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BIOgraphy

Elisa Adams is an award winning sculptor from the Boston area. Born in 1959, she is a first generation Albanian-American. While she loved to draw and paint as a child, art was not considered a career path in her family. Instead, Elisa chose to use her hands in another way — she has been a successful chiropractor for four decades while also continuing various artistic practices.  

In 2004, Elisa shifted her focus towards sculpting. Primarily self-taught, her work shows the unique talent and techniques that she has developed to express her voice. Elisa has worked with numerous galleries in Boston, MA, Lake Worth, FL and currently her work can be seen at Three Stones Gallery in Concord, MA. She has participated in over 100 national and international exhibitions. Also she has shown at art fairs including Art Expo NY (2017, 2018), SOFA Chicago (2019), The Palm Beach Show (2019, 2022), Palm Beach Modern (2022)  as well as Spectrum Miami during Miami Art Basel Week (2018 and 2019). Elisa has won multiple awards and has been written up in various magazines. She creates commissioned work for individuals and institutions, and has a permanent collection (installed June 2023) at Boston Children’s Hospital’s Wishing Stone Garden. A rooftop garden that is open to the public at 300 Longwood Ave.

Elisa served as Membership Chair of New England Sculptors Association (NESA) from 2015-2017, President of NESA from 2019 to 2022, and currently serves NESA as the Exhibitions Chair. 

Galleries

Current 

Three Stones Gallery Concord MA

Prior

Steidel Gallery Palm Beach FL

Abigail Ogilvy Gallery Boston MA

L'attitude Gallery   Boston MA

Joseph Gallery Ft Lauderdale FL
Mermaid Gallery  Hyannis MA 

awards

Award of Merit, American Women Artists Online Juried Show, 2023

Best in Show, LexArt, Lexington, MA, 2023

Best in Show, Equinox online exhibition with New England Sculptors Association, 2023

Jurors Choice, Brush Gallery, Lowell MA, 2022

Harriet Frishmuth Award, National Arts Club, New York, NY, 2021.

2nd place and Special Recognition Light SpaceTime international online Botanical Art Exhibition, 2021.

Best In Show for Sculpture, Spectrum Miami, Miami FL. 2019.

Natural History interpretation in Sculpture, Steamboat Springs Art Museum, Steamboat Springs CO. 2019.

Honorable Mention, Plymouth Art Guild, Plymouth MA. 2019.

Distinguished Achievement Award in Sculpture, Haggins Museum, Stockton CA. 2018.

It Figures Redux, Top Ten Winning Artists, Chicago IL. 2017.

Harriet Frishmuth Award, National Arts Club, New York NY. 2016.

Jean Koch Award Best in Show, Concord Art Association,Concord MA. 2010.

exhibitions

2023

American Women Artists Association, Annual Online Juried Show Winner~Award of Merit
Concord Art, 24th Annual Roddy Competition, Concord MA
LexArt, “Flare!,” Lexington MA
Newbury Court, Fall Exhibit, Concord, MA
LexArt, “Soulful Sculptures,” Lexington MA Winner~Best in Show
Fountain Street Gallery, “About Face,” SoWa Arts District Boston, MA
Brookgreen Gardens with American Women Artists Association,  “Pushing Forward Reaching Back,” Pawley SC
Concord Art, Member’s Juried Exhibition, Concord, MA
Marblehead Art Asso, Marblehead, MA
Three Stones Gallery, Concord MA. 6 shows: Structure and Abstraction. Breath Note. Terra Firma. Living Alloy. The Chi of Everything, Lighten Up!
Artist Guild of San Diego Art Museum, San Diego, CA
Bristol Art Museum, Monumental Minatures, Bristol, RI
Newbury Court, Spring Exhibit, Concord, MA
Equinox, Online Exhibition Winner ~ Best in Show
Fountain St Gallery, “Faces,” Boston, MA
National Sculpture Society Gallery, “Altered Realities,” NYC, NY
The Hopkins Center for the Arts, 28th Annual Exhibition, Hopkins, MN

2022

Three Stones Gallery, Concord MA. 6 shows: Straight Ahead. Building Mythos. Portraits: Urban and Natural. Fluid Geometrics. Frolic
Concord Art, 23 Annual Roddy Competition, Concord MA
Old Schwamb Mill, “Alchemy of Autumn,” Arlington MA
Brush Gallery, Annual Exhibition, Lowell MA Winner ~ Juror’s Choice Award
Piano Craft Gallery, “Speak!", Boston, MA
Lex Art Summer Surprise, Lexington MA.
New Art Corridor Art as a Salve, Newton MA.
Customs House Museum with American Women Artists Association, “The Rise of American Women Artists,” Clarkesville, TN.
Attleboro Arts Museum Flower Exhibition, Attleboro MA.
Concord Art Members Annual Exhibition, Concord MA.
Palm Beach Show Palm Beach, FL.
Palm Beach Modern + Contemporary Palm Beach, FL.
Whitin Mills, “Inside & Out”, Whitinsville, MA.

