Elisa Jensen
Awards
Irish Arts & Culture Award, 2021, Irish Echo
New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship Grant, 2015
Finalist, Basil Alkazzi Award for Painting, NY Foundation for the Arts, 2012
National Academy Prize for Painting, National Academy Invitational, NYC 2010
John Koch Award in Art, American Academy of Arts & Letters, 2009
Revson Foundation via the New York Studio School, 1993
Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
Closer to Home, Pamela Salisbury Gallery, Hudson, NY, 2021
Gold Boats and the Fair Wheel, Roger Smith Hotel, NYC, 2019
100 Gold Boats and the Fair Wheel, David & Schweitzer Contemporary Project Room, Bushwick, NY, 2018
Valentine Gallery, Elisa Jensen & Janice Nowinski, Ridgewood, NYC, 2017
Call Out, John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY 2015
Street Lines, The Painting Center, NYC, 2014
Neighborhood Watch, Kimmel Gallery, NYU, 2014
Place and Passage: Elisa Jensen & Ruth Miller, New York Studio School Gallery, NYC, 2014
Governor's Island Art Fair, NYC, 2012
Perimeter Gallery, Belfast Maine, 2006
Icehouse Gallery, Greenport, Long Island, 2005
Gallery 100, Sarasota Springs, NY, 2004
Bickett Gallery, Raleigh, NC, 2004
Royal Danish Consulate General, NYC, 2002
Paintings, Ansonia Gallery, NY, 1999
Suffolk County Community College, NJ, 1998
Washington Art Association, CT, 1998
Morso Kunstforening, Denmark, 1997
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022
Still Life and the Poetry of Place, Pamela Salisbury Gallery, Hudson, NY
Represent, Garageland Gallery, Ridgewood, NY
Conversational, Arts on the Lake, Kent Lakes, NY
2021
Landscape and Memory, Pamela Salisbury Gallery, Hudson, NY
Corner Udstillingen, Sophienholm Museum and Morsø Kunstforening, Denmark
2020
All Small, Pamela Salisbury Gallery, Hudson, NY
11 Women of Spirit, Zurcher Gallery, NYC
Exchange, A Mail Art Project, Shirley Fiterman Art Center, BMCC, NYC
2019
Pushing the Wall, Dumbo Sculpture Space and Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Formerly Sapersteins, Millerton, NY
Refuge, curated by Jackie Shatz, Green Door Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2018
Leaving A Mark, curated by Martin Dull, M. David Studio, Bushwick, Brooklyn
Beasts of Brooklyn, Green Door Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Turn of Thought, Edward Thorp Gallery, NYC
Return to Light, Green Door Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Corner Exhibition, Sophienholm Museum, Lyngby, Denmark
2017
True Believers, curated by Daniel John Gadd, David & Schweitzer Contemporary, Bushwick, Bushwick Open Studios
Music to My Ears, organized by Ellie Murphy, Bushwick Open Studios
Summer Invitational, Edward Thorp Gallery, NYC
Corner Exhibition, Sophienholm Museum, Lyngby, Denmark
2016
#pussypower, curated by Jen Samet and Michael David, David & Schweitzer Contemporary, Bushwick
Incipiencies, The Buggy Factory, Bushwick, Curated by Paul D'Agostino
Reality is Wrong/Dreams are for Real, with David and Schweitzer Contemporary, Bushwick
Making the Future, David and Schweitzer Contemporary, Bushwick
An Occasional Dream, Life on Mars Gallery, Bushwick
Corner Exhibition, Sophienholm Museum, Lyngby, Denmark
Sideshow Gallery, Through the Rabbit Hole, Williamsburg
2015
Holiday Salon, Leslie Heller Workspace, NYC
Small is Beautiful, Flowers Gallery, NYC
Paintings in Trees, The Peoples Garden, Bushwick
Life on Mars Invitational, Life on Mars Gallery, Bushwick
Keep Out, Leslie Heller Gallery, NYC
The Space Between, curated by Jen Samet, New York Studio School Gallery
Corner Group, guest artist, Sophienholm, Lyngby, Denmark
Circle the Wagons, Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg
2014
City as Subject, curated by Xico Greenwald, Westbeth Gallery, NYC
Full House East, Ethan Pettit Gallery, Brooklyn, Full House West, St. Paul, MN
Nevermind the Bollocks, Summer Invitational, Life on Mars Gallery, Bushwick
99c Plus Art Shop, Curated by Rico Gatson, Storefront, Bushwick
Sideshow Nation: The Alamo, Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg
2013
Holiday Delights, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, NYC
Curate NYC online exhibition, curated by Dr. Thomas Köhler, Chief Executive, Berlinische Galerie http://www.curatenyc.org/2013/author/tkohler
Curate NYC online exhibition, curated by Brooke Davis Anderson http://www.curatenyc.org/2013/author/bdanderson
Curate NYC 2013, Chashama Gallery, Curated by Janusz Jaworski
Femalenergy 3, Woodward Gallery, NYC
Sideshow Nation, Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg
2012
Go Brooklyn, Open Studio project via the Brooklyn Museum
Another World, Galleri Salling, Hjerk Denmark
St. Sebastian, 1530-2011, Edelman Arts, NYC and ArtMiami
Mic Check Occupy, Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg
2011
Mysterier, Joyce Goldstein Gallery, Chatham, NY
50 Years Anniversary Exhibition, Morso Kunstforening, Nykobing Mors, Denmark
2010
The Sweetest Thing, Trygvie Lie Gallery, NYC
National Academy Invitational Exhibition, National Academy Museum, NYC
2009
American Academy of Arts & Letters Invitational Exhibition, NYC
Governor's Island Art Fair, NYC
Mors i Billedet, Morso Kunstforening, Nykobing Mors, Denmark
Sptclr Vws, Brooklyn
Reviews and Publications
John Yau, Hyperallergic, Hidden Poetry of Everyday Life, 2022
Karen Wilkin, The Hudson Review, At the Galleries, Autumn 2020,
Peter McDermott, The Irish Echo, Heart's Search for Beauty, Truth, October 23, 2019,
Etty Yaniv, Art Spiel, Elisa Jensen: Gazing Inward, October 21, 2018,
Jonathan Goodman, Artefuse.com, Beasts of Brooklyn at the Green Door Gallery, Divine Mercy Cultural Center, June 2018
Jonathan Stevenson, Two Coats of Paint, Strong, Dark Six-Pack at Edward Thorp Gallery, June, 2018
Jonathan Goodman, Whitehotmagzine.com, Elisa Jensen at David & Schweitzer Contemporary, May, 2018
Paul D'Agostino, Artinterviewsny.com, View Inside, Elisa Jensen, September 27, 2015
Thomas MIcchelli, Hyperallergic, The Other Side of Portraiture, July 11, 2015
Peter Malone, Artcritical.com, Clusterfunk, Six shows in Two New York Galleries
Backstory, Tilted Arc, 31 October, 2014
David Cohen, Artcritical, Artcritical pic, Friday, March 28, 2014
Xico Greenwald, NYSun, "Serious Schooling," March 28, 2014
Beth Stebner, New York Daily News, Longtime Greenpoint Artist Elisa Jensen Painting Images of neighborhood's Newest Addition - Hipsters, March 10, 2014
John Haber, haberarts.com, "The Ghosts of New York," Summer 2010
Karen Rosenberg, New York Times, Weekend Arts, National Academy Gives Art Some Wiggle Room, February 18, 2010
C-Monster pick
Mors i Billedet, Exhibition Catalogue, Morso Kunstforening, Nykobing Mors, Denmark, 2009
Time out New York, "Visions of the Figure, July 20, 2008
Michele Wilson, Figures are Quite a Vision at LIC's Repetti Gallery, Queens Chronicle, July 10, 2008
Kristen Vibe Philippides, "Six Danish Artists in New York," The Danish Pioneer, May 5, 2008
Site Matters: The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's World Trade Center Artists Residency 1997-2001, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, 2004
David Cohen, Searching for the Image, Six Artists from the New York Studio School, Exhibition Catalogue, The von Liebig Art Center, Naples, Florida, 2003
Film by Marty Toub and Bonnie Grossman, Searching for the Image, Six Artists from the New York Studio School, 2003
Lennie Bennett, Six Artists in Search of an Image, St. Petersburg Times, May 22, 2003
Helen A. Harrison, The New York Times, Sunday, Giving Wide Expression to the Aspects of Desire, July 30, 2000
Margot Adler, "Artists' Lofty Lofts," Morning Edition, National Public Radio, WNYC, April 1998
Jan Hoffman, An Artists' Garret on the 85th Floor, New York Times, April 30, 1998
Aimee Brown Price, "The Artist and the City," Cityscape News, Summer 1998
Stephen Sartarelli, Languages of Reflection, Exhibition Catalogue, 1998
Curatorial Projects
Wild Geese: A Selection of Irish Artists, March - September, 2020, Green Door Gallery, Brooklyn
Borderline: Holly Miller, Natalie Moore, Ellie Murphy, November 22 - December 15, 2019, Green Door Gallery, Williamsburg, NY
Color Moves: Four Painters Turning up the Heat, David Ambrose, Elizabeth Hazan, Fran O'Neill, David Anselm Turner, May 18 - June 16, 2019, Green Door Gallery, Williamsburg
Advent, Mindful Waiting, Green Door Gallery, December 1 - January 6, 2018/19, Williamsburg
Guest Curator/Juror, January 2019, Blue Mountain Gallery, NY
Beasts of Brooklyn, 2018, Green Door Gallery, Williamsburg
Return to Light, 2018, Green Door Gallery, Williamsburg
hair-Do, 2014, co-curated with Natalie Moore, No Globe Gallery, Brooklyn
Visions of the Figure, 2008, Repetti Gallery, LIC
Lectures and Writing
Trans-cen-der presentation, Brooklyn Fireproof, March 27, 2018
On her work, Western Connecticut State University, Fall, 2015
Elisa Jensen, Artcritical,"I Choose to Be Free," Tribute to Jake Berthot
Elisa Jensen and Ruth Miller in conversation with William Bailey, Evening Lecture Series, New York Studio School, March 4, 2014
Artists on Artworks Talk, Metropolitan Museum of Art, February 15, 2013 at 6:30 pm
"The Image in New Territory," Panel Discussion moderated on Wendy Gittler, Artists Equity at the Arts Students League, October 2012
Elisa Jensen, Artcritical, With the Figure, Anything is Possible, Nick Carone 1917 - 2010
On her Work, Evening Lecture Series, New York Studio School, 2007
Teaching
New York Studio School
- Painting Instructor MFA Program 2005 to present
- Chairman of the Board of Governor's 2010 to present
- Faculty Representative 2009 to present
- Painting Instructor 1999 - 2005
- Drawing Instructor 1993 - 1999
- Drawing Marathon Faculty 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
Visiting Instructor, Drawing, 2014 - 17, 2020-23, Foundation Program, Pratt Institute
Visiting Critic, Fall 2015, Western Connecticut State University
Visiting Judge, 2012, Art Student's League, Scholarship competition, 2012
Teaching Assistant and Art Instructor Young Artists' Program, 1991, Chautauqua School of Art
Education
New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, NY
1989 -1993, Certificate in Painting
Smith College, Northampton, MA
BA in Art
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