Eli Saragoussi
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Elinor Saragoussi

www.elisaragoussi.com

[email protected]

Athens, GA

Solo Exhibitions

2022 Moments of Reprieve, Quiet Gallery, Athens, GA
2020 It's Easier This Way, TinyAth Gallery, Athens, GA
2020 Escape Plan, Albany Art Museum, Albany, GA

Group Exhibitions

2025 Cloudland, Curated by Amanda Burk, with Elyse Mazanti and Emily Tatum, Winterville Cultural Center Gallery, Winterville, GA
2022 47th Juried Exhibition, Curated by Miranda Lash, Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, GA
2022 2022 ArtFields, Lake City, SC
2022 2022 SouthWorks Exhibition, Curated by Marcia Wood, Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, GA
2021 Sound Mind, Curated by Vivian Lidell, ARTS + ATHLETICS, Athens, GA
2021 2021 SouthWorks Exhibition, Curated by Jennifer A. Smith, Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, GA
2021 Skate, Curated by Didi Dunphy, The Bascom, Highlands, NC
2020 Tiny Universe, Curated by Didi Dunphy, Hotel Indigo, Athens, GA
2020 45th Juried Exhibition, Curated by Larry Ossei-Mensah, Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, GA
2019 This Is It!, Curated by Beth Sales, Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, GA
2019 2019 SouthWorks Exhibition, Curated by Chad Alligood, Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation, Watkinsville, GA
2019 44th Juried Exhibition, Curated by Lauren Haynes, Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, GA
2019 YOU ARE HERE, Curated by Didi Dunphy, Hotel Indigo, Athens, GA
2018 43rd Juried Exhibition, Curated by Wassan Al-Khudhairi, Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, GA
2018 Audio/Visual, Helikon Gallery, Denver, CO
2018 2018 Juried Exhibition, Curated by Teresa Bramlette Reeves, Athens Institute for Contemporary Arts, Athens, GA
2017 Collections, Duel show with Melanie Steinway, City O' City, Denver, CO

Installations

2026 threshold: true, The Athenaeum Gallery, Athens, GA - 2 year commission
2021 Say Yes Summer, Partnership with the Georgia Department of Public Health funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, Athens, GA
2020 Set Design for Adverse Fest, A small music festival in Athens, GA. Stage design for both stages (ATHICA and The Caledonia Lounge)
2020 Rabbit Hole, small sculpture glass case at the Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, GA
2020 Escape Plan, Albany Art Museum, Albany, GA (Acquired by Albany Art Museum)
2019 Supple Moments, Dark Corners, Glass Cube at Hotel Indigo, Athens, GA
2019 Set Design for Adverse Fest, A small music festival in Athens, GA. Stage design for one of the three stages

Public Art

2023 Vinyl light-pole banners displayed throughout downtown Athens, GA. Organized by the Athens Downtown Authority and Athens Area Arts Council
2021 Mural for Alley Mural Project, Organized by the Athens Downtown Authority and Athens Area Arts Council
2021 Illustration for a vinyl wrap applied to the Athens-Clarke County government's "Pop-Up Park" bus
2020 Banner design for downtown Athens, GA. Organized by the Athens Downtown Authority and Athens Area Arts Council
2019 Painting on recycled piano for Athens Arts Council, Athens Cultural Affairs Commission and Habitat For Humanity in Athens, GA. Part of a public art initiative with 3 other local artists

Commissions

2026 threshold: true - Mural, painted woodcuts, hand carved light fixtures + vent covers + mirror frame + towel stand + toilet paper stand + switch plate for The Athenaeum Gallery, Athens, GA (2 year commission)
2026 Custom furniture and display pieces for The Athenaeum Gallery, Athens, GA - Study room tables, table vitrines, wall vitrines, floating shelves, small pedestals, projector shelf, armature, and wall-mounted shadow boxes (birch plywood, plywood, and plexi glass)
2024 Illustrations for children's book "Shoo Shoo You Skeleton" by Joe Gaskin
2024 Illustration for a vinyl wrap applied to the Historic Athens Tour Bus, Athens, GA
2022 Mural for R.E.M. Steeple/Nuçi's Space, Athens, GA
2021 Cover illustration for the Flagpole Magazine's Guide to Athens Spring Edition
2020 Cover illustration for the Flagpole Magazine's Guide to Athens Fall Edition
2020 Can label and t-shirt design for the 2020 Get Artistic Creature Comforts organization
2020 Branding for Athens Porchfest 2020-present
2019 Stage props, construction of 5 hand-cut/painted trophies, and large scale wheat paste installation for Creature Comforts Brewery in Athens, GA
2019 Trophies for the 2019 Flagpole Music Awards. Designed and constructed 26 of the same soft-sculpture trophy

Collaborative Projects

2017 Theurgy, A collaborative project put together by myself and Max Boyd. Twelve Denver artists and musicians contributed six tracks and six corresponding pieces of art for a cassette and zine.

theurgycomp.bandcamp.com/album/theurgy-vol-1

2017 New Angles, Compiled by Eli Saragoussi and Rooster Jake, A collection of 15 essays written by women, queer and gender non-binary folks from music communities around the world. Self-Published. October 2017

Awards and Grants

2020 Shelter Projects Grant, Willson Center for Humanities & Arts
2020 Merit Award, 45th Juried Exhibition, Curated by Larry Ossei-Mensah at Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens, GA
2020 Relief Fund Grant, Judith Alexander Foundation
2020 Quarterly Grant, Athens Area Arts Commission

Residencies

2020 ATHICA, Athens, GA. In conjunction with Ad.Verse Festival

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Workshops

2021 Guest Artist. Albany Museum of Art, Albany, GA. Guided illustration camp participants in transforming their characters into lifesize "set" pieces
2019 Local Artist Series. Treehouse Kid & Craft, Athens, GA. Shared my art and created projects in similar styles with children 7-10 years old
2019 Guest Artist. Lyndon House Art Center, Athens, GA. Guided Puppetry-Arts Camp participants in designing and building sets which were used throughout the camp

Education

2014 University of Colorado, Denver, CO - Bachelors of Science in Biology

Publications

2017 Keep It Weird, Abby Kacen, Self-Published zine, Athens, GA
2017 Sense of Place, Jordan Knecht, Self-Published, Denver, CO