Timeline

Lucy Villeneuve earned her BA in psychology at the New School for Liberal Arts. "I grew up painting. But I began more seriously after taking a college course about Buddhism and the Arts, where I started creating my large-scale works. I’ve taken just a few painting classes, so I find myself quite liberated by my lack of training, yet I am excited to see how my further studies in fine art will affect my work. I work with the elements of Daoism and specifically the Wu Wei, the art of nondoing, and try to focus on the experience of painting rather than the work itself. Each shape feels intentional yet just out of my grasp, a slippery in-betweenness, a giggle short of being too far or not enough. Lastly, I am always inspired by my mother, a rare jewel with a mastery in the joy of curiosity. Thus, most of my pieces are done half-naked, dancing, with no paint shortage on all surfaces despite what my landlord asks of me."