Eleanor Rahim

Eleanor Rahim was born in London, UK. She went on to obtain a Foundation Course in Art and Design and a BA (Hons) Graphic Design. Art history, fine art, illustration, photography and printmaking were studied within the graphic design degree
program at the University of the West of England. Since relocating to New York City in 2007, Rahim has been recognized by the Art Students League of New York and was awarded the prestigious Red Dot Commendation in her first group show. Her many collectors are located on both sides of the Atlantic.

Rahim has had the privilege to study with color field abstract painter Ronnie Landfield at the League, figurative artist Jon DeMartin at the classical atelier, Grand Central Academy of Art and Rick Piloco at Chelsea Classical Studio.

The Atlantic Ocean and its ever changing state, serves as a metaphor for human emotions. It is my constant source of wonder and inspiration whichever perspective I view it from. As a British expat living in the US, my view is often from the east coast of the United States, Cornwall in the UK and Barbados in the West Indies. The new Mid Atlantic series allows me to explore the intersection of abstraction and representation, together with classical painting techniques and ...

BA (Hons) Graphic Design
Foundation Course in Art and Design

Continuing Ed
2018 Chelsea Classical Studio – Rick Piloco – portraiture in 3 hours oil painting
2017 School of Visual Arts – Emily Weiner – Contemporary Painting Lab
2017 Art Students League of New York - Rachel Wren – abstraction with color
2017 Chelsea Classical Studio – Rick Piloco – portraiture in 3 hours oil painting
2016 Chelsea Classical Studio – Rick Piloco – portraiture in 3 hours oil painting
2015 Art Students League of New York – Peter Cox – human skin oil painting
2015 Art Students League of New York - Anki King - experimenting with oil paint
2014 Grand Central Academy of Art – Mason Sullivan – anatomy
2013 Grand Central Academy of Art – Jon DeMartin – figure drawing
2012 Grand Central Academy of Art – Jon DeMartin – figure drawing
2012 Grand Central Academy of Art – Justin Wood – cast drawing
2012 Art Students League of New York – Ephraim Rubenstein – oil painting
2012 School of Visual Arts – Peter Hristoff - Drawing and painting marathons
2011 Art Students League of New York – Brandon Soloff – portrait, oil painting
2011 Fashion Institute of Technology – Jacqui Morgan - watercolor
2010/11 Grand Central Academy of Art – Jon DeMartin - fig...

Solo

2021 Fluid State, 44Main, Cold Spring, New York
2012 The Cedars Inn, Beaufort, North Carolina
2012 Sarreid Showroom, High Point, North Carolina
2011 The Good Gallery, Kent, Connecticut
2010 Engel & Volkers Real Estate Office, Southampton, New York
2010 The Badge Building, New York

Group

2024 Studio34 Gallery, New York
2024 Summer Exhibition: Water and Dust - Spliced Connector (Artsy online exhibition)
2022 Winter Exhibition: Birr – Spliced Connector (Artsy online exhibition)
2022 Transcending Boundaries – Bohemian Hall, New York (curator + artist)
2022 Clean Energy – Spliced Connector (Artsy online exhibition)
2022 LIC-A Members Showcase – Plaxall Gallery, New York
2022 Abstraction & Geometry – The Modernist Hotel, New York
2022 Everything Will Be Recognized – Spliced Connector (Artsy online exhibition)
2021 Things Are Not What They Seem – Spliced Connector (Artsy online exhibition)
2021 Echolocations – Spliced Connector (Artsy online exhibition)
2021 All is Fair – Spliced Connector (Artsy online exhibition)
2020 Essential Works – Odetta Digital (Artsy online exhibition)
2020 Good Bones – Spliced Connector (Artsy online exhibition)
2020 Good Bones – Spliced Connector, 111 East 29th Street, N...