Eloise Gillow is a visual artist from the UK, based in Barcelona, Spain.
After studying classical realist painting, Eloise combines painting in the studio with murals in public space, motivated by the direct connection between the artwork and communities.
Her imagery is drawn from her surroundings, capturing subtle gestures in body language and movement. She creates images that open up to interpretation on individual as well as collective levels.
She invites the viewer to reflect on where and how they find vitality, moments of slowing down and to reach into a deeper undercurrent of connection to each other and the natural world, a process that is often blocked by our fast-paced lifestyles and restrictive political and economic systems.
Education
Barcelona Academy of Art - Drawing and Painting Programme
University of Cambridge - Modern and Medieval Languages
Mural
2024
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
Exhibitions
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
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
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
