E L S I E K A G A N
elsiekagan@yahoo.com :: www.elsiekagan.net
Born: Berkeley, CA. Lives and Works: Brooklyn, NY
SELECTED SOLO AND 2-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2018 the good minute goes, solo exhibition. Sweet Lorraine Gallery,
Brooklyn NY
2016 Everything is green, solo exhibition. Chase Family Gallery, Mandell
Center, Hartford, CT
2013 Nethermead, solo exhibition. Rivington Design House Gallery, LES,
New York, NY
2012 Elsie Kagan and Lori Ellison, curated by Sarah Schmerler. Soap Box
Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 Summer Show with Arts Gowanus, curated by John Gagne, Threes
Brewing, Brooklyn NY
2017 Missing me one place search another, Sweet Lorainne Gallery,
Brooklyn NY
2016 Assembly Desired, Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn NY
2016 New Leaf, curated by Elsie Kagan, Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn
NY
2015 Ortega 100, Ortega y Gasset Projects, Brooklyn NY
2015 In our cave we see shadows, curated by Fannie Allie and Ketta
Ioannidou, Project 722, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Feel the Power, with ArtFCity, Lightbox Gallery, New York, NY
2015 At the old Gem, Arts@Renaissance, Brooklyn NY
2014 Surface, LAH Gallery, Boston, MA
2013 The Alumni Show II, curated by John B. Ravenal. Zilkah Gallery at
Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
2013 Curate NYC, Elisa Contemporary Art, Bronx, NY and Rush Arts, NY
2013 Collectively Assembled, curated by Yulia Tikhonova.
Arts@Renaissance, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Elsie Kagan and Danielle Mysliwiec, 56 Bogart, Brooklyn, NY
2012 SeaFair, Brenda Taylor Gallery, Greenwich, CT
2011 NurtureArt Benefit, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY
2011 tART, Arts@Renaissance, Brooklyn, NY
2010 VERGE Miami, Brenda Taylor Gallery, Miami, FL
2009 VERGE Miami, Brenda Taylor Gallery, Miami, FL; RedDot Art Fair,
Brenda Taylor Gallery, New York, NY
EDUCATION, GRANTS, AND RESIDENCIES
2017 Vermont Studio Center Fellowship and Residency, funded by the
National Endowment for the Arts
2015 Promise Award Grant, Sustainable Arts Foundation
2015 Vermont Studio Center
2013 Vermont Studio Center, Fellowship and Residency,
funded by the Sustainable Arts Foundation
2005 Masters of Fine Art, in Painting. Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia,
PA and Rome, Italy
1999 Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Studio Art, and Phi Betta Kappa.
Wesleyan University, Middletown CT
SELECTED PRESS AND PUBLICATIONS
2015 Cover art for the Fall contemporary poetry collection published by
OTHER PRESS, New York, NY
2014 ‘The Entropic Gesture’, longform essay on my work by David
Gibson, curator and arts writer, gibsoncontemporary.blogspot.com
Looking at Painting Fall, 2014 magazine and Studio Visit
magazine, Fall 2014, Feature and Interview, Wallbreakers.com,
June 2014
2013 Ravenal, John B. “The Alumni Show II: Wesleyan University”
Exhibition Catalogue and Essay, Wesleyan Center for The Arts, Oct
2013, Schmerler, Sarah. “One Critic’s Virtual Exhibition of Hot
Women Artists: Hello, Brooklyn Museum… anyone home?” Full
page feature and article, Williamsburg Greenpoint News and Arts,
Feb 2013, Grey, Matt. Featured interview, “Elsie
KaganXNethermeadXRDH”, Off to See the Elephant.com, Feb 2013
Kimball, Whitney. Featured image and article “This Week’s
Must-See Art Events”, The L Magazine, Jan 2013
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
2015-‘18 Juror for the Sustainable Arts Foundation
2011-’18 Founder and organizer of a large Brooklyn-based Parent Artists
Network
2014 Visiting Artist, American University Art Department, Washington,
DC
elsiekagan@yahoo.com :: www.elsiekagan.net
Born: Berkeley, CA. Lives and Works: Brooklyn, NY
SELECTED SOLO AND 2-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2018 the good minute goes, solo exhibition. Sweet Lorraine Gallery,
Brooklyn NY
2016 Everything is green, solo exhibition. Chase Family Gallery, Mandell
Center, Hartford, CT
2013 Nethermead, solo exhibition. Rivington Design House Gallery, LES,
New York, NY
2012 Elsie Kagan and Lori Ellison, curated by Sarah Schmerler. Soap Box
Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 Summer Show with Arts Gowanus, curated by John Gagne, Threes
Brewing, Brooklyn NY
2017 Missing me one place search another, Sweet Lorainne Gallery,
Brooklyn NY
2016 Assembly Desired, Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn NY
2016 New Leaf, curated by Elsie Kagan, Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn
NY
2015 Ortega 100, Ortega y Gasset Projects, Brooklyn NY
2015 In our cave we see shadows, curated by Fannie Allie and Ketta
Ioannidou, Project 722, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Feel the Power, with ArtFCity, Lightbox Gallery, New York, NY
2015 At the old Gem, Arts@Renaissance, Brooklyn NY
2014 Surface, LAH Gallery, Boston, MA
2013 The Alumni Show II, curated by John B. Ravenal. Zilkah Gallery at
Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
2013 Curate NYC, Elisa Contemporary Art, Bronx, NY and Rush Arts, NY
2013 Collectively Assembled, curated by Yulia Tikhonova.
Arts@Renaissance, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Elsie Kagan and Danielle Mysliwiec, 56 Bogart, Brooklyn, NY
2012 SeaFair, Brenda Taylor Gallery, Greenwich, CT
2011 NurtureArt Benefit, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY
2011 tART, Arts@Renaissance, Brooklyn, NY
2010 VERGE Miami, Brenda Taylor Gallery, Miami, FL
2009 VERGE Miami, Brenda Taylor Gallery, Miami, FL; RedDot Art Fair,
Brenda Taylor Gallery, New York, NY
EDUCATION, GRANTS, AND RESIDENCIES
2017 Vermont Studio Center Fellowship and Residency, funded by the
National Endowment for the Arts
2015 Promise Award Grant, Sustainable Arts Foundation
2015 Vermont Studio Center
2013 Vermont Studio Center, Fellowship and Residency,
funded by the Sustainable Arts Foundation
2005 Masters of Fine Art, in Painting. Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia,
PA and Rome, Italy
1999 Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Studio Art, and Phi Betta Kappa.
Wesleyan University, Middletown CT
SELECTED PRESS AND PUBLICATIONS
2015 Cover art for the Fall contemporary poetry collection published by
OTHER PRESS, New York, NY
2014 ‘The Entropic Gesture’, longform essay on my work by David
Gibson, curator and arts writer, gibsoncontemporary.blogspot.com
Looking at Painting Fall, 2014 magazine and Studio Visit
magazine, Fall 2014, Feature and Interview, Wallbreakers.com,
June 2014
2013 Ravenal, John B. “The Alumni Show II: Wesleyan University”
Exhibition Catalogue and Essay, Wesleyan Center for The Arts, Oct
2013, Schmerler, Sarah. “One Critic’s Virtual Exhibition of Hot
Women Artists: Hello, Brooklyn Museum… anyone home?” Full
page feature and article, Williamsburg Greenpoint News and Arts,
Feb 2013, Grey, Matt. Featured interview, “Elsie
KaganXNethermeadXRDH”, Off to See the Elephant.com, Feb 2013
Kimball, Whitney. Featured image and article “This Week’s
Must-See Art Events”, The L Magazine, Jan 2013
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
2015-‘18 Juror for the Sustainable Arts Foundation
2011-’18 Founder and organizer of a large Brooklyn-based Parent Artists
Network
2014 Visiting Artist, American University Art Department, Washington,
DC