Elise Kaufman

My photographic work relates to memory, the passage of time,
time eroding a space, and light as an agent of mood and transformation. Working in Provincetown MA, a town known for its boisterous summer tourism and nightlife, I look for and capture the spaces of quiet and calm.

1992 - M.F.A. - Queeens College, CUNY, New York City
1983 - B.F.A. - Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2024 - The Provincetown Commons, Provincetown, MA
2024 - The Gallery at the Wellfleet Library, Wellfleet, MA
2022, 2021, 2020 - Off Main Gallery, Wellfleet, MA

2011 Shore Galleries, Provincetown, MA

2010 Shore Galleries, Provincetown, MA

2009 Shore Galleries, Provincetown, MA

Bruno Marina Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

The Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY

2006 ArtSpace Gallery, New Haven, CT

2005 The Kentler International Drawing Space Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2005 The Irish Arts Center, New York, NY

2003 Kate Ganz Gallery, New York, NY

1992 Ledisflam Gallery, New York, NY

1990 The United Arts Club, Dublin, Ireland
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
“Members Small Works Exhibition,” Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA

“The Sally Project: From a Besieged Place”, Brickbottom Arts Center,
Somerville, MA

“Place of Mind”, 3Walls Gallery/ Invisible Dog, Brooklyn, NY

“Focus on the flat files: Escape Into Reality”, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY

2021 “Sallying Forth from a Besieged Place: The Sally Project”, The Hay Gallery, Wellfleet, MA,

2015 “Kentler at 25 - Flat Files: the 90s”, Peninsula Gallery, Brooklyn,...