ELLIOT R. ENGLES (b. 1996, Memphis, TN) is a painter, writer, and multi-disciplinary artist based in Philadelphia. They earned their BFA in Studio Art at the University of Memphis, and their MFA in Painting from Tyler School of Art and Architecture.

Increasingly, Engles finds themself creating according to where the wind blows them — whether it be performing interpretive dance to opera songs while wearing a paper-mâché bull head, torturing and crucifying Barbie for her transgressions against feminism, or painting disembodied porn angels as they use the toilet. Regardless, the core themes of gendered embodiment, identity construction, and the permeability of the barriers between self-other-environment, remain central to their work.