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.