About

Elise Warren

Elise Warren in the studio

Elise Warren (b. 1984, Oakland) makes abstract paintings that begin outdoors and finish slowly in the studio. Thin layers of pigment and cold wax are built up and scraped back until a surface holds light the way the desert does at dusk.

Her work has been shown across the US and Europe and is held in public and private collections. She lives and works in Marfa, Texas.

  • Lives & works — Marfa, Texas
  • Education — MFA, Rhode Island School of Design
  • Represented by — Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles

Curriculum

Exhibitions & collections

Selected exhibitions

  • 2025 Cold Light — Ballroom Marfa, Marfa TX Solo
  • 2025 Desert Varnish — Josh Lilley, London Group
  • 2024 Slow Weather — Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles Solo
  • 2024 New Texas Abstraction — Blanton Museum of Art, Austin TX Group
  • 2023 The Long Field — Marfa Invitational, Marfa TX Group
  • 2022 Wax & Light — Reyes | Finn, Detroit Two-person
  • 2021 First Ground — Rachel Uffner, New York Solo

Collections

  • Blanton Museum of Art, Austin
  • Marfa Contemporary
  • Private collections, US & Europe

Awards

  • Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, 2024
  • MacDowell Fellowship, 2020

Studio visits & commissions

Elise takes a small number of commissions each year and welcomes studio visits by appointment.

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