Cicely Carew

Cicely Carew (born 1982) is an American mixed-media artist in the Boston area. She is best known for her abstract installations located in museum galleries and public spaces.

Carew lives in Cambridge with her son and keeps a studio in Waltham.

Biography In 1982, Carew was born in Los Angeles in 1982.

In 2005, Carew received her BFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design and her MFA from Lesley University in 2020.

In 2021, Carew received the St. Botolph Club Foundation Emerging Artist Award, an Artful Seeds Fellowship, and a Sustainable Arts Foundation Award.

In 2023, Carew was a recipient of the James and Audrey Foster Prize from Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art. The installation was removed in April 2025.

Exhibitions "Call & Response", Newport Art Museum, 2020 "What They See", Trustman Art Gallery, Simmons University, Boston, 2020 "Ambrosia", Now + There, The Prudential Center, 2021 "Quantum Sanctuary", Fitchburg Art Museum, 2022 "BeLOVEd", Fuller Craft Museum, 2025