Ethan Cherry is a studio artist who specializes in painting and drawing.
He received his BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2018,
and is currently pursuing an MFA from the University of Colorado in Boulder.​
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(b. 1996)
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email: ethancherry@me.com
instagram: ethernet1000
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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Here to Serve at CU Art Museum; Boulder, CO - X/2026
MFA Thesis Exhibition
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One Day at Fourth Floor Corridor; Boulder, CO - 10/2024
Twelve word-based works on paper made in egg tempera, india ink, and watercolor.
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Selected Works on Paper at Goldstein Gallery; Boulder, CO - 11/2023
Selected recent watercolors and ink drawings.
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GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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Time and Attention at Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art; Boulder, CO - 4/2025
Curated by Jeanne Quinn and Julie Poitras Santos​
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King Award Exhibition at The Visual Arts Complex; Boulder, CO - 4/2025
Curated by Kealey Boyd and Stacey Steers
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Archive Fever Dream at Space Space; Boulder, CO - 4/2025
Curated by Rory Fitzgerald Bledsoe
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Aspects of Touch at East Window; Boulder, CO - 4/2025
Curated by Marina Kassianidou
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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
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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
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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
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Faerie Magyk at Memorial Hall; Providence, RI - 5/2018
Several oil paintings from Faerie Magyk series in a group show with Emma Soucek, Maddy Parrasch, Kalina Winters, and Zoo Somaini
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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RESIDENCIES
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Hazel Barnes Flat - 2026
London, United Kingdom
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Weeping Willow Farm - 2025, 2024, 2022
Taos, New Mexico
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Neem Karoli Baba Ashram - 2023, 2022, 2018, 2016
Taos, New Mexico
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Koyama Provides: Sponsored Mentorship - 2021
Remote
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Green Trails Fellowship with India Hikes - 2019
Uttarakhand, India
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RISD in Rome: European Honors Program - 2017
Rome, Italy
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PUBLICATIONS
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Ethanopolis Urban Planning Compendium - 4/2025
(self-published artist book)
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Dazy Walk - 04/2023
(self-published graphic novella)​
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Where I Sit - 1/2015
(self-published zine)
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PRESS
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India Hikes Fellowship Spotlight (online article) - 8/2019
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The European Honors Program at RISD (program catalogue) - 11/2017
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Crush (magazine) - 5/2016
One poem published in Crush, a feminist magazine curated by Tess Wagman
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College Hill Independent (newspaper) - 4/2016
A Two-page color comic published in the full-page center spread of Brown University newspaper's retrospective issue
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