About
Manon Eaves paints figures and forms at the threshold of perception, exploring dreamlike spaces where body, psyche, and image converge. Drawing on mythic and psychological imagery, her work considers the premise that Western perception is structured through a fundamentally masculine logic—not only in its gaze, but in the very architecture through which meaning is formed. Rather than critiquing this gaze, Eaves inhabits its interior terrain. Figures emerge fragmented, inverted, or suspended, inhabiting atmospheres charged with ambiguity and moments of perceptual instability. Her paintings probe the porous boundary between illusion and revelation, revealing symbolic worlds that can confine, transform, or recalibrate experience.
Eaves’ practice has evolved through years of independent study and dialogue with other artists, including residencies and critique-based painting programs that have shaped her visual language.
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Exhibitions & Collections
2026 Student Salon, Art Students League of New York, New York, NY
2025 Art on Paper, Pier 36, New York, NY —with Shoestring Press
2025 Galerie Diderot- Painting donated to the Château d'Orquevaux Permanent Collection, Champagnes-Ardenne, France
2019 Temple Gallery- Group show, Seattle, WA
Residencies
2026 NES Artist Residency, Skagaströnd, Iceland
2025 International Artist Resident with Château d'Orquevaux Artists & Writers Residency, Champagnes-Ardenne, France
2020-2021 Member Residency, Kunstraum LLC, Brooklyn, NY
Education & Training
Ongoing Contemporary Narrative Painting at Art Students League, New York, NY
2026 Experimental Painting Practices with Hannah Beerman (12-week course), New York, NY
2026 Salon with Michael David and Ali Rossi (Fall & Winter crit group), New York, NY
2025 Studio Mentorship with Ajay Kurian at NewCrits New York, NY
2018 Oil Painting class at Gage Academy, Seattle, WA
Grants & Awards
2025 Denis Diderot AiR Grant, Château d'Orquevaux, Champagne-Ardenne, France.
