With a thirty-year exhibition history, Carol Elkovich has shown work throughout the US and Europe. Frequently invited to Artist Residencies, she is active in artist communities and arts education as part of her practice. An Associate Professor at California College of the Arts, San Francisco for twenty-five years, Carol is committed to fostering creativity and education as an act of positivity toward a better future.
I create abstract installations, prints, and tapestries inspired by the vastness of landscapes and the intricate details of the microscopic world.
My installations are sculptural, parasitic paintings that envelop architecture and challenge traditional notions of the sublime by contrasting its awe-inspiring majesty with latent threats—viruses, swarms, and other unseen forces. In my tapestries and prints, I juxtapose fleeting, abstract images of landscapes with slow, tactile processes that invite deep contemplation of connection to nature and evoke echoes of the past. This reflection unfolds within the frenetic tempo of a tech-driven era, where time seems compressed, yet constantly slips away. By honoring the deliberate craftsmanship of my Scottish ancestors in this work, I weave a narrative that binds transient moments of existence to the steady, enduring rhythms of the natural world.
Carol Elkovich
