EDUCATION
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, Master of Fine Art, Painting, 2012
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, Bachelor of Fine Art, Textile Design, 2003
European Honors Program, Rhode Island School of Design, Palazzo Cenci, Rome, ITALY, 2000-2001
RESIDENCIES, HONORS & AWARDS
2024-2025 North Carolina Arts Council Artist Support Grant
2024 Vermont Studio Center Residency, Johnson, VT
2017 Silver Streak Residency, Bozeman, MT
2016 Lydon Emerging Artist Program (LEAP) Finalist, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2012-2013 Artist-in-Residence, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
2011-2012 Associate Instructor Fellowship, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2011 Grant-in-Aid, MFA Project, The University Graduate School, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2004 Post-Graduate Apprenticeship, The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, PA
2003-2004 PONCHO Artist-in-Residence, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
SELECT EXHIBITIONS
2025 Postdiluvian, Tracey Morgan Gallery, Asheville, NC
2024 What Came First, Tracey Morgan Gallery, Asheville, NC
2023 Late Summer Wonder, Vellum Architecture, Asheville, NC
2022 Weaving Small Nets to Capture Life, Tracey Morgan Gallery, Asheville, NC (solo)
2021 Two by Two, Cerulean Arts Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2020
By a Thread, Tracey Morgan Gallery, Asheville, NC
Warp + Weft, Blue Spiral 1 Gallery, Asheville, NC
Textiles: A Social Media, Brick City Gallery, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO
2019
Recall, Recollect, Reconstruct Invitational, Kyoto Int’l Community House, Kyoto, JAPAN
Coined in the South, The Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
2013-2018 FABRICation (traveling)
Avenir Museum, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; 2018
Fine Arts Center Gallery, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio; 2017
Academy Art Museum, Easton, Maryland; 2017
Art Museum of West Virginia University, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia; 2017
Sheppard Contemporary Gallery, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada; 2016
Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin—Whitewater, Whitewater, Wisconsin; 2016
University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, New Mexico; 2016
McCormick Gallery, Midland College, Midland, Texas; 2016
Herron Galleries, Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis, Indiana; 2016
Claypool-Young Art Gallery, Morehead State University, Morehead, Kentucky; 2015
Purdue University Galleries, West Lafayette, Indiana; 2015
Cummings Art Center, Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut; 2015
A.D. Gallery, University of NC-Pembroke, Pembroke, North Carolina; 2014
Theatre Art Galleries, High Point, North Carolina; 2013
2018
Materials: Hard + Soft, International Contemporary Craft Exhibition, Patterson-Appleton Arts Center, Denton, TX
Feel and Rhythms, White Columns Online curated exhibit, New York, NY
2017
Slow Seeing, Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, FL (solo)
Extended Engagements, Cerulean Arts Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2016
Grow[th], Ess Ef Eff, Brooklyn, New York
Contemporary Southern Textiles, Blue Spiral 1, Asheville, NC
2015 Materialities: Contemporary Textile Art, Surface Design Association Int'l Juried Exhibition, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
2014
Fine Contemporary Craft of the Southeast, Artspace Gallery, Raleigh, NC
Materiality, Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY
From These Hills: Contemporary Art in the Southern Appalachian Highlands, William King Museum, Abingdon, VA
2013
Materiality, Cerulean Arts Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Artists-in-Residence Annual Exhibition, Sandra J. Blain Gallery, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
2012
Surface Tensions, Ameen Gallery, Nicholls State University, Thibodaux, LA
Seem: MFA Thesis Exhibition, Grunwald Gallery of Art, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (solo)
2011 Breaking Boundaries, Fuller Projects Space, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2010
Spontaneous Repetition, StrataSphere Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Particular and Peculiar Print Portfolio, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
2021 New American Paintings, Pacific Coast, No. 157. Boston: Open Studios Press.
Artist Feature, Textiel Plus (Netherlands Textile Magazine), Vol. 65, Autumn 2021.
2020 New American Paintings, South, No. 142. Boston: Open Studios Press, Jan./Feb., 2020.
Paul M. Howey, “A Stitch in Time Saves Art for Future Generations,” Asheville Made, March, 2020.
2017 Nancy Palm, “New Beginnings for Traditional Art Media: The Contemporary State of Textiles and Paper,” BRAVERY (University of North Carolina Pembroke College of Arts and Sciences digital journal), Vol. 1, March 15, 2017.
2015 New American Paintings, South, No. 118. Boston: Open Studios Press, June/July, 2015.
2014 Jessica Hemmings, “Slow Looking,” FABRICation, exhibition catalogue, 2014.
2012 International Painting Annual (INPA), Vol. 2. Cincinnati: Manifest Press, 2012.
Yael Ksander, “Artworks: Artist in the Making" Interview, WFIU Radio (NPR affiliate), Bloomington, Indiana, 21 February/21 March/24 April 2012.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES/TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2005-Present, sole-proprietor, erineleanor knitwear
2022-Present, Gallery Coordinator, Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC
2014-2020, Textiles Studio Coordinator, The Arrowmont Pentaculum, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
2019-2020 Adjunct Instructor, Blue Ridge Community College, Hendersonville, NC
2019 Workshop Instructor, Physical Images: Fabric, Thread, Beads, and Paint, Snow Farm, Williamsburg, MA
Workshop Instructor, Improvisational Fiber Collage, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
Workshop Instructor, Expressive Drawing With Thread: Moving Beyond Tradition, Local Cloth, Asheville, NC
2013-2018, Art Department Coordinator, Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC
2017 Workshop Instructor, Fabric, Thread, Yarn & Paint, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
Workshop Instructor, Physical Images: Fabric, Thread, and Paint, Snow Farm, Williamsburg, MA
Visiting Artist Lecture, Emerson Center for the Arts, Bozeman, MT
Visiting Artist Lecture/Workshop, Haywood Community College, Clyde, NC
Adjunct Instructor, Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC
2016 Workshop Instructor, Painterly Fiber Collage: Fabric, Thread, Yarn and Paint, Peters Valley School of Crafts, Layton, NJ
Textile Study Group Lecture, Slow Seeing: Fabric, Thread, Yarn and Paint, The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design, Asheville, NC
Panelist, Contemporary Southern Textiles, Blue Spiral 1 Gallery, Asheville, NC
2015 Visiting Artist, Lecture/MFA Studio Visits, Painting Department, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
Visiting Artist, Lecture/Class Visit, Art Department, Morehead State University, Morehead, Kentucky
Workshop Instructor, Painterly Embroidery, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
Adjunct Instructor, Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC
2013 Panelist, FABRICation, Southeastern College Art Conference, Greensboro, NC
Panelist/Facilitator, Pursuing A Life in the Arts Symposium, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
Visiting Artist Lecture/Demonstration, Appalachian Center for Craft, Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN
Visiting Artist Lecture/Studio Visits, Art Department, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN
Visiting Artist Lecture, Art Department, Walters State Community College, Morristown, TN
2012 Visiting Artist Lecture/Material Construction Workshop, Fibers Dept., Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2011-2012 Associate Instructor, Fundamental Studio 2D: Color & Design, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2011 Associate Instructor, Beginning Drawing, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN