E L I S E W A G N E R
Born: 1966, Jersey City, New Jersey
EDUCATION
1995 Bachelor of Science, Painting Minor: Art History
Portland State University, Portland, OR
AWARDS
2023 Studio Art Direct Winner, Surfsand Resort Beachfront Wing, Cannon Beach, OR
2022 Oregon Arts Commission, Career Opportunity Grant, Salem, OR
2022 Ford Family Foundation Grant, Portland, OR
2022 Artist Resilience Award, Oregon Community Foundation & Oregon Arts Commission, Salem, OR
2021 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
2013 Regional Arts & Culture Council Professional Development Grant, Portland, OR
2012 Oregon Arts Commission Career Opportunity Gran, Salem, OR
2010 Regional Arts & Culture Council Professional Development Grant, Portland, OR
2001 Vermont Studio Center Residency, Johnson, VT
SELECTED ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2025 Celestial Currents, Maryhill Museum of Art, Goldendale, WA
2025 Familiar Elements, Frederick Holmes & Co., Seattle, WA
2024 Wonder Lands, Imogen Gallery, Astoria, OR
2022 Marking Time, Imogen Gallery, Astoria, OR
2022 Tipping Points Frederick Holmes & Company, Seattle, WA
2020 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 Abstract, Frederick Holmes & Co., Seattle, WA
2023 Imogen Gallery, Astoria, OR
2022 Abstractions, Calloway Fine Art & Consulting, Washington, D.C.
2021 (Re)BUILDING: A Juried Show by Jerry McLoughlin, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
2021 Wax Applications, Texas A&M University, Commerce, TX
2020 Intersections, Umpqua Valley Art Association, Roseberg, 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
REVIEWS + PUBLICATIONS
2025 Our Coast Weekend Cover Story, The Daily Astoria, Astoria, OR
2024 Wonder Lands, Exhibition Catalog, Imogen Gallery, Astoria, OR
2024 Oregon Arts Watch, Brian Libby, Portland, OR
2023 Our Coast Weekend Cover Story, The Daily Astorian, Astoria, OR
2022 Marking Time Exhibition Catalog, Tom Verness Design, Imogen Gallery, Astoria, OR
2021 Wax Applications, Video Interview with Curator Jane Cornish Smith, Texas A&M University, Commonwealth
2019 Art, Philosophy, and Business: An Interview with Artist Elise Wagner, Artwork Archive, Denver, CO
2018 Speer, Richard, Climate Charts, Visual Art Source, Los Angeles, CA
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
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 The Painted Surface, Jean Pedersen, Northlight, Blue Ash, OH
2013 100 Artists of the Pacific Northwest, Schiffer Publishing, Atglen, PA
CURATING + JURYING + PRESENTATIONS
2025 Creativation, National Art Materials Trade Association, Seattle, WA
2025 Arts Live and Local, KMUN Radio Interview, Astoria, OR
2024 Juror, Clatsop Community College Student Exhibition, Astoria, OR
2022 Arts Live and Local, KMUN Radio Interview, Astoria, OR
2022 Presenter, 15th Annual 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
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
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
TEACHING ENGAGEMENTS
2025 Dolci Colori, SRL, Verona, Italy
2025 Artichoke Print Workshop, South London, UK
2023 Metchosin International Summer School of the Arts, Victoria, B.C. Canada
2023 Encaustic Painting & Printmaking Retreats, Guanajuato, Mexico
2022 Presenter, 15th International Encaustic Conference, Provincetown, MA
2021 Live Stream Workshops and Mentoring on Zoom, Elise Wagner Studio, Portland, OR
2020 & 2015 Burning Bones Press, Houston, TX
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 Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY
2015 Metchosin International Summer School of the Arts, Vancouver Island, B.C.
2015 The Encaustic Center, Dallas, TX
2014 The Printmaking Center of New Jersey, Branchburg, NJ
2013 Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, MA