Brighton, MA
About Elliot Portman:
Eli Portman was born and raised in the Greater Boston area. He graduated from the State University of New York at Binghamton with a Bachelors Degree in studio art in 2014.
While teaching painting at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston and the Eliot School of Fine and Applied Arts, he has also created murals and custom artwork for Starbucks, Walmart, General Electric, Salem State University, the Punto Urban Art Museum, the Downtown Boston BID and the City of Boston. He has presented many works in galleries, universities, and venues throughout the Boston area and is a member of the Copley Society of Art. Portman helped create the largest watercolor painting on record with a traveling Holocaust history exhibit in 2024, and was featured on the GBH Community Canvas in 2025.
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Selected exhibitions
- Galatea Fine Art Gallery NE Collective VI - South End, Boston, MA, 2015
- Newton Art Association, James King Bonnar Show, New Art Center - Newton, MA, 2015
- Ink Stains, Brookline Library, Main Branch - Brookline, MA, 2014
- Light, Form and Shadow: Spool MFG Gallery - Johnson City, NY, 2014
- Out of Reach, Jungle Science Gallery - Binghamton, NY, 2013