60 East Monroe Chicago IL 60603 – elisebagnoliart@gmail.com
Elise Blair Bagnoli is twenty-eight year Italian American artist currently living in Chicago, Illinois. Using forms and concepts of the body to identify, locate and digest the self. Pursuing a deeper understanding by exploring myth, atmosphere, and the structures of reality.
EDUCATION:
2016-2020 – Bachelors of Fine Art, The Ohio State University, Columbus OH
2020 – Post Baccalaureate Degree, The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL
2021-2023 – Masters of Fine Art: Degree in Painting & Drawing, The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL
EXHIBITIONS:
2026 – Group Exhibition, Painting & Drawing in Dimension, Ox-Bow Gallery, Chicago IL
2026 – Group Exhibition, Love Letters to Italy, Arts in Stark Cultural Center, Canton OH
2026 – Solo Showcase, Chicks, Last Frontier’s Guest House Gallery, Brooklyn NY
2025 – Group Exhibition, Piercing the Veil through Remembrance, Legacy and Beyond, Verum Ultimum Gallery, Portland OR
2025 – Group Exhibition, The Ghosts that Linger, South Haven Center for the Arts
2025 – Solo Exhibition, Movement in The Walls, Matthew Heberlein Contemporary, Chicago IL
2024 – Solo Exhibition, Lovecraftian Sentimentality, Art City, Chicago IL
2024 – Group Exhibition, Mystical, Mythical, Magical, College of Lake County, Grayslake IL
2024 – Solo Installation, ENID, Chicago IL
2024 – Group Exhibition, StoryTime, STASIAS, Chicago IL
2023 – Group Exhibition, Muted & Mighty, The Martin, Chicago IL
2022 – Group Exhibition, Grand Rising: On Feeling & Interbeing, School of the Art Institute Wellness Center, Chicago IL
2022 – Group Exhibition, “2”, 308 Gallery, Chicago IL
AWARDS, RESIDENCIES & FELLOWSHIPS:
2026 – Mothership NYC Residency, Brooklyn NY
2025 – Rural Residencies for Contemporary Art, Brescia Italy
2024 – Art City Monthly Residency, Chicago IL
2023-24 – Teaching Fellowship, The School of The Art Institute of Chicago
2023 – Summer Artist Residency, Arqutopia, Fusaro Italy
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
AUG 2023 – MAY 2024, Painting and Drawing Teaching Fellow, The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL
MAY 2022 -2023, Noon-Time Lecture Coordinator, The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL
MAY 2022 – 2023, Administrative Assistant, The School of The Art Institute of Chicago Painting and Drawing Office, Chicago IL
AUG – DEC 2021, Teaching Assistant: Drawing Materials, The School of The Art Institute of Chicago StudioLABS, Chicago IL
MAY – JULY 2019, Gallery Intern, Martha Evans Gallery, Columbus OH
MAY – JULY 2017, Museum Intern, Canton Museum of Art, Canton OH
STUDIO & ARTIST ASSISTANT EXPERIENCE:
2018 – Ola Rondiak, Brooklyn NY
2016 – Andree Hundson, Denver Co
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
2020 – Gained Italian Citizenship
Proficient in the Italian Language
