Liza Jo Eilers (b. 1993 St. Paul, MN) lives and works in Chicago, IL. Eilers holds a MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in and a BA in Industrial Design from the University of Notre Dame. She uses painting, collage, sculpture and found objects, working through the double stake of popular culture’s representation of women, and its tendency to simultaneously resist and reinforce dominant ideals and values. She often humorously casts this discussion in terms of male dominated hobbies and spaces like sports fishing, hot rods, the man cave and the bar.

Eilers recent solo and two person exhibitions include, Don’t blow on the soup at Material Room (Richmond, VA); GLORY’S with Alessandra Norman at Yew Nork (Chicago, IL); The Care and Keeping of You at SULK CHICAGO (Chicago, IL); and SLUDGE at Rainbo Club presented by M. LeBlanc (Chicago, IL). Her work has been featured in exhibitions at de boer, Select recent group exhibitions of Eilers’ work include, de boer, Tchotchke Gallery, The Latent Space, Night Club Gallery, and Racecar Factory.

Featured Artists:
Omar Abulsheikh, Earth Aengel, Raina Carter, Daniel Champion, Maeve Coughlin, Danny Frownfelter, Ted Gram-Boarini, Kate Gross, Noel Herrera, Marcus Kennedy, Aaron Kleeblatt, David Krueger, Becky Kubica, Grace Makuch, Christian Michael Filardo, Scott Reeder, CJ Shaw, Cameron Spratley, Christine Turner, Jean Wilson, Christina Zion