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