elsiekagan@gmail.com :: www.elsiekagan.net
Born: Berkeley, CA. Lives and Works: Brooklyn & Hudson NY

SELECTED SOLO AND 2-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2024 the future is certain, solo exhibition. The Shirley Project Space, Brooklyn, NY
2022 field trip, solo exhibition. eeeee, CDMX, Mexico
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, 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
2025 Nature Nurture, curated by Katerina Lanfranco, Sweet Lorraine Gallery, Brooklyn NY
2024 Lucid Dreams, curated by Regine Basha. Shirley Project Space, Brooklyn
2022 Tesoros, curated by Maria Lightowler, Quinto del Sordo, Madrid
2019 Reclamation, curated by Anna Cahn, Compere Collective, Brooklyn
2019 I heard a fly buzz – when I died, curated by Chris Lucius, Sweet Lorraine Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2017 missing me one place search another, Treasure Island, 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 & 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 Alumni, curated by John B. Ravenal. Zilkah Gallery at Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
2013 Curate NYC, Elisa Contemporary, NY and Rush Arts, New York, NY
2013 Collectively Assembled, curated by Yulia Tikhonova. Arts@Renaissance, Brooklyn, NY

EDUCATION, GRANTS, AND RESIDENCIES
2022 R.A.R.O., 2-month residency, Madrid Spain
2022 eeeee, 1-month residency, Mexico City, Mexico
2019 Residency Unlimited, 3-month residency, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown MA. Workshop with Angela Dufresne
2017 Vermont Studio Center, grant from the National Endowment for the Arts
2015 Grant, Sustainable Arts Foundation
2015 Vermont Studio Center, Residency with VSC Full Fellowship
2013 Vermont Studio Center, Fellowship and Residency, grant from 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 Art, & Phi Betta Kappa. Wesleyan University, Middletown CT

SELECTED PRESS AND PUBLICATIONS

2023 Image Magazine, Audacious Borrowing: Contemporary Art Revisits the Renaissance, by Joanne Allen, Summer 2023 Edition
2021 Hyperallergic magazine, A Residency Designed for Artist-Parents is the First of its Kind in US, by Daniel Gerwin, July 2021
2016 Mother Mother magazine, Volume 1, by Sheilah Wilson
2015 Cover art for the Fall Poetry Collection, OTHER PRESS, New York, NY
2014 The Entropic Gesture, longform essay by David Gibson
Looking at Painting Fall, 2014 magazine; Studio Visit Fall 2014 magazine
2013 The Alumni Show II: Wesleyan University Exhibition Catalogue and Essay, John B. Ravenal, Wesleyan University, Oct 2013
One Critic’s Virtual Exhibition of Hot Women Artists: Hello, Brooklyn Museum… anyone home? Sarah Schmerler, Feature and article, Williamsburg Greenpoint News and Arts, 2013
Featured image and article, Whitney Kimball, The L Magazine, Jan 2013

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND PROJECTS

2019-current Founder and Executive Director, Interlude Artist Residency, a 501c3 Artist Residency program for artists raising children. Hudson, NY
2024 When A.I. asks the Question: Panel Discussion with Sarah Sutton, Carla Gannis, and Elsie Kagan, moderated by Carl Robichaud. The Shirley Project Space, Brooklyn NY
2024 Interview with Kate Mothes, of YoungSpace, for WeTheMuse.art
2024 Interview and live broadcast with author Catherine Ricketts, Mother/Artist
2023 Panelist, College Art Association conference, NYC
2015-‘23 Juror for the Sustainable Arts Foundation
2011-’18 Founder and organizer of a large Brooklyn-based Parent Artists Network
2014 Visiting Lecturer, American University, Washington, DC