Artist Bio

Arden Cone, an artist born and raised in South Carolina, unpacks the historical narratives that inform the varied identities, viewpoints, and experiences framing contemporary American culture. Through her paintings, sculptures and installations, she seeks to excavate core truths and fallacies from the accepted narrative of American history.

In 2012, Cone received BA degrees in Studio Art and Spanish, graduating from Hollins University with the honor of summa cum laude and induction into the Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society. In 2018 she earned an MFA from Boston University’s Painting Program.

Since then, she has completed residencies at the Chautauqua Institute School of Fine Arts, the Vermont Studio Center, and the Pike School of Art. She has exhibited her work widely across the US and was named a finalist for the 2017 $10,000 Arthur & Dorothy Yeck Award at Miami University (Oxford, OH).

Forthcoming, Cone has a solo exhibition of her work at Greenville Center for Creative Arts, a curatorial project, to be exhibited at Hollins University’s Eleanor D. Wilson Museum, and a solo exhibition in Johnson City, TN. She was recently selected as an artist in residence for Black Mountain College Museum + Art Center’s 2024 Active Archive Residency.

Arden has written for art publications including BURNAWAY, The Brooklyn Rail and her her own art blog, One South Contemporary.