Elizabeth Russell

Elizabeth Russell was born in Rockport, Massachusetts. Lives and works in Berkeley and San Francisco.

EDUCATION

2016 Master of Fine Arts, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
1998 Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art, Painting, Connecticut College, New London, CT 1996 Insituto Lorenzo de’ Medici, Florence, Italy

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2020 Solo Exhibition, forthcoming, Interface Gallery, Oakland, CA 2018 Heatseeker, Interface Gallery, Oakland, CA,
2017 Shape Logic,NADA NewYork,NY
2016 Other Echoes, Interface Gallery, Oakland, CA

2004 Four Paintings, The Urban Mercantile, San Francisco, CA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2019 Work on View at The Wing, San Francisco, CA
2017 12 Artists at 1240, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA

Takeover, Alter Space, San Francisco, CA
Transformed, Borderline Art Collective, San Francisco, CA
Monster Drawing Rally, Southern Exposure / Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA Gala Alumni Exhibition, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA

2016 Papercuts, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA
Monster Drawing Rally, Southern Exposure / Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA MFA Thesis Exhibition, Fused Space and Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco, CA Textstyling, College Avenue Galleries, Oakland, CA

2015 Ghost in the Hay, Interface Gallery, Oakland, CA
Revolving Door, a 3:1 Project, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA Open House, NYSRP Studios, Brooklyn, NY
Resonant, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Painting Expelled, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Textile-ish, College Avenue Galleries, Oakland, CA

2014 The Walls Fall Away, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA 2012 (Re)Modified, Hartnell College Gallery, Salinas CA

Miniatures, The Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA 2011 Modified, Art Ark Gallery, San Jose, CA
2010 Glimpse, Gallery 244, New Bedford, MA
2009 Cross Pollination, Fine Art Base, Sand City, CA

Found Objects, Fine Art Base, Sand City, CA
2007 Owning Pink, Lauryn Taylor Fine Art, Carmel, CA 2006 Home & Away, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Points of Origin, Lauryn Taylor Fine Art, Carmel, CA

Holiday Show, Lisa Coscino Gallery, Pacific Grove, CA 2005 Launch Party / Silent Auction, LAXART, Los Angeles, CA

Part of the Magic, Williams–Sonoma, Brisbane, CA
2004 Adaptation, Sandbox Studio, San Francisco, CA
2003 Trannie: Rhetorics of Identity in Transition, White Box:The Annex, New York, NY

After Matisse/Picasso, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, NY

HONORS / AWARDS / RESIDENCIES / AFFILIATIONS

2018 Cuttyhunk Island Artists Residency, Gosnold, MA
2016 Charter Resident, Minnesota Street Project Studio Program, San Francisco, CA
2016 Westcliff Scholarship, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass, CO
2016 Travel Scholarship, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2015 Maloof Scholarship, Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass, CO
1998 Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Distinction in Art, Jane Bell Prize Honorable Mention, Dean’s List High Honors,

Connecticut College, New London, CT

ELIZABETH H. RUSSELL

www.elizabethrussell.com • liz@elizabethrussell.com • @lizharlowrussell • CV 2019 p 2/2

TEACHING

2018 Visiting Critic, California College of the Arts, MFA Open Critique
2017 Visiting Critic, California College of the Arts, Karla Wozniak and Michelle Murillo’s Interdisciplinary Critique 2016 Visiting Artist, San Francisco Art Institute, Kim Bennett’s Twin Histories, Hybrid Futures: Painting and Textiles 2016 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Modern Arts, Beth Mangini, California College of the Arts
2015 Graduate Teaching Assistant, 2D Color Translations, California College of the Arts
2010 Sustainability and the Arts Workshops: Natural Dyeing, Papermaking, Prospecting Local Clays. University of

Massachusetts & Bioneers Conference, Dartmouth MA

RECENT PRESS

2018 “The Best Young Abstract Artists You Should Know,” Architectural Digest, by Sydney Wasserman,
May 22. https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/the-best-young-abstract-artists-you-should-know-about

2018 Reading and conversation with Á.R.Vázquez-Concepción on the relationship between Writing and Painting, https://craniumcorporation.org

2018 “Saturday Selects/Exhibitions,” Sight Unseen, Jill Singer. http://www.sightunseen.com/2018/05/week-of-april-30-2018/ 2017 “30 Artists and Galleries We Loved During New York Art Week,” Sight Unseen, Jill Singer.
2017 “Anxiety and the Art Fairs, NADA Edition,” Two Coats of Paint, Sharon Butler.
2017 “TAKEOVER,” by Serena Cole, http://takeoverartzine.bigcartel.com

2016 “Best Shows in the Bay Area 2015.” Curiously Direct, www.curiouslydirect.com, by Aaron Harbour January 13. 2015 “Contents Under Pressure.” 3:1 Publications,Volume 1, Issue 1, November 23.
2015 “Three Can’t Miss Oakland Gallery Exhibits to See in October.” 7x7 Magazine, by Alana Shaw, September 23. 2015 “Ghost in the Hay, Recommended.” Curiously Direct, www.curiouslydirect.com, by Aaron Harbour October 7. 2015 “North America’s Recommended Exhibitions to See This Fall” http://www.artslant.com/ew/articles/show/43886 2015 “Pasts, Presence, and Futures,” The Huffington Post, by JD Beltran, March 9.

2015 “CCA MFA Open Studios” Curiously Direct, www.curiouslydirect.com, by Aaron Harbour February 24.