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,[8] Ucross Foundation,[9][10] and Frances Niederer Artist-in-Residence at Hollins University.

Exhibitions

• 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

• Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia[16]

References

1. Zabicki, Gwendolyn (16 April 2016). "A Conversation with Eleanor Ray". Figure/Ground. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
2. "Eleanor Ray". Nicelle Beauchene Gallery. 2019. Archived from the original on 5 October 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
3. Fateman, Johanna. "Goings On About Town: Eleanor Ray". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on 20 October 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
4. 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.
5. "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.
6. Yau, John (13 January 2019). "Eleanor Ray's Sacred Spaces". Hyperallergic. Archived from the original on 20 October 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
7. "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.
8. "Yaddo Annual Report 2019" (PDF). Yaddo. 2019. pp. 8, 21. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 February 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
9. "Visual Arts Alumni". Ucross Foundation. Archived from the original on 9 November 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
10. "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.
11. "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.
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. 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.
16. "Works by Eleanor Ray". Art Gallery of New South Wales. Archived from the original on 12 February 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2021.

External links

• Official website