Elaine's most recent work utilizes video and light in relation to sculptural forms, digital prints, and preexisting sites in architecture and nature under the cover of darkness.
She has shown work at The Swiss Technorama Museum, Winterthur Switzerland, Yerba Buena Center For The Arts, San Francisco, California, The Claremont Museum in Southern California, Pierogi Leipzig, Leipzig Germany, The Luggage Store in San Francisco,The San Francisco Arts Commission, California College of The Arts, Stanford University, The Wexner Center For The Arts, Sun Valley Center For The Arts, and Fusion Art Space, San Francisco, California.
Elaine attended The California College Of The Arts on a Jacob K. Javits Fellowship from 2002-2004 and received her MFA from Stanford University in 2006. She currently teaches at Stanford University in the Art and Art History department as an adjunct faculty member. She has worked as a Lighting and Visual Designer in the bay area for 20 years and has also worked with Merce Cunningham and Meredith Monk recreating their visual environments internationally. She continues to tour with Meredith Monk as a Lighting Designer.
2006 - MFA New Genres / Stanford University
2002-2004 - MFA Studies in Media Arts / California College of the Arts
1980-1985 - Ohio State University, Bachelor of Fine Arts
Aspects of Light and Motion / Technical Production and Design
2007 - present - Adjunct Faculty / Stanford University / Stanford, California, Department of Art & Art History, Light As A Sculptural Element
2004 - 2006 - Stanford University / Teaching Assistant
2008 - The Swiss Technorama Science Center / Winterthur, Switzerland / Group Show / Light Art
2008 - Yerba Buena Center For The Arts / San Francisco, California / Bay Area Now 5
2008 - ATA Artist's Television Access / Window Installation Collaboration with Kirk Maxson
2008 - Southern Exposure Auction / Wall Video Installtion with Kirk Maxson
2008 - Hang Art Gallery / San Francisco, California / Solo Light Installation / Between Grass
2008 - Y2Y Gallery / San Francisco, California / Light Sculpture Installation
2008 - San Jose Institute Of Contemporary Art / San Jose, California / Light Installation / Between Spaces
2008 - Southern Exposure / San Francisco, California / Scenes For A Box Carnival / Solo Light Installation
2007 - Luggage Store Gallery / San Francisco, California / In The Fullness Of Time /
20th Anniversary Exhibition / The Warfield Project / 7 Story Video Installation
2007 - Pacific Film Archive / Berkeley, California / Film and Video at CCA: Relational Aesthetics
Centenary Exhibition / Sculpture Installation
2007 - Archifest / Los Angeles, California / Surface Design / Landscape Architecture and Light Installation
2007 - Institute For the Future / Slavonice, Czech Republic / Solo Light and Video Installation / Blue Fields
2007 - Claremont Museum / Claremont, California / Ephemeral / Explorations In Light / Light Sculptures
2007 - Luggage Store Gallery / San Francisco, California / Night Away / Solo House Windows Installation
2007 - 509 Cultural Center / San Francisco, Ca. / Residency and Exhibition
2007 - Pierogi Leipzig / Leipzig, Germany / Euphorion / Art From San Francisco / Light Sculptures
2006 - Arts Benicia / Benicia, California / Cream From The Top / Video Print Installation
2006 - Thomas Welton Stanford Art Gallery / MFA Thesis Show / Light Sculpture
2006 - Stanford University / Stanford Horse Stable Pasture / Solo Installation Live Oak Video Projection
2005 - Telluride Film Festival / Telluride, Colorado / Video Installation
2005 - Brava Center For The Arts / San Francisco, California / Cinefemme / Group Exhibition
Visions For The New Millennium / Prints
2005 - California College of the Arts / San Francisco, California / Video Series
2005 - San Francisco Cinematheque / San Francisco, California / Video Installation
2004 - California College Of The Arts / San Francisco California / MFA Thesis show / Light Sculpture
2004 - Artists' Television Access / San Francisco California / Since the Summer Is Dark
A night of experimental film and video by local filmmakers
2004 - New Langton Arts / San Francisco, California / Group Show / Light Sculpture Installation
2003 - The Luggage Store / San Francisco, California / Solo Show / Moving Light and Sculpture Works
2002 - Sun Valley Center For The Arts / Sun Valley, Idaho / Mining The Beauty / Video Sculpture Installation
2000 - Headlands Center For The Arts / Marin, California / 1 year residency and showings
1999 - Wexner Center For The Arts / Columbus, Ohio / When I Was Mongolian and Daylight Passing Ships
2008 - Lighting Design / Ann Hamilton, Meredith Monk / Brooklyn Academy Of Music, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Voices Of Ascension (an evening length music and visual work)
2007 - Lighting Design / Janet Cardiff / Healdsburg, California / The Shadow Side Video Walk
2000 - Present - Lighting Design / Meredith Monk / Solo and Ensemble Concerts / Songs Of Ascension International touring including France, England, Norway, Serbia, Czech Republic, Portugal, Germany, Estonia, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Austria, Scotland, Belgium, Italy, Hungary, Ireland, Canada, Russia, Syria, Brazil, Spain, Sweden
1999- Present - Lighting Design / Telluride Film Festival, Telluride Colorado 7 Cinema Venues / Interior and exterior architectural facades
1996-1999 - Technical Director / Merce Cunningham, International Tours
International touring France, Ireland, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, England, Finland, Japan
National touring including N.Y., N.Y., Wash D.C., Brooklyn, New York, and Berkeley, California
1989-1996 - Lighting, Visual Design, and Music / Contraband, SF, national touring, Russia / The Mira Cycles
1986-2008 - Lighting and Visual Design / Terry Riley, Guillermo Gomez Pena, Remy Charlip, OnSite, Bob Ernst, Pamela Z, Peter Whitehead, Nao Bustamante, C. Ryder Cooley, Gamelan Sekar Jaya, Deborah Slater, Sten Rudstrom, Amy X Neuberg, Surface Design, Motion Lab, Ruth Zaporah
2007 - 509 Cultural Center / San Francisco California / Artist In Residency
2002-2006 - Recipient of The Jacob K. Javits Fellowship
Recipient of The Stanford MFA Fellowship
2002-2004 - Recipient of California College Of the Arts Jacob K. Javits Matching Grant
2002-2003 - Headland's Center For The Arts / 1 year residency
2005-2008 - Illumination Engineering Society Member
2005-2008 - USITT United States Institute for Theatre Technology Member