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 degree in Studio Art and Psychology and is currently studying at NYU to be an art therapist. She completed her undergraduate painting thesis (O.C.V: A Self-reflexive Investigation Applying Methods in Ocular Cognitive Vivisection) with high honors under her advisor, oil painter Tula Telfair. She has received multiple awards including the Boynes Artist Award and was a finalist for the CFA Artist of Year. She has been published in the Penn Journal of Arts and Sciences, Sage Magazine, and has multiple published interviews. She has exhibited works in Greenwich, Poughkeepsie, and Brooklyn.

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