Carol Elkovich
celkovich@cca.edu
Instagram: @celkovich
Website: carolelkovich.com
Born: 1969 Michigan
Lives and Works in the San Francisco Bay Area
Education
Master of Arts in Design, terminal degree, Visual Studies, University of California at Berkeley, College of Environmental Design 1998
Bachelor of Fine Art with Distinction, Sculpture, California College of the Arts (formerly CCAC) 1991
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024 Saltspace Gallery, Motherland, Glasgow,
Scotland .
2023 Siena Art Institute, Fatherland, Siena Italy
Gearbox Gallery, Inner Room Award, Elegy. Oakland, CA.
2006 UC Extension Gallery. Solo. 1 Embarcadero. San Francisco, CA
2005 Erickson Fine Art. Carol Elkovich, Healdsburg CA
2004 Elins Eagle-Smith. Carol Elkovich, San Francisco, CA 2004
1998 Erickson and Elins Gallery. Introductions. Sutter St. San Francisco, CA
Gallery 106. UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
1997 V. Breier Gallery. Narratives in Wood (solo) San Francisco, CA
1994 ProArts Gallery. Natural Inclinations (solo, invitational) Oakland, CA
Works Gallery. Solo. Sonoma, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 Glasgow School of Art, Tower Gallery, Summer Show, Forres, Scotland
Kunstmatrix. Women Artist Eco Artist Dialogue. Juror, Maru Garcia, Lands and Symbiotic Futures. Interview, Catalog.
CCA , 184 Hooper Atrium Gallery , We Just Wanna be Somebody Someday Sketchbook Show, San Francisco
2023 La Porte Peinte Centre Pour Les Artes, Vertige, two person show. Noyers, France.
CCA, Self Portraits. San Francisco
2022. Sebastopol Center for the Arts, CA, Abstraction
2020 Borderline Art Collective, COVID19, What are you currently making? juried online exhibition
2019 La Porte Peinte Centre Pour Les Artes, Artist in Residence Exhibition Noyers-sur-Serein, France
2018 La Porte Peinte Centre Pour les Artes, Noyers-sur-Serein, France
2017 Czong Center for Contemporary Art Museum, Contemporary Landscapes, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
2016 Dab Art, HUD Gallery, To Some Degree, Ventura CA.
2015 Sanchez Art Center, juror, Cathy Kimball, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, Left
Coast Annual Juried Exhibition. Pacifica CA
2014 Brooklyn NY Waterfront Artist Association. curator: Lauren Hinkson, associate curator
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Color. Brookyln, NY
2014 I-Park Foundation, Artist in Resident Open Studios. East Haddam, CT
2013 Oliver Art Center, invitational. Working Title. curator: Mara Skov Holt. Oakland, CA
2012 Concourse Exhibition Center, Art MKT [art fair, Elins Eagle-Smith Gallery]San Francisco CA
2011 Elins Eagle-Smith Gallery. City and Country. 49 Geary. San Francisco, CA
2011 San Francisco International Airport Terminal, Commission. San Francisco. CA 2011
2010 Oliver Art Center. Faculty Show. Oakland CA
2018 Greywood Arts, Artist in Residence Exhibition, Killeagh, Ireland
2009 Elins Eagle-Smith Gallery. Summer Mix 49 Geary. San Francisco CA
2006 Triton Museum of Art. New Bay Area Abstraction Santa Clara. CA
Oliver Art Center. On Making. Oakland. CA
2005 Oliver Art Center. CCA Faculty Show, Oakland, CA
2004 Bolinas Museum. California Abstraction: The Poetic Visual Image . Bolinas, CA
Los Angeles Contemporary Art Fair. [rep: Elins Eagle-Smith] Santa Monica, CA
Oliver Art Center. Faculty Show. CCA Oakland, CA
2003 Erickson Fine Art. Winter Show, Healdsburg, CA
Michael Martin Gallery. For Example. San Francisco, CA
