Curriculum Vitae
**AWARDS**
- Artist Resilience Award, Oregon Arts Commission, 2022
- Ford Family Foundation Grant, 2022
- Career Opportunity Grant, Oregon Arts Commission, 2022
- Artist Relief Award, Oregon Arts Commission & The Oregon Community Foundation, 2021
- Make | Learn | Build Grant Award, Regional Arts & Culture Council, Portland, OR, 2020
- The West Collection Artist Emergency Funds for Visual Artists, Oaks, PA, 2020
- Oregon Community Foundation Grant, Portland, OR, 2020
- Expressive Works, PDX Area Artist Grant, Portland, OR, 2020
- Oregon Arts Commission Percent for Art, State Library, Salem, OR, 2016
- The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award, New York, NY, 2015-16
- Regional Arts & Culture Council Professional Development Grant
**SELECTED ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS**
-*Wonder Lands, Imogen Gallery, Astoria, Oregon June 2024
-*20 Years in Wax Elise Wagner Pop-Up Exhibition*, Royal Nebeker Gallery, Astoria, OR, January 2024
- *Marking Time*, Imogen Gallery, Astoria, OR, September 2022
- *Two Dimensions*, Alex Ferrone Gallery, Hamptons North Fork, Catchogue, NY 2022
- *Tipping Points*, Frederick Holmes & Company, Seattle, WA, May 2022
- *This Decade in Painting*, Online Solo Exhibition, Exibbit 3D Curatable Galleries, 2019
- *Divergence, New Paintings*, Frederick Holmes & Company, Seattle, WA, 2017
- *Climate Charts*, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR, 2017
- *Amalgamation, New Paintings by Elise Wagner*, Gremillion & Co. Fine Art, Houston, TX, 2017
- *Unearthed: A Solo Exhibition of Encaustic Collagraphs*, Atelier 6000, Bend, OR, 2016
- *Genesis*, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR, 2015
- *What Remains*, Frederick Holmes & Company, Seattle, WA, 2014
- *Uncharted Territories*, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR, 2013
- *Opposing Cartographies*, Chase Young Gallery, Boston, MA, 2012
- *Event Horizons*, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR, 2011
- *Quantum + Creative Connections*, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, 2011
- *Quantum Singularities*, Chase Young Gallery, Boston, MA
**RECENT GROUP EXHIBITIONS**
-2024 Bodies of Water, Reflections on Water and Life, Palm Beach, FL
-*2024 Calloway Fine Art & Consulting, Washington D.C.
-*2024 Resilience, Art Nxt Level Online Group Exhbition
-*2024 Faculty + Exhibition, Royal Nebeker Gallery, Clatsop Community College, Astoria, OR
- *2023 Makers of a New World*, Frederick Holmes & Company, Seattle, WA
- *2022 Abstractions*, Calloway Fine Art & Consulting, Washington, D.C.
- *2021 An Abstracted View*, Frederick Holmes & Co. Gallery of Modern & Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
- *2021 (Re)BUILDING: A Juried Show by Jerry McLoughlin*, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
- *2021 Waxing, Now Waning Pandemic*, Online - Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, MA
- *2021 Juried Selection Artworks Northwest Biennial Exhibition*, Umpqua Valley Arts Association, Rosburg, OR
- *2021 8th Annual Living Mark Group Exhibition*, Juried by Richard Speer, Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, OR
- *2021 Isolation Chronicles*, Curated by Sergio Gomez, Art Placer App
- *2021 Wax Applications*, Texas A&M University, Commerce, TX
- *2021 Viral Collaboration*, Bridgeport Arts Center, Chicago, IL
- *2020 Intersections*, Umpqua Valley Art Association, Roseburg, OR
- *2020 The Blues*, The Painting Center, New York, NY
- *2019 Los Angeles Fine Print Fair*, Pasadena Convention Center, Pasadena, CA
- *2019 Group Show*, Susan Calloway Fine Arts, Washington, D.C.
