Lucienne Mettam is a New York City–based artist whose drawings explore perception as shaped by unseen connections between individuals, species, and environments. Working primarily in graphite on Yupo paper, she creates layered compositions where clarity and obscurity coexist. Working primarily in graphite on Yupo paper, she creates layered compositions where clarity and obscurity coexist.
Mettam’s solo exhibitions include Phantasms (ArtHub609, Washington, DC, 2025) and Vanishings (Riverworks Art Center, 2025). Group exhibitions include Art + Arch with Bell Architects (2025), Visual AIDS: Postcards From the Edge (2024), and the Huntington Arts Council’s Master’s Invitational (2020). Her work has been featured in Nepenthe Gallery (Alexandria, VA), Arete (New York, NY), and Vault of Visions (Frederick, MD), and is held in private and corporate collections throughout the United States.
Drawn to overlapping sensory experience and non-linear ways of seeing, Mettam’s work features translucent forms, restrained color, and nuanced textures. Living and working in New York City has expanded her practice to include architectural forms and the psychological experience of the built environment. A heightened sensitivity to subtle shifts in light, sound, and movement guides her techniques.
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