Biography

Lilly McElroy

American, lives and works in New York City

Solo Exhibitions

2010
2009 Was A Rough Year
Thomas Robertello Gallery, Chicago, IL

2009
I kicked a dog
Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA

2008
I Throw Myself at Men
Thomas Robertello Gallery, Chicago, IL

2007
Lilly invites you to watch the sunset with her
Roger Smith Lab Gallery, New York, NY

2006
They're playing our song...
Teti Gallery, Chicago, IL

2003
Locations
Lionel Romback Gallery, Tucson, AZ

Selected Group Exhibitions & Performances

2010
Love Sick
Stills Gallery, Paddington, Australia

Framed
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN

Aspect EZ: Strangely Funny
Godine Family Gallery, Boston, MA

2009
Gravity Buffs
Thomas Robertello Gallery, Chicago, IL

2008
Backlight: Tickle Attack
TR1, Tampere Finland

Hello Liberty
Dalton Gallery of Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA

Three Hours Between Planes: Contemporary Photography from Chicago and Leipzig
Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL, & Werkschauhalle, Leipzig, Germany

EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF/GOD AGAINST ALL
White Flag Projects, St. Louis, MO

2007
Out of the Blue
Proof Gallery, Boston, MA

The Bees: Something Swarming Something
Brooklyn Fire Proof, Brooklyn, NY

Vision Request
A-Z West, Joshua Tree, CA

Told and Retold: Stories from Chicago
The Devos Art Museum, Marquette, MI

Free Rein/Full Play: New Chicago Photography
Ellen Curlee Gallery, St. Louis, MO

Biennial Exhibition
Air Gallery, New York, NY

I Got Here First
Southeastern Contemporary Art Gallery, Hammond, LA

2006
WPA/C's Experimental Media Series: Cowboys, Cliches, Codes, and Conspiracies
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

Sisyphean desires, systems and devices
Saltworks Gallery, Atlanta, GA

Golden Girls: Fantasies, Utopias and Alter Egos
Gallery 2, Chicago, IL

Missed Connections
Hokin Gallery, Chicago, IL

2005
Wish/Alchemy
Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA

Video Heart
Modern Formations Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

Selfish
Project Space, Chicago, IL

Cross Cuts
Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Publications

2010
Aperture, Issue #199, Summer 2010, pg 31-37

2008
Beautiful Decay, Issue Y, pg 63-67
Art on Paper, Sept/Oct 2008, Vol. 13 NO. 1, Pg. 89
Modern Painters, June, pg 97
O: The Oprah Magazine, July, Vol.9 NO. 7, pg 32
Bust, Dec/Jan 09, pg 12
Elle Magazine, May NO. 273, pg 172
Chicago Reader, "She Throws Herself at Men," March 20, pg 16-17
La Republica delle Donne, February 16, No. 585, pg 72

2007
Shrug Magazine, August issue
Just can't get enough, Capricious Magazine, Issue #6
Liberation, August 7, page IV

Education

2006
MFA Studio Art, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2004
MFA Studio Art, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2006
MFA Studio Art, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Residencies

2008-09
Fine Art Work Center, Provincetown, MA Winter Fellow

2006
The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME