Adelaide Elkin is a multimedia fine artist and craftsman born and raised in MA, now based in Providence, RI.
Education
2020 - 2024 Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) | BFA Printmaking | Concentration: Nature Culture Sustainability Studies (NCSS) | Providence, Rhode Island
2018 - 2020 Walnut Hill School for the Arts | Visual Art
Experience
2025 - Present
Custom Picture Framer | Frames of Mind Custom Picture Framing, Seekonk, MA
2025
Art Handler and Installer | Tufts University Art Galleries (TUAG) | Boston, MA
2024 - 2025
Research & Workshop Assistant | Zea Mays Printmaking Studio | Florence, MA
Department Representative | Student Alliance | Rhode Island School of Design | Providence, RI
Studio Technician | Papermaking | Rhode Island School of Design | Providence, RI
2024 Teaching Assistant | Printing With Discard| Rhode Island School of Design | Providence, RI
Awards and Honors
2024 Printmaking Department Senior Award | Rhode Island School of Design | Presented annually to one graduating senior of the department.
Senior Invitational Exhibition | Rhode Island School of Design | Senior thesis project was selected for inclusion in the interdepartmental end of year exhibit.
Exhibitions
2024 Portsmouth Print Expo & Exhibition | 3S Artspace | Portsmouth, NH
Senior Invitational Exhibition | Woods Gerry Gallery | Rhode Island School of Design| Providence, RI
Printmaking Senior Degree Project Exhibition | Woods Gerry Gallery | Rhode Island School of Design| Providence, RI
Living Urn | Gelman Gallery | Rhode Island School of Design | Providence, RI
2023 Mural Month is May | Friends of Public Art | Public Installation | Keene, NH
Printmaking Triennial | Woods Gerry Gallery | Rhode Island School of Design | Providence, RI
Safe In my Garden | Gelman Gallery | Rhode Island School of Design | Providence, RI
Wild Landscapes and Genderless Bodies | Memorial Hall Gallery Rhode Island School of Design | Providence, RI
Paper Chemistry | Waterman Gallery | Rhode Island School of Design | Providence, RI
Publications/features
Adelaide Elkin & Trone Quigley. “Baking Soda Aquatint.” Zea Mays Printmaking, 2024-25. https://zeamaysprintmaking.podia.com/baking-soda-aquatint
“Queer Planet: Celebration of Biodiversity” Orion Magazine. Spring 2025, Volume 44 | NO. 1