Eleanor Ray
Eleanor Ray is an American painter based in Brooklyn, New York.[1] She was born in 1987 in Gainesville, Florida.
Life and work[]
Ray graduated from the New York Studio School with a Master of Fine Arts in 2012 and from Amherst College with a Bachelor of Arts in 2009.[1]
Her work depicts landscapes and interiors in small-scale paintings.[2] She has painted art-historically significant sites, including Robert Smithson's "Spiral Jetty" at the Great Salt Lake in Utah, Donald Judd's installations in Marfa, Texas, and frescoed interiors in Assisi, Florence, and Padua, Italy.[3] Writing about her work in 2019, the critic Kyle Chayka compared it to Giorgio Morandi and Pierre Bonnard.[4] Ray believes that the smaller scale of the paintings allows for more control and intimacy.[5] Her paintings are based on experiences visiting specific places.[6]
Ray has been the recipient of a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Painting[7] and residencies at Yaddo and Ucross Foundation.[8][9]
Exhibitions[]
- Eleanor D. Wilson Museum of Art at Hollins University[10]
- Nicelle Beauchene Gallery; New York, NY[11]
- Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects; New York City, NY[1]
- College of William & Mary; Williamsburg, VA[1]
- The Center for Contemporary Art; Bedminster, NJ[1]
- Rothschild Fine Art; Tel Aviv[1]
- American Academy of Arts and Letters; New York[1]
- Interstate Projects; Brooklyn, NY[1]
- BRIC House; Brooklyn, NY[1]
- Howard's; Athens, GA[2]
- The Landing; Los Angeles, CA[2]
Collections[]
- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia[12]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Apr 16, Laureano Ralón |; R | 0 |, 2016 | (2016-04-16). "A Conversation with Eleanor Ray". Figure/Ground. Retrieved 2020-03-04.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
- ^ a b c "Nicelle Beauchene | Eleanor Ray". Retrieved 2020-03-04.
- ^ "Goings On About Town: Eleanor Ray". New Yorker. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
- ^ "Eleanor Ray's Minimalist Memories". Paris Review. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
- ^ Admin, Byrdcliffe (2012-08-08). "A.i.R Reflections: Eleanor Ray". AIR Byrdcliffe. Retrieved 2020-03-04.
- ^ "Eleanor Ray's Sacred Spaces". Hyperallergic. 2019-01-13. Retrieved 2020-03-04.
- ^ "NYFA fellowships 2015". NYFA. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
- ^ "Annual Report 2019" (PDF). Yaddo. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
- ^ "Visual Arts Alumni". Ucross Foundation. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
- ^ "Eleanor Ray". Eleanor D. Wilson Museum. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
- ^ "Eleanor Ray 2019". Nicelle Beauchene Gallery. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
- ^ "Works in the Collection". Art Gallery of New South Wales. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
External links[]
- Artists from Brooklyn
- People from Gainesville, Florida
- New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture alumni
- Amherst College alumni
- Living people