book)
Dazy Walk - 04/2023
(self-published graphic novella)
Where I Sit - 1/2015
(self-published zine)
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