Dennis W. Cheaney is a contemporary classical artist and teacher who is inspired by natural forms, Greek Classical sculpture and the European Baroque. Dennis received his BA in Mathematics from the University of Southern California (1995) and his MFA from the New York Academy of Art (1998), where he was an Andy Warhol Foundation Scholar studying under the renowned artist Edward Schmidt.
Dennis has exhibited in New York City, San Francisco, Boston, Texas, France and Canada. He received the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant (2001) for figure painting. Currently, he teaches a popular art class on Drawing into Painting at the New York Academy of Art.