​​​​​​​​​​​Hailing from rural Vermont, Chyenne Rielly is accustomed to glamorizing the obscene things found in the deep dark woods. Chyenne’s emotive mixed media artwork embraces both the imagination of childhood and the adult forbidden by materializing their complex struggle to survive the mundane.

Their illustrative paintings often explore the themes of mental health and queer identity through whimsy, self-portraiture, and satire. For Chyenne, every painting feels like a diary entry gone off the rails. In May of 2022, Chyenne earned a Bachelor Degree of Fine Art in painting from Maine College of Art & Design. Nowadays Chyenne hangs out in their portland-based home studio listening along to true-crime podcasts while sketching out their latest silly little ideas.