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Light patterns and ever-changing colors of fluid surfaces work as inspiration. Water changes constantly based on seasons, time of day and weather patterns, creating an evolution of color and light play. Moments of reflection and memories they stir become meditative Technicolor explorations of water and light - Elena Madden

Born:

Columbia, SC

Education:

1993 BFA Savannah college of Art and Design, Savannah, GA

Awards:

2000 Best of Show Telfair Museum of Art, Juried Exhibition Savannah, GA

1990 Frances Larkin McCommon Scholarship

1987-1990 Gold Key Art Award, Presented by Scholastic Art Awards

1988 Governor's School for the Arts

Exhibitions

  • '09 Pressiton art Gallery Miami
  • Chasen Galleries Richmond
  • '08 2Cargarage Contemporary art gallery Savannah
  • '06 Firehouse Gallery Darmariscotta, Maine
  • '05-'09 Reign Gallery Newport, RI
  • '05 Savannah Gallery Atlanta
  • '03-'09 Center of the Earth gallery Charlotte
  • '02 Signature gallery Tallahassee
  • '01 RED Gallery Savannah
  • '01-'09 I. Pickney Simons Gallery, Beaufort, SC
  • '02-'05 Golden Pacific Arts, San Diego
  • Fogle Fine Art, Jacksonville
  • '02-'08 Fish or Cut Bait Gallery, Edisto Island, SC
  • 2000-'07 Tyndall Galleries, Durham, NC
  • '02Arnold Gallery, Aiken, SC
  • '01 Juried Alumni Ex Libris Gallery, Savannah
  • City Art Gallery, Columbia, SC
  • 1999-2000 Cameo Art Gallery, Columbia, SC
  • 1994-1997 Elkenahs’s Gallery, Jackson, TN
  • Midtown Gallery, Nashville

Collections

  • SCRUB Island Resort British Virgin Islands
  • Kathryn Erbe NY, NY
  • Westin Resort Savannah
  • Marina Del Ray Ritz Carlton
  • SAS Institute
  • The Columbia Convention Center
  • JW Marriott in Minneapolis, MN
  • JW Marriott Newport Beach, CA
  • Chicago Four Seasons
  • Memorial Medical Center, Savannah, GA
  • Duke University, Chapel Hill, NC
  • Paula Wallace, Savannah, GA
  • Lieutenant Governor Andre Bauer, Columbia, SC
  • The Tennessee Valley Authority
  • Strategic Resources, Columbia, SC
  • Piedmont Technical College, Greenwood, SC
  • Allegra, Columbia, SC
  • Wilder Realty, Chapin, SC
  • KMC Telecom, Columbia, SC
  • Bell South, Columbia, SC
  • Capital Associates, Cary, NC
  • ALLTEL Stadium Jacksonville,FL.
  • Jacksonville Port, Jacksonville, FL.
  • Liberty Property Trust, Horsham, PA