About

Eleonor Botoman is a poet-critic based in New York City. They are currently a New City Critics Fellow at the Architectural League of New York / Urban Omnibus and Urban Design Forum. She is also a recent graduate of New York University’s Experimental Humanities and Museum Studies programs, studying climate resiliency in museum architecture and environmental art curation and education.

She is also the writer behind the newsletter, Screenshot Reliquary.

They have held positions at a number of cultural institutions and publications including the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, David Zwirner Books, Bridge Initiative, Elle Communications, Brooklyn Art Library/The Sketchbook Project, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Artforum, Oxford University Press, Irregular Labs/Irregular Hours, Pen America, Bust Magazine, and the Center for Architecture.

Honors

Milk Press – Best of the Net Award Nomination – October 2024

New York City Poetry Festival – Reader on behalf of Milk Press – July 2024

Center For Book Arts – Creative Publishing Seminar Participant – January 2021

Barnard College – Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize Honorable Mention–April 2019

The Mantle – Best of The Net Award Nomination – July 2018

Press & Editorial

Open Cultural Studies Journal – academic peer reviewer – October 2024

Ecozon@: European Journal of Literature, Culture, and Environment – academic peer reviewer – May 2024

Kernel Magazine – guest editor for Issue 4: Luck – worked with Anna Gorham on “Algorithmaxxing” – March 2024

Bridge Initiative & The Kampong – editor of exhibition catalog for Biscayne – September 2023

Passerby – “paradigm-shifting books of poetry” – featured book recommendation – April 2023

Paroxysm Projects – press release co-author and editor for exhibition at Westbeth Gallery – February 2023

Symbiotic House – contributor for AI-generated speculative architecture project – print catalog published by Dalé Zine– 2022

Fast Company – “4 ways to compete for talent if your workforce can’t be remote” – interviewed for story – December 2022

Buzzfeed News – “It Was Supposed To Be A Benign TikTok On ‘Botanical Sexism,’ But Then It Spiraled Into A Huge Social Media Debate” – August 2021

VeryWell Health – “You Can Blame Your Allergies on ‘Botanical Sexism,’ TikTokers Say” – August 2021

The Eel-centric Hypothetical Atlas on How Humans Have Sex – Noam Youngrak Son – Design Academy Eindhoven Graduate Thesis – editor – July 2021

Refinery29 – “Should You Ask Your Cute Friend Out? Advice From People Who’ve Been There” – interviewed for story – July 2019

CUE Art Foundation – Formula 1: A Loud, Low Hum – proposal for artwork (print) – April 2019

The Oxford Comment – pitched, researched, and coordinated intereviews for episode on organized crime in cinema – 2018

Ratrock Magazine – featured artist – November 2017

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