Born in the Bronx, NY; lives in New York City
ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023
"Taking Shapes" Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY (Catalogue, essay by Kay Whitney)
"Balancing Acts" Pamela Salisbury Gallery, Hudson, NY
2021
"Materializing" Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY (Catalogue, statement by the artist)
2019
"In the Moment" Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY (Catalogue, essay by Nancy Princenthal)
2016
"Vases and Drawings" Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
2012
"some vases" Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
2011
"Constructed, Folded, Sewn", Flippo Galley, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, VA
Bannister Gallery, Rhode Island College, Curated by Doug Bosch, Providence, RI
2009
"Constructed, Folded, Sewn", Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
"Sewn Constructions", PanAmerican ArtProjects, Dallas, TX
2007
Elizabeth Harris Gallery, (brochure, text by Stephen Westfall) New York, NY
2003
Elizabeth Harris Gallery, (catalogue, text by Jonathan Goodman) New York, NY
2000
"Drawings", Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
1999
Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
1996
Elizabeth Harris Gallery, (brochure, text by Mario Navas) New York, NY
1994
Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
Sandler Hudson Galley, The Niche Gallery, Atlanta, GA
David Beitzel Gallery, Project Room, New York, GA
1990
"Art at the Edge", curated by Carrie Przybilla, The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA traveled to Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY (catalogue, text by Carrie Przybilla)
1989
Bill Bace Gallery, New York, NY
1988
Luise Ross Gallery, New York, NY
1987
Bronx Museum of the Arts Satellite Gallery, curated by Holly Block
Bronx, NY
SELECTED GROUP AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023
"Two Artists" Mildred Beltré and Elisa D'Arrigo" FiveMyles, Brooklyn NY
"Italianita" Calandra Institute, New York, NY
"Manifest Absence" curated by Melissa Joseph, Dieu Donné Papermill, Brooklyn, NY
"All Small" Pamela Salisbury Gallery, Hudson, NY
2022
"Strange Petunias" Patricia Sweetow Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (also exhibited: Monica Rezman, Joachim Bandau, Cornelia Schulz
"Hybrid Histories" M.David &Co. Brooklyn, NY (also exhibited: Donald Martiny, Barry Katz)
2021
"Shapes From Out Of Nowhere: Ceramics From The Collection of Robert A. Ellison Jr." Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (Book/Catalogue with same title by August Editions)
"Mysterious and Magical: Surrealist Art from the Collection", Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
2020
"Art For Your Collection" Catherine Fosnot Gallery, New London, CT (Catalogue, text by Helaine Posner and others)
"Polishing the Jewelbox", Disturb the Neighbors, New York NY, Curated by Underdonk
2017
2016
"Ceramics-A Concept of Function", LMAKbooks+design, New York, NY
2009
"By A Thread" Elizabeth Harris Gallery, NY, NY
2008
"The Idea Of Nature" curated by Bill Weiss, 33 Bond Gallery NY, NY
2007
"Bits and Pieces: The Collage Instinct" Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY
2006
"Some Assembly Required", curated by Trinkett
Clark, Mead Art Museum, (catalogue, text by Trinkett Clarke) Amherst, MA
2005
"New Art, New York: Reflections on the Human Condition" curated by Margaret Matthews Berenson, (catalogue, text by Margaret Matthews Berenson) Trierenberg Headquarters, Traun, Austria,
2004
"New York Show", curated by Nan Weir,Opalousas Museum of Art, Opalousas, LA
2002
"Accumulations", curated by Karen Shaw, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY
"Blobs, Wiggles and Dots, Webs and Crustillations" curated by Lucio Pozzi, The Work Space, NY, NY
2001
"Cool and Collected, Recent Contemporary Acquisitions", Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greenville, NC
1999
"Common Threads", The Gallery on the Hudson, Irvington, NY
1998
"Form and Space: A Dialogue", Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton NJ
The Netherlands
1996
"Paper in Disguise", Dieu Donne Papermill Gallery, NY, NY
1995
"In Three Dimensions: Women Sculptors of the '90s - Part II: "Beyond Gender", curated by Charlotte Streifer Rubinstein, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY
1994
"Fabricated Nature", Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID traveled
1993
"The Return of the Cadavre Exquis", The Drawing Center, NY, NY, travelling exhibition
"Rubber Soul", LedisFlam Gallery, NY, NY
1991
"Vital Forces; Nature in Contemporary Abstraction", curated by Anna C. Noll, Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY
1990
"Sculptors' Drawings", East Hampton Center for Contemporary Art, East Hampton, NY
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2023
Wei, Lilly, Sculpture, "Elisa D'Arrigo, New York" Review of "Taking Shapes" at Elizabeth Harris Gallery. Oct 11, 2023
Wilkin, Karen, The Hudson Review "At the Galleries" Review of "Balancing Acts" at Pamela Salisbury Gallery. Autumn, 2023
Mattera, Joanne, "Italianitá: Contemporary Art Inspired by the Italian Immigrant Experience" Bookbaby, 296 pages
2022
Koplos, Janet, Ceramics Art and Perception, “Elisa D’Arrigo: Materializing at Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York City”, issue #119
Couzens, Julia, Medium, “Tender Pricks and Present Edges: Elisa D’Arrigo and Cornelia Shulz”,
2021
Smith, Roberta, The New York Times, "The Met Museum Sees More Clay In Its Future" June 14, 2021, Section C, Page 1 (photo of 2 D'Arrigo works)
"Shapes From Out of Nowhere: Ceramics From The Collection of Robert A. Ellison, Jr." August Editions. Essays by Robert A. Ellison Jr., Glenn Adamson, Intro by Adrienne Spinozzi, Artist Bios by Elizabeth Essner
Hill, Robin, Two Coats of Paint, "The inside creates the outside and vice versa" Interview
Wiener, Daniel, Romanov Grave, "One Question, One Answer"
2019
Yau, John, “The Pleasures of DIY Art” Hyperallergic
Nathanson, Jill, Review, Delicious Line
Yaniv, Etty. Art Spiel "Elisa D'Arrigo - From the Inside Out" Interview
2016Yau, John, Hyperallergic, "When Was the Last Time You Thought About a Hookah-Smoking Caterpillar?" March 13, 2016
2011
Cotter, Holland, The New York Times, "Art in Review: 'Art/Sewn: Tradition, Innovation, Expression".
2008
Koplos, Janet, "Elisa D’Arrigo at Elizabeth Harris" Art in America, Jan. p 132
2007
Mendelsohn, Meredith, Reviews: New York "Elisa D’Arrigo,ARTnews, Summer p 200
"Sew It Up", Arts, The New York Sun, May 10, p10
2004
Sheffield, Margaret, "Chaos and Containment: Elisa D’Arrigo", Sculpture, March, vol. 23, no. 2, pp 20-21
2003
Wei, Lily"Elisa D'Arrigo", "New York Reviews", ARTnews, May p.15
Princenthal, Nancy, "Elisa D'Arrigo at Elizabeth Harris", Art in America, May, pp141-2, ill. p.143
Walentini, Joseph, "Elisa D'Arrigo", Gallery Views/Chelsea, Abstract Art on Line, Feb. 28, p1-2
Glueck, Grace, "Elisa D'Arrigo", Art in Review, The New York Times, Feb. 21, p E45
2002
Harrison, Helen A., "More is More: Repetition Adds Dimension Patterns", The New York Times, L.I., Oct 13, p20
1999
Goodman, Jonathan, "Reviews New York: Elisa D’Arrigo", Sculpture, September, pp. 66-7.
Wilkin, Karen, "At the Galleries", Partisan Review, Summer, 3, p 490
1996
Sheffield, Margaret, "Elisa D’Arrigo", Review, October 15, p.25
1994
Naves, Mario, New York Review of Art, December, Vol.1, No. 5.
Melrod, George, "Elisa D’Arrigo", Sculpture, reproduction, September/October, p. 44
Mahoney, Robert, "Elisa D’Arrigo", Cover, September, p.13
Glueck, Grace, "Gallery Watch", The New York Observer, June 13 p.17
Cullum, Jerry, "Twosome Draws Beauty from the Disturbing", The Atlanta Journal/The Atlanta Constitution, reproduction, February 4, p.17
Scott, Sue, "Group Show: Elizabeth Harris Gallery" ARTnews January, p. 164
1993
Naves, Mario, "Studio View", New Art Examiner, Summer
1992
Melrod, George, "Elisa D’Arrigo, David Beitzel Gallery", Artnews Feb
1991
Koplos, Janet, "Elisa D'Arrigo at Lehman College Art Gallery", Art In America, December
GRANTS/RESIDENCIES
2003
Grant: NYFA Printmaking/Drawing/Artists’ Books
1993
Work Space Program, Dieu Donne Papermill, New York, NY
1987
Residency: The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH
1986
Residency: The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH
Residency: Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY
1984
Grant: Ariana Foundation for the Arts, Inc.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
The Alturas Foundation, San Antonio, TX
Amoco CorporationAT&T
Best Products, Inc.
Bryn Mawr Library Collection, Bryn Mawr, PA
Dieu Donne Papermill New York, NY
The Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY
The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GAMead Art Museum, Amherst, MA
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Mint Museum of Craft and Design, Charlotte, NCThe Prudential, Newark, NJ
The Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY
The Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greenville, NC
EDUCATION
BFA Ceramics, State University of New York at New Paltz