About
Eleanor is a writer, artist, and executive director residing in Chicago, IL. Her work has been shown in Portland, OR; New York City; Edinburgh, UK; St. Petersburg, Russia; and Antarctica.
Education:
2007
Reed College, Portland, OR. Completed a BA Art History thesis on Soviet propaganda textile design, with a strong secondary focus on studio art.
Exhibitions:
2016
East Room Art Show 2: Cults, Chicago IL.
2015
Ground, Solo Show at Hume Gallery, Chicago, IL.
East Room Art Show, Chicago IL.
2014
Naked Came the Tetrapod, Weird Shift Gallery, Portland, OR.
2013
Residency, Contemporary Art Center at Woodside, Troy, NY.
2012
Radical Mending, Towards a Union of Public Artists, Southside Hub of Production, Chicago, IL.
Collage Tarot, Ball Hall, Chicago, IL.
Outside Notions of Antarctica, Under the Bed Gallery, McMurdo Station, Antarctica.
2011
Eleanor/Eleanor: New Work by Eleanor Ray and Eleanor Williams, Re:Vision Gallery, Portland, OR.
REDEFINE Magazine: Psych Night, Holocene, Portland, OR.
The Resurrection Project, The Alabama Art Kitchen, Tuscaloosa, AL.
2010
Masks of Incognito,Re:Vision Gallery, Portland, OR.
Volunteer Art Show, Re:Vision Gallery, Portland, OR.
2009
Sugar Substi-toots (Part 1 of 2), Chief Bodega, Brooklyn, NY.
Junk2Funk 2009,The Crystal Ballroom, Portland, OR.
2008
Ghosts, Reed Arts Week, Reed College, Portland, OR.
2007
4th International Mini-Art Festival, The Puskinskaya-10 Art Center, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Fight or Flight, Reed Arts Week, Reed College, Portland, OR.
2006
Spring Show, Darkroom/Vitamin A Student Art, Reed College, Portland, OR
Ego, Reed Arts Week, Reed College, Portland, OR.
2005
Danger/Safety, Vitamin A Student Art, Reed College, Portland, OR
Lost and Found, Reed Arts Week, Reed College, Portland, OR.
2004
The Paint Show, Reasonable People’s League (Somerville, MA), Edinburgh Fringe Theater Festival, Edinburgh, UK (Costumes and Performance)
Professional:
2014 – Present
The WasteShed creative reuse center, Chicago, IL. Founder and Executive Director,
2012
Creative Reuse Warehouse, Chicago, IL. General Manager
2011
REDEFINE Magazine, Portland, OR/Seattle, WA. Art Reviewer.
2010-2011
Appendix Projects Collective,Portland, OR. Curatorial Associate.
SCRAP Re:Vision Gallery, Portland, OR. Committee Member.
2008
Textile: The Journal of Cloth and Culture, Writer/Researcher.
2007
Reed Arts Week,Reed College, Portland, OR. Curatorial Dogsbody.
2006
Reed Arts Week,Reed College, Portland, OR. Student Artist Coordinator.
Glow Opera, Reed College, Portland, OR. Co-director, Designer.
2005
Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, Reed College, Portland, OR. Gallery Intern.
2004-2006
Vitamin A Student Art Organization, Reed College, Portland, OR. Founder/Curator.