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ELEANOR MAHIN THORP
Brooklyn, NY
MFA in Painting and Printmaking, Virginia Commonwealth Univeristy (2022)
BFA Weber State University (2020)

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Eleanor Mahin Thorp is an artist based in Brooklyn, NY. Her solo exhibitions include Snowtrickle,  Feldspar, Dirt at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT (2026); Bend of the  Southern Cross, Plato Gallery, New York, NY (2025); Friends of My Luonto, Virginia Museum of  Fine Art, Richmond, VA (2025); Metopic Ridge, Tephra Institute of Contemporary Art,  Washington, DC (2023); Earth Blossom, dual Exhibition with Ali Kaeini, 1708 Gallery, Richmond,  VA (2023) and Blast Zone, The Anderson Gallery, Richmond, VA (2022). 

Thorp has completed residencies, including Foundation House (2026) Yellowstone Art Museum  (2025); Wassaic Projects (2024), La Wayaka (2024), Monson Arts (2024), Banff Centre (2024);  Arteles (2023) and Visual Arts Center of Richmond (2022). She is the recipient of the Virginia  Museum of Fine Art Fellowship (2023), the VCU Arts Faculty Research Grant (2023) and the  Virginia Center for Creative Arts Artist Fellowship (2023). She was granted The Capital Prize  (2026), nominated for a Catherine Doctorow Prize in Contemporary Painting (2025), a finalist of  the Trawick Prize (2022) and the Hopper Prize finalist (2020). Thorp was featured on  Yellowstone Public Radio in 2025. Her work has been reviewed in Impulse Magazine, the  Washington Post and published in Anarchist Review of Books. She received her MFA in Painting  and Printmaking from Virginia Commonwealth University and a BFA from Weber State University. She currently teaches at City College at City University of New York.

Monument
2026
copper overburden and oil on panel
16 x 12 inches
Price Upon Request
Flame
2026
copper overburden and oil on panel
16 x 12 inches
Price Upon Request
Overhead 10
2025
oil on panel
12 x 12 inches
Price Upon Request
Overhead 8
2025
oil on panel
12 x 12 inches
Price Upon Request

Small Boulder
2024
oil and stone on wood panel
18 x 24 inches
Price Upon Request
Mighty Miekko
2024
oil and stone on wood panel
12 x 12 inches
Price Upon Request
Exo-Split
2025
oil, stone, mica, and sand on wood panel
40 x 60 inches
Price Upon Request






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Eleanor Mahin Thorp's Snowtrickle, feldspar, dirt at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art from June 26–September 19, 2026.


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