Eleanor Randl
Eleanor Randl
Education
2023 BA, Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Exhibitions
2024 DUMP Magazine Exhibition, Portland OR (5- person)
2024 Bury Me Sweetly, Kale’as Apartment, Portland OR (5- person)
2024 Sky Knowledge, Wallace Park, Portland OR
2024 GIRL CULT, Wallace Park, Portland OR
2023 Best of Spring Storm, LaVerne Krause Gallery, Eugene, OR (thirteen- person)
2023 Relaxed Gravity, The Science of Leisure, The Foundry, Eugene, OR (two- person)
2023 Sweetheart, LaVerne Krause Gallery, Eugene, OR (three- person)
Professional Experience
2023-2024 Fabricator, Matchless Builds, Portland OR
2023 Volunteer, Ditch Projects, Springfield OR
2021-2023 Art Instructor, Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene OR
2022 Education Program Assistant, Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene OR
Awards
2023 Director’s Award, Best In Show, Spring Storm
2023 Teacher of The Year, Maude Kerns Art Center
2023 Robert C. and Jane A. Gehring Scholarship fund
Publications
2024 Dump Magazine, Portland OR
2024 Gab and Loiter Magazine, Providence RI
2023 Oregon Voice Magazine, Eugene OR
SCULPTURE=MANIPULATION OF SPACE AND TIME
I work by making arrangements, lines, and gestures in space. My impulses as an artist trace back to themes of violence, girlhood, sexuality, and gender.
My work is a never ending pursuit for healing and a compulsive revisiting of the past. Through sculpture I engage with time as both a portal and an emotional record. I revisit experiences from my life using subconscious processes of transforming objects, images, and various materials into abstractions.
Each time I make a sculpture I am attempting to harness a “psychic taste in the air left after trauma.” Contemporary Sculptor, Amanda Ross Ho, refers to this sensation when discussing the motives behind her work. I resonate with this idea through every form I contort. Assembling the sculptures in space allows me to re-imagine realities and transport the viewer to transitional, imaginary realms.
I am interested in using images as visual cues to insert girls’ stories into a history of abstraction. The pictures are found materials that often depict people and reference the body. I distort them to give them new agency and meaning. An image can become an entry point for a body of work. It provides the viewer with context to grasp and project their experiences onto.
LOVE LETTER TO JENS PETTERSEN, 2024
A love letter dedicated to Jens Pettersen's first solo show at Helens Costume, Stick To Sports
Visit Helens Costume Website Here:
https://www.costumeintl.com/
Visit Jens Pettersen's Tumblr Here:
https://jensnonprofit.tumblr.com/
GIRL CULT + GAB AND LOITER, 2024
Emma Karnes interviewed me for her June 2024 issue of Gab and Loiter (a prose journal she self publishes). We talked about girlhood, organizing, and intuition- and an art show I put together in the park called GIRL CULT.
