About

Eleonor Andersson is a 23-year-old Swedish-American artist from New York City, based in Connecticut, Wyoming, and NYC.

Andersson graduated from Wesleyan University in May 2024 with a Studio Art and Psychology degree. She completed her undergraduate painting thesis, O.C.V, with high honors under her advisor, oil painter Tula Telfair. She has exhibited her work in Brooklyn, NY; Poughkeepsie, NY; and Greenwich, CT. She received the Boynes Artist Award in surrealism, which includes a published interview. She now works as an artist and children’s art teacher in New York City.

2024 Exhibitions:

April 16-21 O.C.V.: A Self-reflexive Investigation Applying Methods in Ocular Cognitive Vivisection, Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT.

July 5-28, Beyond the Curve, Gallery 40, Poughkeepsie, NY.

August 1-22 Living Artists Greenwich Art Society Juried Summer Exhibition, Flinn Gallery, Greenwich, CT.

November 15-18 Artishouse Pop Up, Artists and Fleas, Brooklyn NYC

Awards:

May 2024 Thesis High Honors, Wesleyan University

July 2024 Boynes Monthly Artist Award Winner, Theme: Surrealism

January 2025 Ten Moir Faces Competition 2nd place

March 2025 Circle Foundation Artist of the Year Finalist

Interviews:

Boynes Artist Award: Interview with Artist Eleonor Andersson

Wesleyan Arts and Humanities: On the Studio Art Major with Eleonor Andersson

Wesleyan Argus: Let the Light In - Week Four Art Studio Thesis Exhibitions