b. St. Paul, MN
lives and works in Chicago
lzabzabtch@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
Scorchers w/ Andrew Ordonez, Roommate, Chicago, IL
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
2025
Anthony Gallery, Chicago, IL (forthcoming)
MINIOTICS, Weatherproof x Pop Gun, Chicago, IL
Curated with Ella Emhoff, Platform David Zwirner, online
Survey, Unda.m. 93, Chicago IL
Pamphlet Show II, Patient Info, Chicago IL
2024
A Prologue for Chicago, de boer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Time of Our Lives, Anthony Gallery x The Mass, Tokyo, Japan
Up & Up, curated by Noël Morical and Christina Sadovnikov, Chicago, IL
Adult Contemporary, Guerrero 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
2023
Loving Forms, Julius Caesar, Chicago, IL
High Maintenance, Tchotchke Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Never Change, Night Club Gallery, Saint Paul, MN
Oracle, de boer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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
AWARDS
2024
Soho House Dreamers in Residence Grant Recipient
Hopper Prize Grant Recipient
LECTURES
2024
Visiting Artist, Loyola University, Chicago, IL
PRESS
2024
FAD Magazine, Liza Jo Eilers talks to Phillip Edward Spradley, Phillip Edward Spradley
O Fluxo, The Great American Songbook, Feature Submission
Chicago Spleen, Spleen Walks Into a Bar, Gareth Thomas Kaye
Bad at Sports, TOP V. WEEKEND PICKS (6/6-6/12) The Visualist Chicago
2023
Mousse Magazine and Publishing, Chicago Oomph, EXPO CHICAGO
Bad at Sports, 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
Bad at Sports, 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
PUBLICATION
2025
like a field, Winter 2024, Sloane Scott and Em Davenport, online journal
2022
SLUDGE, Artist Book with essay by Graham Feyl: A Prayer(agraph) to Dolly Parton and a Stuffed Muskie, self-published
HEADS Magazine: The Revival Edition by U.D.L.I Editions in collaboration with NADA Miami and Miracle Seltzer
TEACHING
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