Liz Ainslie’s abstractions draw from her observations and memories of disparate elements such as 1970s interior decor, the upstate New York landscape, My Little Pony, and ancient Greek wall paintings. The artist first immerses herself in natural landscapes, where she makes drawings from observation. Then, she reworks them in her studio using photographs of architectural surfaces and patterns as additional references. These elements come together through a palette of colors harvested from both past and present.

Liz Ainslie was born in 1978 and lives in Brooklyn, NY. She received her MFA from Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, PA (2004) and her BFA from Alfred University in Alfred, NY (2001).

She has mounted solo and two-person exhibitions at Good Naked in New York City, NY (2022); SARDINE in Brooklyn, NY (2020); Transmitter in Brooklyn, NY (2017); and the Cohen Gallery at Alfred University in Alfred, NY (2017).

Ainslie has participated in group shows such as La Banda at Tappeto Volante in Brooklyn, NY (2023); It’s Never Over at St. Charles in Baltimore, MD (2023); Golden States at SPRING/BREAK Art Show in Los Angeles, CA (2022); Shifting Instinct at The Ekru Project in Kansas City, MO (2022); Mei-(1)+Mei-(2) at ZXY Gallery in Brooklyn, NY (2022), Blurring Boundaries: The Women Of AAA, 1936–present at the California Center for the Arts in Escondido, CA (2022); Transmissions at Underdonk in Brooklyn, NY (2021); and others.

She was a visiting artist at Trestle Projects (2018) and a resident artist at the Millay Colony for the Arts (2011) and the Atlantic Center for the Arts (2006).