Artica Delancey
Artica Delancey is an artist whose work navigates the space between realism and abstraction — not fully figurative, not fully landscape — shaped by scientific precision and raw urban energy. Influenced by the organic complexity of cell cross-sections and the structured chaos of city life, she merges scientific observation with expressive mark-making. Drawing from the micro world of cells and the macro sprawl of the city, Artica creates a language where realism and abstraction collide.
Inspired by 90s videogame imagery, Nam June Paik’s Electronic Superhighway, and the raw energy of downtown culture, she sculpts glass, light, and electricity into forms that feel alive. Organic shapes confined within architectural lines reflect the tension between natural forms and rigid urban structures. Each piece relates to the next through literal and conceptual throughlines, evoking the interconnectedness of thought, experience, and environment. Starting from either rigid frameworks or flowing forms, she explores how beginnings shape outcomes, emphasizing the dynamic between structure and spontaneity. Her work meditates on containment and expansion — mind and matter, thought and form — with materials energized by light and the invisible current of electricity, which moves through the work not just as illumination, but as thought itself: shifting, resisting, alive within the structures built to hold it.
Education and Training
2020 - 2022 New York University | Master of Fine Arts
2014 - 2018 Eastern Washington University | Bachelor of Fine Arts
2012 - 2014 Spokane Falls Community College | AA Degree
2017 - 2018 Member of gallery preparatory, curating team at Art Seed Spokane
2018 - 2020 Member at the Richmond Art Collective non-profit
2015 - 2017 Sandwich Artist | SubwaY Cheney, WA
Teaching Experience
2021 - 2022 Faculty Adjunct NYU, Steinhardt School of Art
2020 - 2021 Faculty Adjunct Assistant NYU, Steinhardt School of Art
Solo Exhibitions
2022 Sex Fear Love | 80 WSE Gallery, New York, NY
2019 December Featured Artist | Avenue West Gallery, Spokane, WA
2018 Jul. First Friday | Blue Door Theatre, Spokane, WA
2017 Red Tie GALA | Davenport Grand Hotel, Spokane, WA
Public Art
2022 Secret Pour Mural, Brooklyn, NY
2021 The Lobby Mural, Brooklyn, NY
2019 Art in Action Mural Painting Event | Garland Art Alley, Spokane WA
2019 Make A Mural at Spokane Print and Publishing Center
Group Exhibitions
2023 High Frequency, New York, NY
2022 The Patriot | O’Flaherty’s Gallery, New York, NY
2022 Desire Lines | 80 WSE Gallery, New York, NY
2022 What is Lost Who is Found | Brooklyn Art Cave, Brooklyn, NY
2021 The Secret Language of Objects | Warburton Galerie, Yonkers
2021 Through the Window, New York, NY
2020 The Finale | Warburton Galerie and Studio Unbound, Yonkers, NY
2020 Regroup | The Richmond Gallery, Spokane, WA
2020 Too Frozen to Bury | The Richmond Gallery , Spokane, WA
2019 Terrain 12 | Jensen Byrd Building, Spokane, WA
2019 Fairy Tales | The Richmond Gallery , Spokane WA
2019 Related | The Richmond Gallery Spokane WA
2019 Post Matriculation | Downtown Spokane Public Library, Spokane, WA
2019 Disquiet Daydreams | The Chase Gallery, Spokane, WA
2019 Organic Matter | The Richmond Gallery, Spokane WA
2018 Terrian11 | Jensen Byrd Building, Spokane, WA
2018 Pop Up Show | Emerge CDA, Coeur d’Alene, ID
2018 2 Sharp 7 Turns | Eastern Washington University BFA Exhibition
Eastern Washington University Art Gallery | Cheney, WA
2018 Art and Humanities | Spokane Community College, Spokane, WA
2018 POW Exhibition for The Soul | Art Seed Spokane, Spokane, WA
2017 Pushing the Boundaries | Art Seed Spokane, Spokane, WA
2017 Annual River Ridge Association of Fine Arts Show, Spokane, WA
2017 August First Friday | Lucky Leaf Co. Spokane, WA
2017 1st Anniversary Exhibition | Art Seed Spokane, Spokane, WA
2017 Creative Works Symposium | EWU Art Building | Cheney, WA
Awards/Press
2019 Washington State Artist Trust GAP Grant recipient
2019 July 27th “Spokane artists decorate the garland art alley with murals” | KREM 2 News
2019 “Garland District plans alleyway mural art showcase” | Spokesman Review | Mike Prager, P.1
2018 “Finishing the Puzzle: Terrain’s increased size comes with logistical challenges” | Spokesman Review | Audrey Overstreet, p.1
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