Oliver Art Center. Add/Drop. CCA Oakland, CA
2002 Erickson Fine Art. Small Works. Healdsburg, CA
2001 Oliver Art Center Add/Drop. CCA Oakland, CA
2000 Erickson Fine Art. Gallery Artists. Healdsburg, CA
1999. Erickson and Elins Gallery. Gallery Artists. Sutter St. San Francisco CA
1998 Artisans. Six Directions (invitational) curator: Ted Cohen. Mill Valley, CA
1996. ProArts Gallery. Featured Open Studios. Oakland. CA
1995 New Visions Gallery. Culture and Agriculture (juried, catalog) Marshfield, WI
1994 Morphos. Collaborative Box Project. San Francisco, CA
Berkeley Store Gallery. Season Show. Berkeley, CA
Pop-Up Store Front Gallery. Sustain, Survive, Restore, Berkeley CA
1993 Los Angeles Convention Center. 8th International Art Fair (Catherine Clark rep.) Santa
Monica, CA
ProArts Gallery. Featured Open Studio. Oakland, CA
Gallery 2. Cranbrook Educational Community. Two Alumni (invitational) Bloomfield Hills, MI
Selected Awards and Honors
Fulbright Distinguished Scholar, 2024
Studio La Casa Residency Award. Siena Art Institute. Siena Italy, 2023
Artist in Residence Award, La Porte Peinte Centre pour les Artes, 2023
Residency Grant, La Porte Peinte Centre Pour Les Artes , Noyers, France 2019
Residency, Greywood Arts, Killeagh, Ireland 2018
Residency, La Porte Peinte Centre pour les Artes 2018
CCA Faculty Travel Grant, 2017
Sustainable Arts Fellowship and Residency, Kala Art Institute, 2014 / 2015
I-Park Invitational Residency Award 2014
Faculty Travel Grant, CCA 2014
Faculty Development Grant, CCA, 2006
Nathan Oliveira Faculty Fellowship Award. 2001
Residency Fellowship at the Vermont Studio Center, 2002
Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor . UC Berkeley . 1998
University Block Grant. Fellowship Awards. 1997, 1996
Honoraria. New Visions Gallery. 1995
Honoraria. ProArts Gallery. 1995
Matching Funds Travel Grant. Cranbrook School and CCAC. 1991
Achievement Award for GPA Distinction, CCAC. 1991
Honorable Mention Exhibition Award, All College Honors. CCAC. 1990
Selected Publications
Essays and Interviews
2024 ArtsinSquare, Volume 7. Featured Artist.
2023 Artist Interview, Siena Institute of Art, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9APCeimQrbY
2020 The Racket, Quarantine Journal #3, featured visual work published in literary arts magazine.
2018 Crossing the Dissour, published interview and visual work in arts magazine, Greywood Arts Creative Residency Journal.
2017 LandEscape Art Review, 8th Special Edition, featured visual work and published interview
2006 The Mercury News, Michael S. Gant, Beyond the Figure
1998 Exhibition Catalog. Artisans. Mill Valley, CA. Curator: Ted Cohen. Six Directions
Authored Publications
(2025). Editor. Edited Collection, Reading Landscape, a Field Guide for Artists, Architects, & Designers, Intellect Press, Bristol, UK.
2024 Pedagogy of Place. A Fieldguide to Reading Landscape for Artists, Architects, & Designers, Editor. Glasow School of Art, Winter School Publication
2023 Let’s Talk about Critique: Reimagining Art and Design Education. eds. Mariah Doren, Elissa Armstrong. University of Chicago Press, contributing chapter author /Design Dice
1996 Exhibition Catalog. New Visions Gallery. Marshfield. WI. Culture and Agriculture
Corporate Collections
San Francisco International Airport
Nokia
Kaiser Permanente
U.S. Trust
Adobe Systems, Inc.
Jones Day
Work is included in Private collections throughout the U.S.