b chehayeb (b. 1990, Dallas, TX) makes paintings, prints, and drawings that focus on the reconstruction of failed memories and sensory experiences warped and informed by nostalgia, gender, language, and cultural hybridity. Semi-abstract fields of luscious texture, gesture, color, and ambiance are perforated with chehayeb’s growing lexicon of symbols - cowboy boots, stars, horses, snakes, ladders, furniture, and the letter ñ - as anecdotes, spaces, and emotions emerge from the paint.

b chehayeb received her MFA from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in 2020 and her BFA in painting with studies in creative writing from the University of North Texas in 2013.

chehayeb has been awarded grants and residencies from organizations including Soho House, Redbull, and the Lower East Side Printshop in New York, NY; The Studios at Mass MoCA in North Adams, MA; Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, VT; Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency Award in Troy, NY; and Virginia Center for the Creative Arts in Amherst, VA.

chehayeb’s work has been featured in various publications including Town & Country, Forbes, VOGUE, The Wall Street Journal, ELLE Décor, Dallas Modern Luxury, D Magazine, Hyperallergic, Glasstire, Maake Magazine, and Hypebeast.

chehayeb lives and works in Brooklyn, NY and is represented by OCHI.