Elena Kalkova (b. 1991 Tver, Russia, lives and works in Newburgh, New York) is an interdisciplinary artist and researcher. In her practice, she explores memory and memorilessness, state propaganda, resistance to the systems of oppression and violence, and complex relationships with home, especially, when the home is a dictatorship.
Kalkova’s written research lies primarily in the field of Post-Soviet feminist and queer art and the art ofresistance and translation.
She holds an MA in Global Arts and Cultures from Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and MFA from School of Visual Arts (SVA).
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GRANTS AND AWARDS
2024 School of Visual Arts (SVA) Thesis Award
2024 School of Visual Arts (SVA) Alumni Grant
2021 Rhode Island Arts Council Grant
PUBLICATIONS
Russian Queer Art and Visual Culture, 2021, RISD Museum
TALKS & WORKSHOPS
2023 Mapspace Gallery Artist Talk, Portchester, NY
2021 Rhode Island School of Design Grad Research Lecture Series
2020 RISD Museum, Providence, RI
GROUP EXHIBITED
2024 The Invisible Dog Art Center, NYC, NY
2024 Port Chester Art Festival, Port Chester, NY
2024 Art06870, Greenwich, CT
2024 Mapspace Gallery, Port Chester, NY
2023 Flat Iron Gallery (SVA), NYC, NY,
2023 Ice Cream Social, Port Chester, NY
2023 Curioser KC, Kansas City, MI
2022 Artists Lofts Association, Stamford, CT
2022 RISD Museum, Providence, RI
2021 Terrain Biennial, Chicago, IL
2021 Peoria Art Guild, Peoria, IL
2020 Tiger Strikes Asteroid Gallery, online
RESIDENCIES
2020 School Of Visual Arts (SVA)
FEATURED
Vantage Art Projects
Cleveland Artist Registry