Eliot Greenwald was born in 1983 in Portland, Maine. A self-taught American artist, he lives and works in Ashfield, Massachusetts. He is a maker above all. Indeed, he loves experimenting with materials, techniques and ideas, and builds his own supports.
At the start of the pandemic in 2020, he began drawing a boxy car. Its headlights cut through the darkness. The drawings turned into paintings, then into the Night Car series that made his name. A car crosses a nocturnal wilderness beneath two moons, in saturated, contrasting colors. It is thus a simple metaphor for navigating a suddenly uncertain world. True to a do-it-yourself spirit, Greenwald built oddly shaped custom canvases that became his hallmark. His often improvised handling pushes each image just far enough to convey the idea. The scenes reveal their unreality while keeping a strong sense of place. In the reach of the headlights, the boundary between known and unknown, Rousseau-like jungles appear.
Eliot Greenwald had his first solo exhibition in New York, Night Car, in 2020 at Hesse Flatow. Many exhibitions then followed at Harper’s, in New York, East Hampton and Los Angeles. He has also shown at Taymour Grahne Projects in London, M+B in Los Angeles, WOAW Gallery in Hong Kong and Gana Art in Seoul. In 2024, Almine Rech presented Flabby Saturn in Brussels. In 2023, he showed in Paris at Long Story Short, alongside Serban Ionescu. Juxtapoz, It’s Nice That, Artnet, ARTnews and Hyperallergic have covered his work.
After Eliot Greenwald moved with his family to the countryside, far from the city and the sea, a new image appeared in his sketchbooks. It was a house by the water, with smoke rising from its chimney. He first thought of the granite and pine islands of his native Maine. He also thought of its coastal houses built on stilts to withstand the tides. The smoke, thick as cotton, became a character in its own right. It was partly inspired by Mike Kelley’s Ghost and Spirit photographs. The jungle unfolded in all its flamboyance, confirming him as an exceptional colorist. A full moon, or perhaps a sun, bathes the scenes in an ethereal glow.
Their simplification recalls Matthew Wong’s painting. Close together yet isolated, these fragile houses speak of the precariousness of the human condition. They also evoke a hyperconnected world in which everyone remains alone. The sculptures, including a mask and a hideout, extend this reflection. The car motif occasionally reappears, as if reborn through water.
In 2026, Galerie Enrico Navarra presents this new body of work at Villa Navarra in Le Muy. Ring the Cookhouse Bell is the artist’s first solo exhibition in France. Indeed, the title evokes the bell that calls people to a shared meal. It answers isolation with a joyful call to community.
Doriano Navarra is pleased to present Ring the Cookhouse Bell, an exhibition by American artist Eliot Greenwald at Villa Navarra, from July 6 to October 10, 2026 (by appointment only).
Galerie 75 Faubourg presents Le Mont Never-Rest, the first solo exhibition in France by Japanese-Thai artist Yuree Kensaku, from October 21, 2025 to January 30, 2026. In collaboration with Galerie Enrico Navarra.
Galerie Enrico Navarra presents the solo exhibition of French artist Renk – Thousand Skies. From Graffiti to Painting at the Art Museum of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in Chongqing from September 9 to October 7, 2025. Invited by the institution for his first museum presentation in China, Renk is bringing together more than 80 works created between 2014 and 2024 in a retrospective that traces a unique journey from graffiti to painting.
Doriano Navarra is pleased to present the exhibition by American artist Matt McCormick: Running on Empty at Galerie 75 Faubourg from June 27 to August 1, 2025.
Artemis Baltoyanni and Doriano Navarra are pleased to present the exhibition of the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat: Untitled at The Intermission Gallery from May 22 to August 2, 2025
Lio Malca & Doriano Navarra are pleased to invite you to the exhibition Renk: The Night.
This highly anticipated exhibition unveils a dynamic collection of recent and previously unseen works, unfolding as a poetic meditation on the transition from day to night.
From Thursday, May 8 to Saturday, August 2, 2025
60 White Street, Tribeca, New York, NY 10013
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