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b. 1984 -

Eliza Douglas (born 1984) is an American painter who lives and works in Frankfurt, Germany and New York City.

Douglas grew up in the West Village in New York City. She holds a BA in film studies from Bard College, and attended the Städelschule in Frankfurt-Am-Main from 2015-2017. There she studied with Willem de Rooij. Aside from being an artist Douglas has worked as a model for Balenciaga and Vetements.

Douglas's work is interdisciplinary and ranges from paintings to performance. She began painting while at the Städelschule.[4] Her paintings are conceptually driven and combine realism, abstraction, and humor. In some pieces, Douglas hires a technical painter to render the more realistic elements.

Douglas has also collaborated with artist Puppies Puppies. She cites Monika Baer and Maria Lassnig as inspirations.

Her work has been exhibited at Museum Folkwang, Essen, Schinkel Pavillon [de], Berlin, and the Jewish Museum, New York.

Douglas is known for her collaborations with German artist Anne Imhof. For the 57th Venice Biennale in 2017, Douglas was the co-creator of music and performer for Imhof's work titled Faust, which won the Golden Lion.Imhof and Douglas have made paintings together. Douglas also performed in Sex, Imhof's 2019 piece for the Tate Modern, now on view at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Douglas has toured with Antony and the Johnsons (2006) and Devendra Banhart (2004-2006).