- *2019 Warnock Fine Arts*, McNay Print Fair, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
- *2018 Warnock Fine Arts*, Portland Fine Print Fair, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
- *2017 Los Angeles Fine Print Fair*, Bonhams Auction House, Los Angeles, CA
**REVIEWS + PUBLICATIONS**
- *2024 Pop-up Art Show: Twenty Years in Wax*, Daily Astorian, Astoria, OR
- *2023 Webb, Patrick, Stargazing Artist Lands in Astoria for Upcoming Studio Tour*, Discover Our Coast, Astoria, OR
- *2022 Wagner, Allen eds., Marking Time Exhibition Catalog*
- *2022 Kugelman, Kerry, Encaustic Tipping Points Swirl in Seattle, Exhibition Review*, Coagula Curatorial, Seattle, WA
- *2021 Instagram Live Interview with Susan Rostow*, Founder of Speedball/Akua Inks, Brooklyn, NY
- *2021 From the Collection: Elise Wagner*, R & F Handmade Paints, Kingston, NY
- *2021 Instagram Live Interview with Susan Rostow*, Founder of Speedball/Akua Inks, Brooklyn, NY
- *2021 Wax Applications*, Video Interview with Curator Jane Cornish Smith, Texas A&M University, Commonwealth
- *2020 Interview: Breakfast with Sergio Podcast*
- *2019 Art, Philosophy, and Business: An Interview with Artist Elise Wagner*, Artwork Archive, Denver, CO
- *2018 Pushing the Boundaries*, EncausticZINE, Digital Publication of International Encaustic Artists, Santa Fe, NM
- *2018 Speer, Richard, Climate Charts*, Visual Art Source, Los Angeles, CA
- *2017 Interview: A Love Affair with Glaciers, Artists and Climate Change*, Quebec, Canada
- *2017 Elise Wagner at Gremillion Fine Art*, The Houston Chronicle, Houston, TX
- *2016 Speer, Richard, Top Ten Best Shows of 2016*, Visual Art Source, Los Angeles, CA
- *2017 Amalgamation, Elise Wagner at Gremillion & Co. Fine Art*, The Houston Chronicle, Houston, TX
- *2016 Encaustic Art of the 21st Century*, Ann Lee & E. Ashley Rooney, Schiffer Publishing
- *2015 The Spaces Between*, Catalogue, essay by Elise Wagner
- *2014 Swept Away*, Exhibition Catalog, Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ
- *2013 Swept Away*, Exhibition Catalog, Essay - Joanne Mattera, Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA
- *2013 Authentic Visual Voices: Contemporary Paper and Encaustic*, Catherine Nash, Tucson, AZ
- *2013 The Painted Surface*, Jean Pedersen, Northlight, Blue Ash, OH
- *2013 100 Artists of the Pacific Northwest*, Schiffer Publishing, Atglen, PA
- *2011 A Decade in Painting*, Exhibition Catalog, Essay - Ron Bernier PhD, Wilkes University
- *2010 Art Ltd.
Review*, Richard Speer, Los Angeles, CA
- *2010 Encaustic Art: Creating Fine Art With Wax*, Lissa Rankin, Random House, New York, NY
- *2009 Art in America Full-Page Advertisement*, June-July Issue, New York, NY
- *2009 Portraits of Portland Magazine Feature*, Portland, OR
- *2008 American Art Collector*, Alcove Books, Berkeley, CA
- *2008 Open Studios Press, Studio Visit Magazine*, Boston, MA
- *2008 Embracing Encaustic*, Womack, Linda, Hive Publishing, Portland, OR
- *2008 Cosmic Creativity*, Libby, Brian, The Oregonian, Portland, OR
- *2008 Particle Maps*, Walker, Stephanie, Exhibition Catalogue, Blurb Publishing
- *2007 Flying Below the Radar*, Speer, Richard, Willamette Week, Portland, OR
- *2006 This Bountiful Place*, Art About Agriculture: The Permanent Collection, OHS Press
- *2005 Artist Finds Kindred Spirits and Inspiration in North Portland*, Anderson, Jennifer, Portland Tribune
- *2005 Speer, Richard, Willamette Week, Portland, OR
- *2003 Encaustic Comments*, Smart, Paul, Ulster Publishing Almanac, November
- *2003 Lucid Dreaming/Slow Food for the Eyes*, Wilton, Beth Elaine, Chronogram, Poughkeepsie, NY
- *2003 Marist Exhibit Validates Encaustic Process*, Cassai, Mary, Daily Freeman, New Paltz, NY
