About

Eleanor Ivory Weber is an artist and writer interested in psychoanalysis, anachronism and the intellectual tradition of pessimism. Since 2018 she is lecturer in art theory and critical practice at Erg (École de recherche graphique–école supérieure des arts), Brussels, and co-director with Camilla Wills of the literary press Divided Publishing (Brussels/London). Eleanor holds an MS in Political Philosophy and Theory from Université Libre de Bruxelles, a Post-Master from a.pass (advanced performance and scenography studies) in Brussels, and a BA(Advanced)(Honours) in Art History & Theory from The University of Sydney. Her writing has appeared in Afterall (London), frieze (London), How To Become (Paris), How To Sleep Faster (London), Jacket2 (Philadelphia), Meanjin (Melbourne), SALT. (London), Starship (Berlin), and This Container (Brussels), and she has written on the work of artists Sara Deraedt, Stefano Faoro, Ghislaine Leung, Asta Lynge, Julia McInerney, Sandra Mujinga, Laxlan Petras, and others. She is the 2022 recipient of the Flanders State of the Arts—Residency Unlimited artistic residency in New York City. In 2023 she presented the program Delay Today (Etablissement d’en face/NICC) and the solo show No Private Problems (Alma Sarif), both in Brussels, where she lives.