b. 1993 St. Paul, MN
lives and works in Chicago
liza.jo.eilers(at)gmail.com
EDUCATION
2020
MFA Painting and Drawing, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2018
Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
2015
BA Industrial Design, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN
SOLO/TWO PERSON
2024
The Great American Songbook, GROVE, London, UK
Roommate, Chicago, IL (forthcoming)
two person show w/ Scott Grooves, VHE Art, Detroit, MI (forthcoming)
2023
Don’t blow on the soup, the Material Room, Richmond, VA
GLORY’S (w/ Alessandra Norman), Yew Nork, Chicago, IL
2022
The Care and Keeping of You, SULK CHICAGO, Chicago, IL
2021
SLUDGE, Rainbo Club presented by M. LeBlanc, Chicago, IL
Good Friday, Bubblez Gallery, curated by Tyson Reeder & Lauren Sullivan, Chicago, IL
2020
Cheese Dust to Dust, (South) Eastern Pole curated by Breanne Trammell, Fayetteville, AK
GROUP
2024
Adult Contemporary, Guerreo Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Pothole2, Good Weather x M. LeBlanc at Rainbo Club, Chicago, IL
The Weatherproof Anniversarial, Weatherproof, Chicago, IL
Hypnos, Espace Maurice, Montreal, QB, Canada
Arts of Life, Chicago, IL (forthcoming)
2023
Loving Forms, Julius Ceasar, Chicago, IL
High Maintenance, Tchotchke Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Never Change, Night Club Gallery, Saint Paul, MN
Oracle, de boer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Ingress Gallery, Soho House, Chicago, IL
Don’t Get Cute With Me, Latent Space, Chicago, IL
2022
Sagittarius, Night Club Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
Wow, Nice, Racecar Factory, Indianapolis, IN
So You Thought This Would Be Easy, Weatherproof x Kiki and Bouba Gallery, Chicago, IL
2021
Nice Work, SULK CHICAGO, Chicago, IL
2020
Oaths, Patient Info, Chicago, IL
Long Hello, Green Gallery, curated by Carter Foster, Milwaukee, WI
Launch, SAIC Galleries, Chicago, IL
2019
Homesick Remedy, JAW Gallery curated by Skye Taniai, Yamaguchi, Japan
With A Capital P: Selection by Six Painters, curated by José Lerma, Elmhurst Museum, Chicago, IL
DIY Biennial, Z1 Gallery, Chicago IL
CURATORIAL
2023
Opening Night, Arts of Life Circle Contemporary Gallery, Chicago, IL
PRESS
2024
Chicago Spleen, Spleen Walks Into a Bar, Gareth Thomas Kaye
2023
Mousse Magazine and Publishing, Chicago Oomph, EXPO CHICAGO
Bad at Sports, Number 1 TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (3/2-3/8) The Visualist Chicago
2022
Sixty Inches From Center, The Agenda of Artifice | On Liza Jo Eilers’ The Care And Keeping of You, Ruby Jeune Tresch
HEADS Magazine: The Revival Edition by U.D.L.I Editions in collaboration with NADA Miami and Miracle Seltzer
Bad at Sports, Number 1 TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (10/13-10/19) The Visualist Chicago
LVL3, Artist of the Week, Lee Schulder, Sam Dybeck and Milo Christie, Chicago, IL
UnderMain Magazine, Racecar Factory Review: “Wow, Nice”, Megan Bickel
TEXT
2022
SLUDGE Artist Book with essay by Graham Feyl: A Prayer(agraph) to Dolly Parton and a Stuffed Muskie
LECTURES
2024
Visiting Artist, Loyola University, Chicago, IL
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2021
Ox-bow School of Art, Saugatauk, MI
TA to Arnold J Kemp, Fast Painting
2019
School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
TA to Jim Lutes, Painting Materials & Tech 1
TA to Sam Jaffe, Frank Piatek & Rebecca Morgan, Painting Summer Residency
TA to Mari Eastman, Multi-Level Drawing