Eloise Gillow is an artist from the UK, currently based in Barcelona, Spain. She works both in the studio on canvasses and outdoors on large-scale murals and installations.
Her imagery is drawn from her surroundings and experiences. She captures subtle gestures in people's body language and movements and draws inspiration from time in nature, especially exploring mountains. In her painting she plays with combinations of realism and imagined colours and shapes, seeking to convey a sense of calm, presence, people's connection to each other and to the natural world.
Education
Barcelona Academy of Art - Drawing and Painting Programme
University of Cambridge - Modern and Medieval Languages
Mural
2025
B-Arts, Stoke, Stoke-on-Trent, UK
Muro Crítico, Piedras Albas, Spain
2024
Paredes que Hablan, Villavieja de Lozoya, Spain
Desordes Festival, Ordes, Spain
Inspire Festival, Barentin, France
SanPART Festival, Bari, Italy
Creative Crawley, Broadfield Community Centre, Crawley, UK
Creative Crawley, Kingsgate Car Park, Crawley, UK
2023
WIDE, Industrie Fluviali, Rome, Italy
Delas Fest, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
PFFFestival, Stuttgart, Germany
Writer's Block, Groningen, Netherlands
Urban Utopia, Modena, Italy
Activart, Piornal, Spain
Nuart, Aberdeen, Scotland
Mamachama Association, Tegueste, Tenerife, Spain
Leitrim County Council, Carrick-on-Shannon, Ireland
2022
B-murals, Osona Art i Mur, Manlleu, Spain
Artscape, Malmö, Sweden
Upeart, Oulu 2026 European Capital of Culture, Oulu, Finland
Shackleton Museum, Athy, Ireland
Label Valette Festival, Pressigny-Les-Pins, France
Starter Proyectos, Reinoso, Spain
L'Auditori, Barcelona, Spain
2021
Obert en Canal, Esparreguera, Spain
Dún Laoghaire County Council, The Walls Project, Dublin, Ireland
Wallspot, Realism Jam Guest Artist, Poble Sec, Barcelona, Spain
Festival Les Nouveaux Ateliers, Port-de-Bouc, France
Poble Nou Urban District, Poble Nou, Barcelona, Spain
Conalegria Kiosk, Gran Vía, Barcelona, Spain
B-murals Urban Art Gallery, Sant Andreu, Barcelona, Spain
2020
Wallspot, Rebobinart, Womart, Tres Xemeneies, Barcelona, Spain
Wallspot, Rebobinart, Wall Lab, Sant Andreu, Barcelona, Spain
Obert en Canal, Esparreguera, Spain
Residencies & Projects
2024 Woodland Installation at Kelburn Garden Party, Scotland, UK
2022 GlogauAIR Artist Residency, Berlin, Germany
2021 La Charito Films, Series of Paintings for Asombrosa Elisa, Spain
2019 Volunteering & Painting Project with refugees in Leros, Greece
Exhibitions
2025
Del Mur al Llenç, Centre Civic Barceloneta, Barcelona, Spain
Works on Paper 2025, The Gallery at Green & Stone, London, UK
2024
PFFF Exhibition, Kunstverein Wagenhalle, Stuttgart, Germany
The Neverending Glen Arts Trail, Kelburn Castle, Scotland, UK
2023
Art Heals, Karlova Ves Polyclinic, Bratislava, Slovakia
Teorema Experimental Art Festival, Barcelona, Spain
BAA Teachers & Students Exhibition, Mrs Toolip Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2022
GlogauAIR Residency Show, Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
GlogauAIR Showcase, Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries, London, UK
B-murals, Femmes Vandales Collective Exhibition, Barcelona, Spain
Paam Projects, Dreams of Love, Raima, Barcelona, Spain
2021
Klink Studios, Winter Ripple, El Raval, Barcelona, Spain
BAA Group Exhibition, Asómate, Punt de Vistes, Barcelona, Spain
Colibree Collective, Colibree on Air, Espacio Erre, Barcelona, Spain
2020
La Trama, Cosecha el Día, El Sótano, Barcelona, Spain
Joint show with Sergio de la Flora, Buena Onda, Barcelona, Spain
2019
Royal Society of Oil Painters, Mall Galleries, London, UK
P52 Collective Exhibition, Corretger 5, Barcelona, Spain
MISNOMA, The Wild and the Tame, Mutuo Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2018
MISNOMA Group Exhibition, Mau Mau, Barcelona, Spain
Group exhibition in Haverfordwest, Wales, UK
2016
Queens’ Arts Festival Exhibition, University of Cambridge, UK
Crea 13, Exhibition in Studio Window Front, Seville, Spain
Seville Book Fair, Exhibition and Sale, Seville, Spain
Teaching
2022-23 Instructor Barcelona Academy of Art
2021 Mural Workshops in Barcelona
2020 Assistant Instructor Barcelona Academy of Art
Scholarships & Grants
2022 Arts Council England, DYCP Grant
2019-20 Study Abroad Studentship, Leverhulme Trust, UK
2018-19 Barcelona Academy of Art Teaching Scholarship
2017-18 Barcelona Academy of Art Scholarship
