Eli Hill is an artist living and working in New York. They are from a working-class family in Port Huron, Michigan. He attended The Cooper Union (full-tuition scholarship) and Rutgers University (full-tuition scholarship). They were a resident at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2019 and Silver Art Projects from 2024-2025.
He has exhibited his work internationally in group exhibitions, including Haus der Kunst, The Miami Art Museum, and galleries such as Nest, Harkawik, Olympia, 56 HENRY, and 41 Cooper. Their solo exhibitions include Harkawik, Mason Gross Galleries, ZH Projects, Palo Gallery, and 41 Cooper.
They are the recipient of a 2024 and 2021 Youngarts microgrant and a 2020 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation grant. In 2021, their one-bug drag play was commissioned for Skowhegan’s 75th-anniversary block party. He graduated with high honors from the Cooper Union and received the Most Deserving Third-Year and Excellence in Drawing awards. He was a national YoungArts Winner and a semi-finalist for the prestigious Presidential Scholar in the Arts award in 2013.
They have written extensively on contemporary art, artists’ books, art history, and art education. Their writing can be found in Artsy, Art in America, The Brooklyn Rail, and The Hoosac Institute Journal, among other publications.
Hill is a dedicated educator. He has instructed for The Queens Museum, The Children’s Museum of New York, Interlochen Center for the Arts. He is a Part-time Lecturer of Painting and Drawing at Rutgers University since 2019.
In addition to art-making and educating, Hill has volunteered for NYC Parks and Trans Lifeline. He now works with Callen-Lorde Community Health Center.
For fun, Hill is a runner and regularly competes in the Non-Binary category for long-distance races. He is a UESCA certified running coach and works with trans non-binary people to guide their relationship with movement.
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Eli Hill 