- *2003 Creating Cosmic Images of Post 9/11 Hope*, Row, D.K., The Oregonian
- *2001 Elise Wagner at Laura Russo Gallery*, Boas, Pat, Artweek, July/August
- *2001 Alum Notes*, Rumler, John, PSU Magazine, Spring
- *2001 Portland Tour*, Portland Tribune, May
- *2001 Mel Katz and Elise Wagner at Laura Russo Gallery*, Hicks, Bob, The Oregonian, April
- *1999 Art Trek: The Next Generation*, Row, D.K., The Oregonian
- *1998 The Degenerate Era*, Gragg, Randy, The Oregonian
**CURATING + JURYING + PRESENTATIONS**
-*2024 Juror, Clatsop Community College Annual Student Exhibition, Royal Nebeker Gallery, Astoria, OR
- *2023 Presenter/Instructor, Metchosin International Summer School of the Arts (MISSA) in Victoria, B.C*
- *2022 Presenter, International Encaustic Conference, Provincetown, MA*
- *2021 Visiting Artist Presentation, Wax Applications Texas A&M University, Commerce, TX*
- *2020 Juror, Art of Perseverance Online Group Exhibition*
- *2020 Amazon Prime Video - V is for Vino Feature, with Vince Atner, Los Angeles, CA*
- *2018 Juror, Clark County Open Studios, Vancouver, WA*
- *2017 Juror, Art in the Pearl, Portland, OR*
- *2016 Presenter, Southern Graphics Council International Conference (SGCI) FLUX, Portland, OR*
- *2015 Curator, The Spaces Between, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR*
- *2014 Art Focus Radio Interview, KBOO Community Radio, Portland, OR*
- *2014 Featured Artist, Panelist-Fire & Water: Contrasts in Expression, Festival of the Arts, Lake Oswego, OR*
- *2013 Presenter, Collagraph Mania, 7th International Encaustic Conference, Provincetown, MA*
- *2012 Panelist, Igniting the Spark: Creativity in Our Practice, 6th Int’l Encaustic Conference, Provincetown, MA*
- *2011 Visiting Artist, Quantum + Creative Connections, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA*
- *2011 Prop placement for the television show Portlandia, IFC Network*
- *2011 Panelist, Women’s Studies Conference Women in Popular Culture, Wilkes University, Wilkes Barre, PA*
- *2011 Juror, Portland Open Studios, Portland, OR*
- *2011 Juror, Portland Metro Scholastic Art Awards, Lake Oswego, OR*
- *2010 Television News Interview, KJRH NBC Tulsa, OK*
- *2010 Guest Speaker, Portland State University Art & Social Practice, Portland, OR*
**TEACHING**
- *2001-2024 Painting with Fire Masterclass, Essene of Mulranny, County of Mayo, Ireland*
- *2023 Metchosin Summer School of the Arts, Metchosin Victoria, B.C., Canada*
- *2019-2025 Encaustic Painting and Printmaking Retreats, Alma del Sol Inn, Guanajuato, Mexico*
- *2021-2023 Live Stream Workshops and Mentoring on Zoom, Elise Wagner Studio, Portland, OR*
- *2020 & 2015 Burning Bones Press, Houston, TX*
- *2020 & 2018, 19 Piramidal Grafica, Guanajuato, Mexico*
- *2018 & 2014 Center for Contemporary Print, Norwalk, CT*
- *2018 Pyramid Atlantic, Hyattsville, MD*
- *2018 The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, New York, NY*
- *2018 2015 & 2014 R&F Handmade Paints, Kingston, NY*
- *2015 Womens Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY*
- *2015 Metchosin International Summer School of the Arts, Vancouver Island, B.C.*
- *2015 The Encaustic Center, Dallas, TX*
- *2014 & 2013 Sitka Center for Art & Ecology, Otis, OR*
- *2014 The Printmaking Center of New Jersey, Branchburg, NJ*
- *2013 Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, MA*
**PUBLIC SPACES & COLLECTIONS**
- Oregon State Library
- Saks Fifth Avenue National Collection
- LPL Financial Services
- Kodiak Venture Partners
- Bullivant, Houser, Bailey PC
- University of Oregon Collection
- Regional Arts and Culture Council Portables Collection
- City Center Parking
- Oregon State University Collection
- Ater Wynne LLP
- Portland State University Collection
- Boly Welch
