solo exhibitions

Garrison Art Center, “Blue Like An Orange”, Garrison, NY, 2021

Happy Lucky No.1 Gallery, “Say, sea,” Brooklyn, NY, 2018

Catskill Art Society, “Low Tide”, Livingston Manor, NY, 2017

Roy G Biv Gallery, Columbus, OH, 2016

Gallery Molly Krom,”More, I need more…”, New York, NY, 2015

DUMBO General Store & Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 2005

Bermuda Society of Arts, Edinburgh Gallery, Hamilton, Bermuda, 1996

selected group exhibitions

57W57 Arts, Small Works, New York, NY 2025

SIDE Door Gallery, Two person Show, Charlotteville, NY 2025

Schweinfurth Art Center, “Made in NY”, Auburn, NY 2025

ArtPort Kingston, "Serendipity Sky", Kingston NY 2024

Bermuda Society of Arts, “The Descendants”, Hamilton, Bermuda 2024

201@105 Gallery, “Underrated Overlooked Underpaid”, New York NY 2022

Ground Floor Gallery, “Deep Blue See: An Exhibition for Child Abuse Prevention”, Brooklyn NY 2020

A.I.R. Gallery, Fe*Mail*Art 2020 Postcard Show, Brooklyn, NY 2020

Brooke Lanier Fine Art, “Selective Memory”, Group Show, Philadelphia, PA 2019

Brush Coat Cover: 2019 Wheaton Biennial, Beard & Weil Galleries, Wheaton College, Norton, MA 2019

Kibbee Gallery, “Civil Discourse”, Atlanta, GA, 2018

Humble Arts Foundation, New Photography, Group Show 56: Source Material, Online, March 2018

Ground Floor Gallery, “Current Locations”, Brooklyn, NY, 2017

Salon Zurcher Mini Fair, Gallery Molly Krom, Paris, France, 2016

Brandt-Roberts Galleries, Abstract Invitational, Columbus, OH, 2016

The Cluster Gallery, “Reformed & Reimagined” Three Person Show, Brooklyn, NY, 2016

Art Zealous/Workville, Group Display, New York, NY, 2016

Megalodon Pop Up Exhibition, Hosted by Proto Gallery, Hoboken, NJ, 2015

Art On Paper Fair, Gallery Molly Krom, New York, NY, 2015

Sculptor's Guild, "Transformation: Upcycle", Governor's Island, New York, NY, 2014

Cutlog New York, “Women with Means” Gallery Molly Krom, New York, NY, 2014

Castello 925 “Come Together: Collage”, Venice, Italy, 2014

Gallery Molly Krom "Come Together: Collage", New York, NY, 2014

Bermuda Society of Arts "Trash Art" Hamilton, Bermuda, 2012

Tang Museum "Skidmore College Alumni Exhibit" Saratoga Springs, NY 2007, 2012

Windjammer Gallery II "Spring Show" Hamilton, Bermuda, 2012

NYCCT Grace Gallery "Group Show" Brooklyn, NY, 2011

DUMBO Arts Festival “Open Studios” Brooklyn, NY, 1996-2012

Jonathan Levine Gallery, “Panorama Project 3", New York, NY, 2008

Cooper Union “Summer Residency Program Exhibition” New York, NY, 2006

DUMBO General Store & Gallery “One Person Show” Brooklyn, NY, 2005

Red Gallery at Savannah College of Art & Design “Small Works” Savannah, GA, 2004

Manhattan Borough President’s Office “Figurative Vision” New York, NY, 2004

Elmira College “Random Selections” Elmira, NY, 2004

Bermuda Society of Arts “Melange a Trois” Hamilton, Bermuda, 2002

The Front Room "21st Suffragettes" Brooklyn, NY, 2001

Alliance Francaise “Lacoste Alumni Exhibit” New York, NY, 2001

Brooklyn Museum of Art “DUMBO Studio Tour” Brooklyn, NY, 2001

The Front Room "Elsewhere:Williamsburg" Brooklyn, NY, 2000

registries/flat files

Peep Space Flat File, Tarrytown, NY 2020

The Painting Center, New York, NY, 2018

Peirogi Flat Files, Brooklyn, NY, 2004-present

NurtureArt, Brooklyn, NY, 2015-2019

Brooklyn Arts Council, Brooklyn, NY, 2015-present

The Drawing Center Viewing Program, New York, NY, 2004-2014

Clementine Gallery, New York, NY, 1999-2001

grants/awards

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Creative Fellow, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, 2019

Finalist, The 2019 Alexander Rutsch Award and Solo Exhibition in Painting, Pelham, NY, 2019

Philip Guston Material Award, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY 1986

residencies

Monson Arts, Monson, ME 2022
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA, 2019

The Corporation of Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY, 2017

The Ora Lerman Charitable Trust, Soaring Gardens Artists Retreat, Laceyville, PA, 2016

Cooper Union Summer Residency Program, New York, NY 2006

publications

The Royal Gazette, Three Generations of Family Art, Charles Zuill, March 18, 2024

The Royal Gazette, Talented Family Comes Together for BSoA Show, Heather Wood, March 12, 2024

Creations By JDB Blog, Interview with Elise Church, February 22, 2024

Hyperallergic, A View From The Easel, January 21, 2019

DART International Magazine, “Say, sea,” @happylucky no.1”, D. Dominick Lombardi, Nov. 14, 2018

Lula JAPAN, Issue 9 “Pleasure of Black”, 2018

The Jealous Curator Blog post, Elise P. Church, March 23, 2018

Le Quotidian De L’Art, Le Salon Zurcher se veut accessible, Damien Sausset, October 22, 2016

Painters Bread, Studio Visit, January 23, 2016

ArteFuse, Elise P. Church at Molly Krom Gallery, Tatiana Istomina, February 21, 2015

Poetic Depth in Collages by Elise Church, Luca Coser and Joe Kupillas: Notes on how abstract shapes suggest movement and a sense of transformation, Sanda Iliescu, December 24, 2013

education

New York City College of Technology, Associate in Applied Science, Brooklyn, NY, 2011

Lacoste School of Arts, Lacoste, France, 1985, 1994

Parsons School of Design, Paris, France, 1988-1989

Skidmore College, Bachelor of Science, Saratoga Springs, NY, 1987