Eileen Havant Townsend is an artist and writer living in Los Angeles.
Her first solo exhibition, “The Mystery of Cave Island” is on view at Tops Gallery April 25 - June 20, 2026.
Her writing on art and culture has appeared in The Paris Review, Artnet, The Brooklyn Rail, The New York Times, Los Angeles Review of Books, The Cut, Vogue, and The Village Voice, Memphis Magazine and The Memphis Flyer among other publications. From 2017 - 2022, she lived in the Adirondack Mountains as the editor of The Northern Logger and Timber Processor. Her poetry has appeared in Meetinghouse magazine and Girl Blood Info. Townsend holds an MA from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and an MFA from SUNY New Paltz.
Recent Writing
Seeking Reality in Tinseltown: An Interview with Luc Tuymans // Los Angeles Review of Books
Mountain as Method: Inside LA’s Most Mysterious Anti-Institution // Artillery Magazine
In Search of a City // Artillery Magazine
Furry Artists Will Remake The World // Artillery Magazine
Juliana Halpert and Chris Kraus at Bel Ami // Artillery Magazine
Viola Frey at The Pit // Artillery Magazine
Jon Rafman at Spruth Magers // Artillery Magazine
Matthew Lax at Human Resources // Artillery Magazine
Nate Lowman at David Zwirner // Artillery Magazine
The Freakiest Outfits We Saw at Frieze Art Fair // Freak Palace
email : eileentown at gmail dot com