BIOGRAPHY
Elaine Grove was born in 1943 in Oklahoma City and earned her BFA in 1965 at the University of Dallas, Texas. She is a former faculty member of Parsons School of Design. She is the widow of abstract painter, Dan Christensen.
Grove has enjoyed a successful career in set design and illustration. Her illustrated works have appeared in various magazines and books, winning notable awards. Her theatrical sets have appeared on national and international television. Grove's current body of artwork, influenced by Civil War history, comes from the tradition of constructivism, using welded steel as exemplified by David Smith and Anthony Caro, two artists who have influenced the development of her artistic language. "My concerns lie with "drawing in space" and infusing an animating spirit or animus into the pieces I produce," she said. "I incorporate "found objects" into my work, but my intention is for the viewer to lose the sense of original purpose of the object, and focus rather on its form and relation to the overall sculpture at hand."
Education:
1965
Earned B.A./B.F.A., University of Dallas
Solo Exhibitions: Sculpture
2008
Elaine Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
2007
Spanierman Gallery, East Hampton,NY
2003
Salander-O’Reilly Gallery, NY, NY
2002
Gallery Merz, Sag Harbor, NY
2000
CS. Schulte Galleries, Millburn, NJ
Gallery Emanuel, Great Neck, NY
1998
Dorothy Blau Gallery, Mimi, FL
1997
Millhouse Theater, Trenton, NJ
1995
CS. Schulte Galleries, Millburn, New Jersey
1994
Eva Cohen Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1992
Rene Fotouhi Fine Art East, East Hampton, New York
1990
Gloria Luria Gallery, Miami, Florida
1989
Burnie and Carlson Gallery, New York City
Recent Selected Group Exhibitions
2008
Gettysburg Festival Celebrating America, Gettysburg, PA
Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg, NY
2007
Telfair Museum’s Jepson Center for the Arts, Savannah, GA
2006
Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
"Inside Out" Show, Byrdcliffe Arts Colony, Woodstock, NY
"Gone Local", Amagansett, NY
"The Big Show", Silas Marder Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
"Women’s Work", Leif Hope’s, East Hampton, NY
"The 39th Annual Springs Artists’ Invitational, Springs, NY
The Ober Gallery, Kent, CT
2005
Spanierman Gallery, East Hampton
"Artists and Nature on Eastern Long Island:1940’s to the Present"
Spanierman Gallery, East Hampton "Art and the Garden"
Salon 81,II The Loft on Leonard, NYC
2004
Salon 81,I The Loft on Leonard, NYC
Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg, NY
Guild Hall Museum, "The Ambiguous Toy" Show, East Hampton,NY
The Springs Invitational Show, Springs, NY
Assemblage Sculpture, Avram Gallery, Southampton College, Southampton, NY
Lizan Topps Gallery, "The Landscape Show", East Hampton, NY
2002
Sculpture at The Ross School, East Hampton, NY
Springs Invitational, Springs,NY
The Crazy Monkey, Amaganset,NY
2000
SideShow, Williamsburg, Brooklyn ,"The Girl Show"& "Christmas Show"
1999
The Parrish Museum’s "36th Jurried Exhibition", Southampton, NY
1997
The Arlene Bujese Gallery, East Hampton,NY
Teaching Experience (College Level):
1999-2000 Parsons School of Design (The New School for Social Research), NYC