Elaine Hullihen

Lives and works in Santa Fe, New Mexico

Elaine Hullihen is a multi-disciplinary artist working with everyday materials to activate and reorient the body’s tactile sense. She uses the tools of sculpture, video, and collage to make work that toggles between the studio, collaboration, public art, and education.

Her solo exhibitions have been presented at both conventional and unconventional venues such as Maelstrom Collaborative Arts, The Sculpture Center, and Bay Branch Farm. Group exhibitions include shows at Strata Gallery, the Garage Door Gallery, Morgan Conservatory, Worthington Yards, Cleveland Public Theatre, and SPACES Gallery. She has completed artist residencies with Aguafuerte Taller in Santiago, Chile; Scottish Sculpture Workshop in Lumsden, Scotland; and 7 Stock in Dresden, Germany. Hullihen earned a BFA in Sculpture with a minor in Theatre from Kent State University and an MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts from the University of Nevada-Reno (formerly Sierra Nevada University). 

In addition to being a studio artist, she has worked collaboratively on numerous murals and theatrical productions, most recently as a set/prop designer for The Blind at the Cleveland Institute of Music. Hullihen values the healing power of art and often works in wellness oriented spaces. She was a member of Cleveland, Ohio’s first Learning Lab cohort with the Center for Performance and Civic Practice and Cuyahoga Arts and Culture which resulted in a yearlong collaborative project with Frontline Service.

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