Born in Evanston, IL 1980
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
EDUCATION
2005 Temple University, Tyler School of Art, MFA Painting, Elkins Park, PA
2002 Kenyon College, BA Studio Art with Concentration in Women’s and Gender Studies, Gambier, OH
(Graduate with Honors and Distinction)
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2018
(solo*) Kent Place School, Summit, NJ (forthcoming)
2017
HIGH NOON, The Painted Desert, Part I, NY, NY (forthcoming)
dOGUMENTA, Brookfield Place, NY, NY
Spring Break Art Show, Para-Verbal Vocab, curated by Kristen Racaniello, New York, NY
2016
Automat, Serious Play, Philadelphia, PA
Trestle Contemporary, Plus One, Brooklyn, NY
Ground Floor Gallery, Portal, Brooklyn, NY
E.Tay Gallery, Verblist, curated by Mark Joshua Epstein, New York, NY
Pop-up at Art Helix, A Decalogue of Tenebrous Luminaries, organized by William Norton, Brooklyn, NY
Ess Ef Eff, Grow(th), curated by Kristen Racaniello, Brooklyn, NY
Proto Gallery, Newman Plus One, Hoboken, NJ
Maass Gallery, Purchase College, Physical Painting, curated by Jennifer Samet, Westchester, NY
2015
Satellite Contemporary, Satellite Squared, curated by Zahar Vaks and Nicole Langille, LasVegas, NV
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, 12x12, Salt Lake City, UT
Trestle Projects, GAME GENIE, curated by Polly Shindler and Will Hutnick, Brooklyn, NY
2014
68 Projects, Person, Place or Thing: Works on Paper, curated by Quang Bao, Berlin, Germany
Sidecar Gallery, EARTHTWERKS and other celestial familiars, Hammond, IN
Bushwick Open Studios 2014, Do it yourself, curated by Julie Alexander, Brooklyn, NY
2013
Sardine, Special Guests, Brooklyn, NY
The Diplomat, November show, curated by Jonathan Torres, Brooklyn, NY
President Clinton Projects, Location! Location! Location!, curated by Sun You, Brooklyn, NY
Radius, Horwitz Hall Gallery, curated by Marcella Hackbardt, Gambier, OH
Three Legged Dog, Art Lottery, Issue Project Room Benefit, New York, NY
2012
Sardine, Peaces on Earth, curated by Jon Lutz, Brooklyn, NY
Consulate General of France, American Friends of the Louvre, Young Patrons Circle's Annual Benefit, New York, NY
2011
CENTER, Gucci, curated by The 62nd Dimension, Milwaukee, WI
Samson Projects, Chain-Letter, Boston, MA
South Bend Museum of Art, Biennial 26, Juried by Betsy Carpenter of the Walker Art Center, South Bend, IN
Rebekah Templeton Contemporary Art, Spotlights, Juried by Jon Lutz, Philadelphia, PA
Marianne Boesky, BWYlove, Rema Hort Mann Foundation, New York
2009
(solo*) CAMEO, Eleanna Anagnos, Brooklyn, NY
Galerie Vaclava Spaly, Symbio/ Biopolis, Prague, Czech Republic
National Hellenic Museum, Neolaia Pathos, Chicago, IL
Brooklyn Academy of Music, Annual BAMart Silent Auction, Brooklyn, NY
Kouros Gallery, Accrochage, New York, NY
2008
Kouros Gallery, Accrochage, New York, NY
2007
Kouros Gallery, Accrochage, New York, NY
Sam Quinn Gallery, Beyond, Philadelphia, PA
2006
(solo*) TAI Gallery, The Actors Institute, Kefi, New York, NY
Avery Art Center, Fluxus, Statesboro, GA
2005
Tower Investments, Art on the Walk, Philadelphia, PA
(solo*) Temple Gallery, Kefi, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
2004
Temple Rome Gallery, MFA Candidates, Rome, Italy
2002
(solo*) Olin Gallery, Underneath, BA Thesis Exhibition, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2017
Ortega y Gasset Projects, Rick Briggs: (I) Pine, (Directors co-curated), Brooklyn, NY
2016
Ortega y Gasset Projects, Monica Palma: Wish Me Good Luck, Brooklyn, NY
2015
Ortega y Gasset Projects, Love Child, Brooklyn, NY
2014- Present
Ortega y Gasset Projects, Co-Director of artist run gallery and collective, Brooklyn, NY
RESIDENCY PROGRAMS
2017
Yaddo Fellow, Saratoga Springs, NY
2016
BAU at Camargo Fellow, Cassis, France
2013
The Old American Can Factory, Brooklyn, NY
2011
Anderson Ranch Residency, Snowmass Village, CO
2009
Atlantic Center for the Arts Residency, New Smyrna, FL
2008- 2010
Chashama Studio Program, New York, NY
HONORS AND AWARDS
2014
Economic Relief Grant, The Mayer Foundation
