Eli Bornowsky

Born in Alberta, Eli Bornowsky received his BFA in Visual Arts from Emily Carr in 2005. In 2007 his paintings were shown in the group exhibition Gasoline Rainbows at the Contemporary Art Gallery and he began working with the Blanket Gallery with solo exhibitions in 2007, 2008 and 2011. In 2008 he curated the exhibition Making Real at the Or Gallery and in 2009 his work was included in the exhibition Enacting Abstraction at the Vancouver Art Gallery. In 2010 he curated Clamour and Toll, a series of experimental noise performances at the Or Gallery and exhibited Walking Square Cylinder Plane, a solo exhibition at the Western Front. In 2011 he was commissioned to create a new work for the Walrus magazine. He has published numerous critical texts and has been shortlisted three times for the RBC Painting Competition. He is currently pursuing his MFA at Bard College in upstate New York.