b. 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
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 
2024
Anthony Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (forthcoming)
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


PRESS
2024
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 YouRuby Jeune Tresch
HEADS Magazine: The Revival Edition by U.D.L.I Editions in collaboration with NADA Miami and Miracle Seltzer
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


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


AWARDS
2024
Soho House Dreamers in Residence Grant Recipient
Hopper Prize Grant Recipient


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