Emergency Grant, Artists' Fellowship Inc
2011
Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant, (to attend Anderson Ranch Residency)
2009
Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant, (to attend Atlantic Center for the Arts Residency)
2005
Margaret E. Leslie Prize in Art, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH
The Molly Hatcher Prize in Women’s and Gender Studies, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH
Purchase Prize, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH
SELECTED PRESS
2017
Fishman, Madison, "In Conversation with Eleanna Anagnos", ATMOS, June
Schwendener, Martha, 10 Galleries to Visit Now in Brooklyn, The New York Times, April
McCafferty, Kelly, "White Chalky Powder", The Coastal Post, March
Kreimer, Julian, "Wish Me Good Luck", Art in America, February
2016
Sutton, Benjamin, "Your Concise Guide to Gowanus Open Studios 2016, Hyperallergic, October
2015
Torrey, Emily, "The New York Artist-Run Galleries You Need to Know - Part I", Artsy, November
Mahoney, Alice, "Three Must See Shows This Week" Art List
Weekend Edition, "11Things to do in New York's art world before June 16th" New York Observer
2013
Bailly, Jenny and Cruz, Clarissa. "Top Down, Change Up", O Magazine, July 2013
2012
Hybenova, Katerina. “10 Things To Do This Weekend: The Ultimate Jingle Edition” Bushwickdaily.com
2011
nymuseums.com, Eva Ostrowska, Curator's Cho "Why not perform with a run of 33 miles?", November
Philly.com, Edith Newhall. Lutz Looks, May 29, 2011
McMenamin, Alison. “Emerging Talent in the Spotlight at Rebecca Templeton” In Liquid art + design blog. 3 June
Rosof, Libby. “Templeton Spotlights 9 emerging artists. Web log post. Theartblog. 2 May 2011
2009
“Day Trip”, Wieden + Kennedy (in house publication for global corporate clients)
Bryan, Meredith. "Eight-Day Week" The New York Observer, January 6, 2009
2008
“Structured Chaos,” New York Arts Magazine, July/August 2008
Brodsky, Daniella, “Intuitive Process” LUXE: The Chicago Home Redefined, February 2008
2005
Groover, Bobbi. “F&B Portrait: Brush Strokes” Forest & Bluff, June 2005
PUBLICATIONS
2015
Anagnos, Eleanna with Zahar Vaks, Staring at the Wall blog, “Thinking and Touching Time”, April 11
2012
INPA 2: International Painting Annual 2, exhibition-in-print, Manifest Press: Cincinnati, OH
2009
Adams, Ryan, Hello Sunshine, Akashic Books: New York, NY (front and back cover art)
LECTURES
2017
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD (forthcoming)
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (forthcoming)
Columbia University, Prof. Meksin grad seminar lecture, NY, NY (forthcoming)
2016
Wassaic Projects, Visiting Artist, Wassaic, NY
SUNY Purchase College, Visiting Artist, Purchase, NY
2015
Trestle Projects, Slide Talk, Brooklyn, NY
2008
Kenyon College, Visiting Artist, Gambier, OH
2005
Georgia Southern University, Review Panel Lecture, Statesboro, GA
TEACHING APPOINTMENTS
2017
University of Tennessee Knoxville, Visiting Professor of Art, Knoxville, TN
2010
Kenyon College, Visiting Assistant Professor of Art and Assistant Director, Kenyon in Rome, Rome, Italy
2009
Kenyon College, Visiting Assistant Professor of Art and Assistant Director, Kenyon in Rome, Rome, Italy
2006
Georgia Southern University, Visiting Assistant Professor of Art, Statesboro, GA
2004
Tyler School of Art, Teaching Assistant, Stanley Whitney, Rome, Italy
2003
Tyler School of Art, Teaching Assistant, Marina Adams, Rome, Italy
ROUND-TABLE DISCUSSIONS & SALONS
2015
NY Creative Salon, On Labor, Moderated by Eleanna Anagnos, Brooklyn, NY, September 29, 2015
NY Creative Salon, On Research, Moderated by Jennifer Shepherd, Brooklyn, NY, August 11, 2015
2014
LaTable Ronde, Critical Practices Inc, On Post-Work and the Citizen Artist with Mary Billyou,
New York, NY, Oct 30
2013
LaTable Ronde, Critical Practices Inc, On Media with Thomas Zummer, New York, NY, Oct 13, 2013
CORPORATE / INSTITUTIONAL COLLECTIONS
Kenyon College, Gambier, OH
Lake Forest High School, Lake Forest, IL
The Silent Wolf, LLC, Lake Forest, IL
Toasted Head Wines, San Francisco, CA