Lily Ludlow
Lily Ludlow (b. 1970, Los Angeles, CA) lives and works in Port Chester, New York. makes paintings that are a mixture of figuration and machine-like curvilinear shapes that either fit together comfortably or jostle against each other and the confines of the painting’s boundaries. The arabesques and tender grace notes allude to dance; the isolation of a moment in time or a focus on specific gesture signify Ludlow’s deeply felt reality. Heavily worked, each piece becomes a tool for insight and understanding as the painter refines the position of a leg or stylized torso, gradually moving towards a sense of activated stasis.
Exhibition History
Selected solo exhibitions include New Paintings at CANADA, East Hampton (2023); New Paintings at CANADA,
New York (2019); Lily Ludlow at CANADA, New York (2017); Pareidolia at CANADA, New York (2014); Lily Ludlow at Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago (2012); Ten for Aidas at CANADA, New York (2011); Lily Ludlow at Rebecca Camhi Gallery, Athens (2009); Sowing Circle at CANADA, New York (2008); and Every Flinching Atom of Flesh Must Be Flayed at CANADA, New York (2007).
Selected group exhibitions include Paper Tigers, Hubba Hideout, and Couch Paintings at CANADA, New York (2025); A Study in Form (Chapter Two) at James Fuentes, New York (2024); Joan Snyder, Lily Ludlow, Mimi Lauter & Xylor Jane at CANADA, New York (2024); Canada on Paper at CANADA, East Hampton (2023);Safe Space at Rebecca Camhi Gallery, Athens (2023); The Thick Stream at CANADA, New York (2021);BUTTERFLY'S NAUTILUS at Condo CDMX with K. Krueger, Mexico City (2018); Faces | People at Rebecca Camhi Gallery, Athens (2018); NADA Miami with CANADA Gallery (2017); CANADA b/w Drag City at Soccer Club Club, Chicago (2019); and presentations with CANADA Gallery at Art Basel (2025).