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Eleanor Quist Costello Olson was born and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan, surrounded by nature, dogs, and women. Eleanor's work has become focused on interactions with the built and natural environments we live within and complicating the narratives usually thought of as black and white. They are influenced by gender and race theories, social and political histories, nature, and our current ecological state. Activist and politically engaged painting and other visual art forms have largely become the focus of their work, with an emphasis on conservation, destruction, and intersections within environmental, gender, and race issues. Eleanor Quist Costello Olson recently received a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Painting from the Rhode Island School of Design, Class of 2020 with concentrations in Race, Gender, and Sexuality and Nature, Culture, and Sustainability. |
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EDUCATION
2020 BFA; Painting Rhode Island School of Design- Providence, RI. USA.
Concentration in Nature, Culture, and Sustainability Studies
Concentration in History, Philosophy, and Social Sciences: Race, Gender, and Sexuality
2019 European Honors Program- Rome, Italy.
2019 Guyana: Art and Biodiversity Travel Course- Surama, Guyana.
2016 High School Diploma Community High School - Ann Arbor, MI. USA.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 ReExamining Conservation Brown University’s Cohen Gallery, Providence, RI. USA.
2021 Heresy/Hearsay SPRING/BREAK Art Show Manhattan, NY. USA.
2021 The Fall of Civilizations LHUCA, Lubbock, TX. USA.
2021 Emerging Artists Exhibition Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA. USA.
2021 Represent: New Portraiture Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY. USA.
2021 On Paper Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Art Center, Solomons, MD. USA.
2021 Drawn in Books Tomato Mouse Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. USA.
2021 We ARE Queer History Queer Artist Collective, Providene, RI. USA.
2021 Life on Venus: The Human The Tub: Hackney, London, UK.
2020 Life on Venus: Landscape The Tub: Hackney, London, UK.
2020 RISD Senior Show Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI. USA.
2020 The Color of My Land Gelman Gallery, Providence, RI. USA.
2019 23 Memoes, European Honors Program Palazzo Cenci, Rome, Italy.
2019 First Show, European Honors Program Palazzo Cenci, Rome, Italy.
2019 Annual Student Artist’s Book Contest and Exhibition Fleet Library, Providence, RI. USA.
2018 Synergist Vol. 1 Deepstaria enigmatica AS220 Gallery, Providence, RI. USA.
2018 RAWArtists Providence Connect Showcase The Strand, Providence, RI. USA.
2017 The Dog Show Benson Gallery, Providence, RI. USA.
2016 35th Annual Congressional Art Competition The Capitol Building, Washington, D.C. USA.
2016 Washtenaw County Potential Show Neutral Zone Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI. USA.
HONORS AND AWARDS
“Self Portrait Masquerading as a Still Life.” Juror’s Choice Award. Emerging Artists Exhibition. 2021.
“The Five Eleanors.” Honorable Mention. Represent: New Portraiture - National Juried Art Exhibition. 2021.
The Edna Lawrence Scholarship and The Herbert Claiborne Pell, III & Eugenia Diehl Pell Scholarship, 2018.
“Koi Fish.” 1st Place. Michigan Congressional Art Competition. 2016.
“And They Went Down to the River.” Best in Show Acquisition Award. Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. Twin Lakes, MI. USA. 2010.
PUBLICATIONS AND MEDIA
“A Conversation with Ecological Artist Eleanor Quist Costello Olson,” Applied Ecology News, North Carolina University. March 2022.
“Illustration for Aeroplane Instructions: In case of emergency…” Agora Magazine Issue Two: Not So Young Anymore. March 2021.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
“Murale por I Gatti di Roma.” Colonia Felina di Torre Argentina. Rome, Italy. Completed 2019.
“Zebra.” Mint Artists Guild Collection. Detroit, MI. USA. Donated 2016.
“And They Went Down to the River.” Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp Collection. Twin Lakes, MI. USA. Acquired 2010.
EDUCATION
2020 BFA; Painting Rhode Island School of Design- Providence, RI. USA.
Concentration in Nature, Culture, and Sustainability Studies
Concentration in History, Philosophy, and Social Sciences: Race, Gender, and Sexuality
2019 European Honors Program- Rome, Italy.
2019 Guyana: Art and Biodiversity Travel Course- Surama, Guyana.
2016 High School Diploma Community High School - Ann Arbor, MI. USA.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 ReExamining Conservation Brown University’s Cohen Gallery, Providence, RI. USA.
2021 Heresy/Hearsay SPRING/BREAK Art Show Manhattan, NY. USA.
2021 The Fall of Civilizations LHUCA, Lubbock, TX. USA.
2021 Emerging Artists Exhibition Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA. USA.
2021 Represent: New Portraiture Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY. USA.
2021 On Paper Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Art Center, Solomons, MD. USA.
2021 Drawn in Books Tomato Mouse Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. USA.
2021 We ARE Queer History Queer Artist Collective, Providene, RI. USA.
2021 Life on Venus: The Human The Tub: Hackney, London, UK.
2020 Life on Venus: Landscape The Tub: Hackney, London, UK.
2020 RISD Senior Show Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI. USA.
2020 The Color of My Land Gelman Gallery, Providence, RI. USA.
2019 23 Memoes, European Honors Program Palazzo Cenci, Rome, Italy.
2019 First Show, European Honors Program Palazzo Cenci, Rome, Italy.
2019 Annual Student Artist’s Book Contest and Exhibition Fleet Library, Providence, RI. USA.
2018 Synergist Vol. 1 Deepstaria enigmatica AS220 Gallery, Providence, RI. USA.
2018 RAWArtists Providence Connect Showcase The Strand, Providence, RI. USA.
2017 The Dog Show Benson Gallery, Providence, RI. USA.
2016 35th Annual Congressional Art Competition The Capitol Building, Washington, D.C. USA.
2016 Washtenaw County Potential Show Neutral Zone Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI. USA.
HONORS AND AWARDS
“Self Portrait Masquerading as a Still Life.” Juror’s Choice Award. Emerging Artists Exhibition. 2021.
“The Five Eleanors.” Honorable Mention. Represent: New Portraiture - National Juried Art Exhibition. 2021.
The Edna Lawrence Scholarship and The Herbert Claiborne Pell, III & Eugenia Diehl Pell Scholarship, 2018.
“Koi Fish.” 1st Place. Michigan Congressional Art Competition. 2016.
“And They Went Down to the River.” Best in Show Acquisition Award. Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. Twin Lakes, MI. USA. 2010.
PUBLICATIONS AND MEDIA
“A Conversation with Ecological Artist Eleanor Quist Costello Olson,” Applied Ecology News, North Carolina University. March 2022.
“Illustration for Aeroplane Instructions: In case of emergency…” Agora Magazine Issue Two: Not So Young Anymore. March 2021.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
“Murale por I Gatti di Roma.” Colonia Felina di Torre Argentina. Rome, Italy. Completed 2019.
“Zebra.” Mint Artists Guild Collection. Detroit, MI. USA. Donated 2016.
“And They Went Down to the River.” Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp Collection. Twin Lakes, MI. USA. Acquired 2010.
