Elliot Avis
aviselliot@gmail.com
Education
2022 MFA, Painting, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
2018 BFA, Studio Art, Denison University, Granville, Ohio
Solo Exhibitions
March 2023, Botting, Heiress Gallery, St. Petersburg, Florida
March 2018, PotZ, PaintZ, ‘n’ other ThingZ, BFA Exhibition, Mix Gallery, Granville, Ohio
Group Exhibitions
June 2022, Mighty Real Queer Art Detroit, Galerie Camille, Detroit, MI
June 2022, Mighty Real Queer Art Detroit, Playground Detroit, Detroit, MI
April 2022, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
September 2021, Transcendental States, Project Gallery V, Online
July 2021, Blueprint, Art Mile, Detroit, Michigan
May 2021, What is Real, The Real House, Brooklyn, New York
March 2021, Speculative Histories, Cranbrook House and Gardens, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
May 2020, Dungeons a Virtual World, Curated by Taylor Stewart, Online
February 2020, Make Me Love You in 10 jpgs or less, Skylab Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
July 2019, Whipped, Cream Athens, London, England
February 2019, Art Now: Painting, 117 Gallery, Ann Arbor, Michigan
January 2019, The Boston Drawing Project, Carrol and Sons Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
September 2018, Tropeycalia Club, Skyline College, San Bruno, California
April 2018, The Sun is a Pomegranate Seed, Newark Art Space, Newark, Ohio
March 2018, Seen Your Show 2, NIAD Art Center, Richmond, California
December 2017, Seen Your Show, Kendall, Granville, Ohio
June 2017, Don’t Eat My Toes, Donato’s, Granville, Ohio
Residencies
June 2022, Milay Arts, Austerlitz NY
July 2021, The Blueprint Residency, Curated by RF Curatorial and Jordan Knecht, Detroit, Michigan
Curatorial Projects
June 2017, Don’t Eat My Toes, Donato’s, Granville, Ohio
Honors
June 2022, Mid Atlantic Arts Fellowship, Milay Arts
2020 – 2022, Merit Scholarship Recipient, Cranbrook Academy of Art
2017 – 2018, Denison Student Research Fund Recipient – for an outstanding student research proposal
2015 – 2018, Marimac Scholarship Recipient – for outstanding leadership and enthusiasm in the arts