I’m an artist and art writer living in Los Angeles.
I make paintings and videos about dead French men; horror vacui watercolors; and zines about crowds, public transit, the beginning of the world, and flowers.
I’ve written about arts and culture for The Paris Review, Artnet, The Brooklyn Rail, The New York Times, The Cut, Vogue, and The Village Voice, among other publications. From 2024 - 2025, I was the senior editor at Artillery magazine, an independent Los Angeles art journal. From 2017 - 2022, I lived in the Adirondack Mountains, where I edited a trade publication about forestry and logging, The Northern Logger and Timber Processor. From 2013 - 2016, I was a staff writer and art columnist for Memphis Magazine and The Memphis Flyer.
But all I really care about is my poetry.
Recent Essays & Reviews
Mountain as Method: Inside LA’s Most Mysterious Anti-Institution // Artillery Magazine
In Search of a City Nov/Dec // Artillery Magazine
Furry Artists Will Remake The World // Artillery Magazine
Juliana Halpert and Chris Kraus at Bel Ami // Artillery Magazine
In Search of a City Sept/Oct // Artillery Magazine
Viola Frey at The Pit // Artillery Magazine
Jon Rafman at Spruth Magers // Artillery Magazine
Matthew Lax at Human Resources // Artillery Magazine
Future Nostalgia: On Zak Smith // Drown In It (monograph)
Nate Lowman at David Zwirner // Artillery Magazine
Get in touch: eileentown @ gmail dot com