Eleanor Rahim creates paintings and drawings that explore the emotional and perceptual power of water. Rather than depicting a specific location, her images evoke a state of being where motion, light, and depth converge. The works capture fleeting moments within the sea’s ever-changing surface, offering spaces that feel both immediate and contemplative.Rahim’s layered surfaces reveal the tension between solidity and flux as waves crest, dissolve, and reform. Color plays a central role in her compositions, with submerged greens, shifting blues, and luminous whites suggesting the sea’s interior life as much as what appears above the surface. Through scale, rhythm, and subtle shifts in light, her paintings invite viewers into an immersive encounter that feels less like observing a landscape and more like entering a sensory experience. BORN London, UK EDUCATIONS1988 - 1991 BA (Hons) Graphic Design, University of the West of England, UK1987 - 1988 Foundation Course in Art and Design, Barnet College, London, UK2016 - 2018 Chelsea Classical Studio, Portrait Painting2008 - 2017 Art Students League of New York, Abstract Painting, Figurative Drawing, Portrait Painting, Oil Painting, Watercolor Painting, Art Workout, Human Skin, Abstraction with Color2010 - 2014 Grand Central Atelier, Anatomy, Figure Drawing, Cast Drawing2012, 2017 School of Visual Arts, Contemporary Painting Lab, Painting Marathons2011 Fashion Institute of Technology, Watercolor Painting SOLO EXHIBITIONS2021 Fluid State, 44Main, Cold Spring, New York 2012 The Cedars Inn, Beaufort, North Carolina2012 Sarreid Showroom, High Point, North Carolina2011 The Good Gallery, Kent, Connecticut2010 Engel & Volkers Real Estate Office, Southampton, New York2010 The Badge Building, New York GROUP EXHIBITIONS2025 Intertwined, Studio34 Gallery, New York2024 Winter Exhibition: Homing, Spliced Connector (Artsy online exhibition)2024 Studio34 Gallery, New York2024 Sarah Jessica Fine Arts, Provincetown, Massachusetts2024 Summer Exhibition: Water and Dust, Spliced Connector (Artsy online exhibition)2024 Bar Dalia, Astoria, New York2023 Sarah Jessica Fine Arts, Provincetown, Massachusetts2022 Winter Exhibition: Birr, Spliced Connector (Artsy online exhibition)2022 Transcending Boundaries, Bohemian Hall, New York (curator + artist)2022 Clean Energy, Spliced Connector (Artsy online exhibition)2022 LIC-Artists Members Showcase, Plaxall Gallery, New York2022 Abstraction & Geometry, The Modernist Hotel, New York2022 Everything Will Be Recognized, Spliced Connector (Artsy online exhibition)2021 Things Are Not What They Seem, Spliced Connector (Artsy online exhibition)2021 Echolocations, Spliced Connector (Artsy online exhibition)2021 All is Fair, Spliced Connector (Artsy online exhibition)2020 Essential Works, Odetta Digital (Artsy online exhibition)2020 Good Bones, Spliced Connector (Artsy online exhibition)2020 Good Bones, Spliced Connector, 111 East 29th Street, New York2020 Pandemic Proof, Odetta Digital (Artsy online exhibition)2020 LIC-Artists Drawings in a Time of Social Distancing (online during pandemic shutdown)2020 LIC-Artists Members Showcase, (online during pandemic shutdown)2019 Studio34 Gallery, New York2019 LIC-Artists Members Showcase, Plaxall Gallery, New York2019 Dream Again, Plaxall Gallery, New York2019 Sarah Jessica Fine Arts, Provincetown, Massachusetts2018 Studio34 Gallery, New York2018 Allow Me to Reintroduce Myself, The Cigar Factory, New York2018 Postcard Fundraiser, Plaxall Gallery, New York2018 Sarah Jessica Fine Arts, Provincetown, Massachusetts2017 Figure & Form, ArtProv Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island2017 Studio34 Gallery, New York2017 Sarah Jessica Fine Arts, Provincetown, Massachusetts2016 Sarah Jessica Fine Arts, Provincetown, Massachusetts2016 Studio34 Gallery, New York2016 Flavors of LIC, Crescent Grill, New York2015 ArtProv Gallery, Art Spectrum, Miami2015 Holiday Show, ArtProv Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island2015 LIC-Artists, Falchi Building, New York2015 Clothing Optional: A Figurative Show, ArtProv Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island2015 Made at Reis Studios, Experimental Space, New York2015 LIC-Artists, The Paper Factory Hotel, New York2015 Sarah Jessica Fine Arts, Provincetown, Massachusetts2015 Open Studios, Reis Studios, New York2014 Winter Secrets, Local Project, New York2014 LIC-Artists, Citigroup Showcases, New York2014 Sarah Jessica Fine Arts, Provincetown, Massachusetts2014 Untitled, Experimental Space, New York2013 Fountain Art Fair, Armory, New York2013 Open Studios, Reis Studios, New York2013 Concours, Art Students League of New York2012 Capturing Time, Space Womb, New York2012 In The Place We Live, M55 Gallery, New York2012 Open Studios, Reis Studios, New York2011 Behr Thyssen Gallery, Hudson, New York2011 Sarah Jessica Fine Arts, Provincetown, Massachusetts2010 Small Works Exhibition, Boltax Gallery, Shelter Island, New York2010 Behr Thyssen Gallery, Hudson, New York2010 Sarah Jessica Fine Arts, Provincetown, Massachusetts2010 Tides Gallery, Barbados, West Indies2009 Visible/Invisible, Holiday Inn, New York2009 Open Studios, Reis Studios, New York2009 Open Studios in conjunction with The Armory Show, Crane Street Studios, New York2009 Concours, Art Students League of New York2009 Change, Flushing Town Hall, New York2008 LIC-Artists, (temporary gallery), New York2008 Red Dot Show, Art Students League of New York2008 Concours, Art Students League of New York AWARDS2008 Red Dot Award for Most Outstanding Work, Art Students League of New YorkPUBLICATIONS2025 Bold Journey, Online Publication 2021 The Examiner News, Westchester + Putnam Counties, NY, May 25-312015 Artscope, Clothing Optional, New England, Sept/Oct Issue ORGANIZATIONSLIC-Artists Arts Organization in Long Island City, New YorkSpliced Connector, an artist collective started by artists affiliated with Long Island University. 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