Last updated: 28 October 2026
Elizabeth Dimitroff is the London-based British-American artist who paints soft, hazy oil scenes of swimmers, bathers and half-remembered rooms. Here you will find our take on her work, where to see Elizabeth Dimitroff now, how to buy her paintings, and her small panel in this year’s War Child auction.
Our take on Elizabeth Dimitroff
Dimitroff paints figures that seem to dissolve into their surroundings: a swimmer in green water, a bather by a still lake, a man asleep on a red bed. The edges are soft and the colours are chalky, like a memory that is starting to fade. She came to it sideways, after a degree in furniture design. “I wasn’t formally trained as a painter, so my learning process was initially intuitive,” she told Cold Magazine.
Her War Child piece, Runner, is an oil on panel. A naked male figure, painted in rosy pinks and reds, runs away from us across a pale blue-green ground. He is slightly blurred, as if caught mid-stride on a slow shutter. One heel kicks up behind him, and a soft grey shadow sits underneath. The linen-like texture of the ground shows through the paint.
She is clear about when a picture is done. “The painting is complete when it is an ambivalent, yet discernible impression of an experience or observation,” she said in the same feature. She had her first New York solo show in 2024 and has two UK presentations lined up for 2026 and 2027, so this is an early chance to own her work.
Elizabeth Dimitroff: the essentials
- Born in 1995. She is British-American and lives and works in London, according to her own website.
- Studied furniture design at Rhode Island School of Design (BFA, 2017) and sculpture at the Royal College of Art, London (MA, 2023).
- Received a Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant in 2025. She has held residencies with The Dot Project at Coughton Court, Revue Studios in London and L’AiR Arts in Paris.
- Her debut New York solo show, Afterimage, was at Yossi Milo in 2024, and Artforum’s Artguide named it a must-see.
- Due to show new work with The Dot Project at Coughton Court in October 2026 and in Huxley-Parlour’s Conduit programme in April 2027, according to her website.
- Her work is in the Green Family Art Foundation collection in Dallas.
Where to see Elizabeth Dimitroff now
- Coming up: Sound & Vision 2026, a War Child charity auction online from 27 October to 12 November 2026, with the works on view at Iconic Images Gallery, London, 6 to 8 November. The piece is Runner (2026), oil on panel, 15 x 21 cm (5.9 x 8.3 in), lot page.
- Afterimage (solo), Yossi Milo, New York, 8 February to 9 March 2024.
How to buy an Elizabeth Dimitroff painting
Elizabeth Dimitroff does not sell prints. Here is how to buy a painting:
Elizabeth Dimitroff FAQs
Where did Elizabeth Dimitroff study?
Rhode Island School of Design, where she took a BFA in furniture design, and the Royal College of Art, London, where she took an MA in sculpture.
What does Elizabeth Dimitroff paint?
Soft, hazy oil paintings of figures, often swimmers and bathers, that work like fading memories.
Has Elizabeth Dimitroff had a solo show?
Yes. Afterimage at Yossi Milo, New York, ran from 8 February to 9 March 2024.
Where can I see her work in London?
Her War Child piece, Runner, is on view at Iconic Images Gallery from 6 to 8 November 2026.
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Main image: Elizabeth Dimitroff. Courtesy Metal Magazine. Cropped and framed by CoolCuration. Exhibition dates, prices, auction results and market figures last checked: 28 October 2026.
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