Biography
Elizabeth Curren is a book artist, printmaker, painter, writer and teacher, originally from Rhode Island, now living and working in the Greater Washington DC area. She has always been interested in the intersection of art and science; and incorporates block prints, collagraphs, collage, handmade paper and ephemera into her artist’s books and narratives. Whenever possible, she has found an excuse to travel. She has taught book arts as an adjunct professor at the Corcoran College of Art + Design (now George Washington University), in local schools and in workshops. She is a former Denbo Fellow at Pyramid Atlantic Arts and is a collaborative artist at Otis Street Arts Project. She is an exhibiting member of Studio Gallery, an artists’ cooperative in Washington, DC.
Her academic background includes degrees from Boston College and the Corcoran, and advanced studies at University College Dublin. She received her MA from the Corcoran’s Art and the Book Program in 2013 where she participated in two internships at the Rare Book Room of the Library of Congress under the direction of Division Chief, Mark Dimunation (ret.) She has given two presentations as part of the Library’s lecture series. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and is in collections in the US, Europe and Australia.
Elizabeth Curren is a book artist, printmaker, painter, writer and teacher, originally from Rhode Island, now living and working in the Greater Washington DC area. She has always been interested in the intersection of art and science; and incorporates block prints, collagraphs, collage, handmade paper and ephemera into her artist’s books and narratives. Whenever possible, she has found an excuse to travel. She has taught book arts as an adjunct professor at the Corcoran College of Art + Design (now George Washington University), in local schools and in workshops. She is a former Denbo Fellow at Pyramid Atlantic Arts and is a collaborative artist at Otis Street Arts Project. She is an exhibiting member of Studio Gallery, an artists’ cooperative in Washington, DC.
Her academic background includes degrees from Boston College and the Corcoran, and advanced studies at University College Dublin. She received her MA from the Corcoran’s Art and the Book Program in 2013 where she participated in two internships at the Rare Book Room of the Library of Congress under the direction of Division Chief, Mark Dimunation (ret.) She has given two presentations as part of the Library’s lecture series. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and is in collections in the US, Europe and Australia.