Elaine Chow is a painter and designer. Her work is about preservation of memory and cultural value.

Elaine received her master’s degree in Fine Arts from School of Visual Arts and a bachelor’s degree in Studio Art from New York University. She has participated in exhibitions including PS 122 (New York, NY), International Print Center New York, (New York, NY), SPACES (Cleveland, OH), John Michael Kohler Arts Center (Sheboygan, WI), and NARS Foundation (Brooklyn, NY). She is a recipient of a 2005 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Sculpture. In 2008, she was awarded a Japan-United States Friendship Commission/National Endowment for the Arts Creative Artist Exchange Fellowship and spent half a year in Kyoto painting and studying textiles and the gift-giving culture of Japan. She is currently working on year-long series of drawings, paintings, and prints inspired by her domestic (be)longings.

  • 2022
    Firefly Artists Gallery, Northport, NY; Kindred Spirits

    2013
    Hammond Hall, Winter Harbor, ME; In Celebration of Gardens

    2012
    IPCNY International Print Center New York, New York, NY; New Prints 2011/2012 Benefit
    Halford Street, San Gabriel, CA; House Beautiful
    Visual Arts Center, University of Texas, Austin TX; New Prints 2011/Autumn
    John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan WI; Annual Benefit Gala

    2011
    IPCNY International Print Center New York, New York, NY; New Prints 2011/Autumn
    NARS Foundation, Brooklyn NY; Sunset Rising, NARS Foundation Annual Benefit
    AG Gallery, Brooklyn NY; Silent Auction and Shop
    Samson Projects, Boston MA; Chain Letter

    2010
    The Homefront Gallery, Long Island City NY; Holiday Exchange

    2009
    Gallery Satori, New York NY; Two Degrees of Separation
    John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan WI; Annual Benefit Gala

    2007
    Schmidt Center Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton FL; Delicatessen
    Apex Art, New York NY; The Most Curatorial Biennial of the Universe
    New York Foundation for the Arts, Location One, New York NY; Flash Pop, Benefit & Auction
    Artists Space, New York NY; Artists (web) Space, April/May
    Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica CA; Pillow Talk
    John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan WI; Laced with History

    2006
    AG Gallery, Brooklyn NY; Victorian Now

    2005
    Sevilla Entre Culturas, Guadalgrivir River; Sevilla Spain, Copilandia
    Visual Arts Gallery, SVA, New York NY; Alumni Society Auction
    PS122 Gallery, New York NY, Hallway Space; Hospitality
    Goliath Visual Space, Brooklyn NY; Benaddiction III

    2004
    Sabina Lee Gallery, Los Angeles CA; Housebound
    SPACES, Cleveland OH; Home on the Edge
    Visceglia Gallery, Caldwell College, Caldwell NJ; Borderlands; 4 Installations
    Visual Arts Gallery, SVA, New York NY; Slice and Dice
    Plus Ultra Gallery, Brooklyn NY; The Truck Stops Here
    Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York NY; Transmotion

    2003
    Artists Space, New York NY; Night of 1,000 Drawings
    Time Square Gallery, Hunter College, New York NY; Douglas Dibble Memorial Art Auction
    Transient Gallery, New York NY; Ascent; Art Start Benefit

    2002
    Visual Arts Gallery, SVA, New York NY; Just Add Water

    2001
    Los Angeles Arboretum, Los Angeles CA; Cross Pollination
    Westside Gallery, SVA, New York NY; Time: Passage of Light
    Visual Arts Gallery, SVA, New York NY; Synthetic Dystopia
    Holland Tunnel Gallery, Brooklyn NY; Cross Pollination

    2000
    Washington Square East Gallery, New York NY; Small Works

    1996
    Museo del Arte Contemporarea, Badajoz Spain; Copiacabana

    1995
    Bilbao River, Bilbao Spain; Copyright Island
    Paula Cooper Gallery, New York NY; Labeling a Woman, Collaboration with Elizabeth Hendler, Time Capsule Event
    Johannesburg Biennial, Johannesburg South Africa; Blackboard Jungle Dub, Group collaboration with Federico Guzman
    Rosenberg Gallery, NYU, New York NY; Morality of Materials

  • 2012
    Tallman, Susan. "IPCNY New Prints 2011/Autumn" Art In Print, March/April

    2008
    Halm, Daniel. “Home, Sweet Home; Print Gallery” Visual Arts Journal, School of Visual Arts Magazine, Spring

    2007 
    Glaser, Brian. “Deli Sandwhich” Visual Arts Briefs, December 14.
    Golden-McNerney, Regan. “One String After Another, Labor and Lace in Contemporary Art” Susceptible to Images, a Milwaukee Art Review, May 1.

    2005
    Epstein, Rebecca. “Living Proof” Los Angeles City Beat, January 6.

    2004
    Myers, Holly. “The Value of Having Some Space” Los Angeles Times, December 24.
    Tranberg, Dan. “Seeing Strangeness in Familiar Stuff” The Cleveland Plain Dealer, December 23.

    2001
    “Cross-Pollination at Holland Tunnel” Waterfront Week:Artburgher, Volume 11-6, April 5.

  • Japan-United States Friendship Commission/National Endowment for the Arts Creative Artist Exchange Fellowship; 2008
    New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Sculpture; 2005
    School of Visual Arts Full Tuition Scholarship; 2000-2002
    New York University Honors Scholar; 1997
    SACI International Art Student Scholarship; 1996
    New York University Education Trustee Scholarship; 1993-1997

  • United States Department of State; U.S. Embassy to Kazakhstan

  • School of Visual Arts, New York NY, MFA Fine Arts; 2002
    New York University, New York NY, BS Studio Art, magna cum laude; 1997
    Studio Art Centers International, Florence Italy, semester abroad; 1996