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
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