Eleanor Ray is an American painter based in Brooklyn, New York.[1] She was born in 1987 in Gainesville, Florida.
Life and work edit
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,[8] Ucross Foundation,[9][10] and Frances Niederer Artist-in-Residence at Hollins University.
Exhibitions edit
- Eleanor D. Wilson Museum of Art at Hollins University[11]
- Nicelle Beauchene Gallery; New York, NY (2019)[2][12] (2021)[13][14][15]
- 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 edit
- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia[16]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Zabicki, Gwendolyn (16 April 2016). "A Conversation with Eleanor Ray". Figure/Ground. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Eleanor Ray". Nicelle Beauchene Gallery. 2019. Archived from the original on 5 October 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ Fateman, Johanna. "Goings On About Town: Eleanor Ray". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on 20 October 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- ^ Chayka, Kyle (7 February 2019). "Eleanor Ray's Minimalist Memories". The Paris Review. Archived from the original on 5 December 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- ^ "A.i.R Reflections: Eleanor Ray". Artist-in-Residence at the Byrdcliffe. Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild. 8 August 2012. Archived from the original on 12 February 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ Yau, John (13 January 2019). "Eleanor Ray's Sacred Spaces". Hyperallergic. Archived from the original on 20 October 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ "NYFA Announces Recipients and Finalists for 2015 Artists' Fellowship Program". New York Foundation for the Arts. 22 July 2015. Archived from the original on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- ^ "Yaddo Annual Report 2019" (PDF). Yaddo. 2019. pp. 8, 21. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 February 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- ^ "Visual Arts Alumni". Ucross Foundation. Archived from the original on 9 November 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- ^ "Hollins Announces Eleanor Ray as 2021 Niederer Artist-In-Residence". Hollins University. 3 August 2020. Archived from the original on 2 December 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ^ "Eleanor Ray: 2021 Frances Niederer Artist-in-Residence". Eleanor D. Wilson Museum. 2021. Archived from the original on 14 January 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- ^ Shea, Andrew L. (23 January 2019). "Eleanor Ray at Nicelle Beauchene Gallery by Andrew L. Shea". The New Criterion. Archived from the original on 4 December 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ^ Chayka, Kyle (12 May 2021). "Eleanor Ray Shows Painting's Power to Capture the Passage of Time in Space". ARTnews. Archived from the original on 2 December 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ^ Scott, Andrea K. (2021). "Goings on about Town: Eleanor Ray". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ^ Maziar, Paul (18 May 2021). "Spirit of Inquiry: Eleanor Ray Interviewed". BOMB Magazine. Archived from the original on 2 February 2022. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ^ "Works by Eleanor Ray". Art Gallery of New South Wales. Archived from the original on 12 February 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2021.