Eleanor Ray Explained

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)^[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]

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Zabicki . Gwendolyn . 16 April 2016 . A Conversation with Eleanor Ray . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220929015447/https://figureground.org/a-conversation-with-eleanor-ray/ . 29 September 2022 . 4 March 2020 . Figure/Ground . en-US.
2. Web site: 2019 . Eleanor Ray . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221005063707/https://nicellebeauchene.com/exhibitions/eleanor-ray/ . 5 October 2022 . 4 March 2020 . Nicelle Beauchene Gallery . en-US.
3. Fateman . Johanna . Goings On About Town: Eleanor Ray . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221020130107/https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/art/eleanor-ray . 20 October 2022 . 16 February 2021 . . en.
4. Web site: Chayka . Kyle . 7 February 2019 . Eleanor Ray's Minimalist Memories . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221205121625/https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2019/02/07/eleanor-rays-minimalist-painted-memories/ . 5 December 2022 . 16 February 2021 . . en.
5. Web site: 8 August 2012 . A.i.R Reflections: Eleanor Ray . https://web.archive.org/web/20230212042756/https://airbyrcliffe.wordpress.com/2012/08/08/works-in-progress-4-eleanor-ray/ . 12 February 2023 . 4 March 2020 . Artist-in-Residence at the Byrdcliffe . Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild . en.
6. Web site: Yau . John . 13 January 2019 . Eleanor Ray's Sacred Spaces . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221020130140/https://hyperallergic.com/478880/eleanor-ray-nicelle-beauchene-gallery/ . 20 October 2022 . 4 March 2020 . . en-US.
7. Web site: 22 July 2015 . NYFA Announces Recipients and Finalists for 2015 Artists' Fellowship Program . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220706172147/https://www.nyfa.org/nyfa-announces-recipients-and-finalists-for-2015-124763903283 . 6 July 2022 . 16 February 2021 . . en.
8. Web site: 2019 . Yaddo Annual Report 2019 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230203203313/https://www.yaddo.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Yaddo_AnnualReport2019_FNL_UPD.pdf . 3 February 2023 . 16 February 2021 . . 8; 21 . en.
9. Web site: Visual Arts Alumni . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221109192604/https://www.ucrossfoundation.org/visual-arts.html . 9 November 2022 . 16 February 2021 . . en.
10. Web site: 3 August 2020 . Hollins Announces Eleanor Ray as 2021 Niederer Artist-In-Residence . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221202022459/https://www.hollins.edu/news/hollins-announces-eleanor-ray-as-2021-niederer-artist-in-residence/ . 2 December 2022 . 12 February 2023 . Hollins University.
11. Web site: 2021 . Eleanor Ray: 2021 Frances Niederer Artist-in-Residence . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230114202533/https://wilsonmuseum.wixsite.com/eleanor-ray . 14 January 2023 . 16 February 2021 . . en.
12. Web site: Shea . Andrew L. . 23 January 2019 . Eleanor Ray at Nicelle Beauchene Gallery by Andrew L. Shea . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221204215328/https://newcriterion.com/blogs/dispatch/eleanor-ray-at-nicelle-beauchene-gallery-10385 . 4 December 2022 . 12 February 2023 . . en.
13. Web site: Chayka . Kyle . 12 May 2021 . Eleanor Ray Shows Painting's Power to Capture the Passage of Time in Space . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221202052039/https://www.artnews.com/art-news/artists/eleanor-ray-painting-interview-1234592640/ . 2 December 2022 . 12 February 2023 . . en-US.
14. Scott . Andrea K. . 2021 . Goings on about Town: Eleanor Ray . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20221004005203/https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/art/eleanor-ray-2021 . 4 October 2022 . 12 February 2023 . . en.
15. Web site: Maziar . Paul . 18 May 2021 . Spirit of Inquiry: Eleanor Ray Interviewed . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220202023306/https://bombmagazine.org/articles/spirit-of-inquiry-eleanor-ray-interviewed/ . 2 February 2022 . 12 February 2023 . BOMB Magazine.
16. Web site: Works by Eleanor Ray . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230212084800/https://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/?artist_id=ray-eleanor . 12 February 2023 . 16 February 2021 . . en.