Eliza Owen, b. 1997, is a London based artist.

Education:

2018 - 2019, drawing studies in Florence, Italy 2019 - 2022, BFA, The Ruskin School of Art, Oxford University (1st class Honours) 2026 - 2028, MFA, The Slade School of Art, University College London

AWARDS: 2024: Winner, the Thomas Scholarship, awarded by The Slade School of Art, University College London. 2024: Shortlisted for Sarabande Scholarship, awarded by Maureen Paley and Trino Verkade, CEO of Sarabande Foundation 2022: Winner, The Mansfield Ruddock Prize, with the support of The Paul Ruddock Foundation of the Arts. Judges: Rana Begum, artist; Yana Peel, Global Head of Arts and Culture, Chanel; Stephanie Straine, Senior Curator of Contemporary Art, National Galleries Scotland. 2022: Winner, The Vivien Leigh Prize, purchase prize awarded by the Ashmolean Museum for   my intaglio print on paper, now a part of their permanent contemporary collection. 2020, ’21, 22: Awarded Scholars' essay prizes by Oxford University.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 10/ 2022 - 06/ 2023 ‘The Mansfield Ruddock Prize and Panel Discussion 2022 - 23’, Installation of a sculptural work at Mansfield College, Oxford, UK (exhibiting alongside MFA winners Saba Qizilbash and Joy Labinjo)
16/12/2022 - 20/12/2022 Dwelling group show, London, NW4 3FP, UK 28 /07/ 2023 - 30/07/2023, The Moment is Tender, group show, Five Fold Gallery, 201 Hackney Road, E2 8JP, UK
31/05/2024 - 2/06/2024, Rehearsals, group show, supported by Pusher Gallery, Fillet Gallery, 103 Murray Grove, London N1 7QP
15/06/25 - 5/07/25 Silk, group show with Fleur Dempsey and Rebecca Halliwell Sutton at General Assembly Gallery, 12 St George St, London W1S 2FB 03/12/2025 - 17/12/2026 Studio 1766, group show, Christie’s, 8 King Street, St. James's, London SW1Y 6QT

COLLECTIONS ‍ ‍Vivien Leigh Collection, Contemporary works on paper Collection, Ashmolean Museum, awarded to an outstanding work on paper for ‘Light Flecks Through the Trees’. Mansfield Ruddock Contemporary Collection, Mansfield College, Oxford. Also in private collections across the UK, EU, Switzerland and the USA.