Elaine Rogers

Elaine Rogers was born and raised in Norfolk, Virginia.
Elaine creates abstract paintings using cold wax and oil paint that contemplate color, structure, and metaphor through the process of painting. Her paintings reflect the constant flux in the natural world integrated with personal and current events. Elaine lived in Richmond,Virginia until she moved to Mount Juliet, Tennessee in 2024. Her work is in Capital One and the Robins Foundation corporate collections as well as numerous private collections.

Elaine earned her MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in painting and has exhibited her paintings nationally in group shows. She has had one-person shows in Richmond, Charlottesville, and Norfolk, Virginia. Elaine received a Virginia Museum Professional Fellowship in 1989 and is a former adjunct faculty member at the University of Richmond where she taught studio classes from 2001 through 2014. She has also taught at Virginia Commonwealth University, Collegiate schools, and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts studio school. Elaine has been a member of artspace and 1708 Gallery in Richmond,VA.





Artist Statement:

My paintings begin with colored marks. The colored marks start to formulate into shapes and areas. After ...

Master of Fine Arts, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University

Bachelor of Arts, University of Richmond

2024, Dreaming Of an Artful Christmas, Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center, Hendersonville, TN

2024, Full Moon Cabaret 2, Artspace, Richmond, VA

2024, Number: Inc Art of the South 2024, Stove Works, Chattanooga, TN

2023, ThinkSmall12, Artspace, Richmond, VA

2023, Full Moon Cabaret, Boyd Realty Galleries, Richmond, VA

2023, The Fullness of Time, Artist Member Spotlight Exhibition, Artspace, Richmond, VA

2022, A Feast For Your Eyes, Artspace Auction, Richmond, VA

2022, Watershed, Artspace Biennial, Richmond, VA

2022, Some Like it Hot, CVA/UTURN, Richmond, VA

2022, Thought Forms, Solo Exhibition, Artspace, Richmond, VA

2021, ThinkSmall 11, Artspace, Richmond, VA

2021, Streaming 2021, Artspace Auction, Richmond, VA

2021, Juried Exhibition "Opening Up", Curated by Paul D'Agostina, Courtland, VA

2020, Streaming 2020, Artspace Auction, Richmond, VA

2020, Cabin Fever, 1708 Gallery Auction, Richmond, VA

2020, environment at risk 2, Project Space@Plant Zero, Richmond, VA

2019, Pressed Together, Shockoe Artspace, Richmond, VA, https://www.shockoeartspace.com/project/pressed-together/

2019, ThinkSmall10!, Artspace, Richmond, VA

2019, Gallery 54 at First UU, Richmond, VA

2019, Luminous Structures: Elaine Rogers and Emily ...