2021

Three Stones Gallery, “Bienvenue Exhibition,” Concord, MA.
Latela Curatorial, “Women in the Arts Exhibition”, Washington, DC.
Newburyport Art Association, “Positivity Exhibition” Newburyport, MA.
Light Space and Time online, “Botanical’s Art Exhibition” Online.
New Haven Paint and Clay Club “120th Annual Open Exhibition”, New Haven, CT.
National Sculpture Society, “Asso Member Online Show”, Online.
Catherine Lolliard Wolfe Arts Club, “124th Annual Exhibit” at Salmagundi Club, NYC.
Palm Beach Show, Palm Beach, FL.
New England Sculptors Association, Equinox Juried and Prize Online Show, Online.
National Sculpture Society’s “88th Annual Awards Exhibition”, Brookgreen Gardens, SC.
Concord Art, “Members Annual Exhibition” Concord, MA.

2020

Member’s Juried Show, Concord Art, Concord MA.
Newport Art Museum, “Biennial New England Exhibition”, Newport RI.
Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro MA.
Newburyport Art Association, Newburyport MA.
Art Palm Beach, Palm Beach FL.

2019

Newbury Court, Concord MA.
Eustis House, “Changing Landscape”, Milton MA.
Three Stones Gallery, “Lure of Nature”, Concord MA.
Three Stones Gallery, “Summer Exhibition”, Rockport MA.
SOFA Expo, Chicago IL.
Plymouth Art Guild, “A Different Vision”, Plymouth MA.
Steamboat Springs Art Museum with American Women Artists Association, “Looking West” Steamboat CO. Winner ~ Best Nature Themed Sculpture
Concord Art, ”Francis Roddy Show”, Concord MA.
Spectrum Miami Art Fair, Miami FL.
Symposium International de Sculpture, Morges Switzerland.

2018

Three Stones Gallery, “Sprit of Place”, Concord MA.
Concord Art Walk, Concord MA.
Haggin Museum with American Women Artists Association, “Full Sun”, Stockton CA. Winner ~ Distinguished Achievement Award in Sculpture
Art Expo New York, NYC NY.
Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, ”Salon Show”, Boston MA. 
Concord Art, ”Francis Roddy Show”, Concord MA.
Concord Art, ”Members Juried Show,” Concord MA.

2017

Arc Gallery, “It Figures”, Chicago IL.
Concord Art, ”Francis Roddy Show”, Concord MA.
Mass Horticultural Society, “Gifts from the Garden”, Wellesley MA.
The John Langdon House, “Sea to Shore”, Portsmouth NH.
The Boston Design Center, “Urban Chic”, Boston MA.
Art Expo New York, NYC NY.
Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, “The Salon Show”, Boston MA.

2016

Millennium Towers, juried pop up show, Boston MA.
National Arts Club,“120th Annual Open Exhibition”, NYC NY.
Boston Design Center, “Industrial Chic”, Boston MA.
Hess Gallery, ”The Nature Show”, Weston MA.
Cambridge Art Association, ”Flora and Fauna” Cambridge MA.
Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, ”Liminal Drift,” duo art exhibition (with Natalia Wrobel) at Boston MA.

2015

Galatea Fine Art Gallery, “New England Collective 6”, Boston MA. 

2014

Three Stones Gallery, “Reflections”, West Concord MA.
Concord Art, “Members Juried Show”, Concord MA.
Brush Gallery, “Celebrating the Joy of the Garden”, Lowell MA.

2013

Gallery Seven, “Holiday Art Show”, Maynard MA.
St. Botolph Club, “New Talent/New England”, Boston MA.
Concord Art, “Members Juried Show”, Concord MA.

2012

Concord Art, ”Francis Roddy Show”, Concord MA.
University Place Gallery, “Six Degrees of Abstraction” (small group show), Cambridge MA.

2011

Cambridge Art Association, ”Northeast Prize Show”, Cambridge MA.
Cambridge Art Association, “67th Annual Fall Salon”, Cambridge MA.
Concord Art, ”Francis Roddy Show”, Concord MA.
Cambridge Art Association, “67th Members Prize Show”, Cambridge MA. 
Cambridge Art Association, “Red”, Cambridge MA.

2010

Concord Art, “Member Juried Show”, Concord MA.
Cambridge Art Association, “66th Annual Fall Salon”, Cambridge MA.
Cambridge Art Association, “Blue”, Cambridge MA.
Concord Library Gallery, “Nature Reflected” juried duo show (with Ann Miller), Concord MA.

2009

Cambridge Art Association, “Northeast Prize Show”, Cambridge MA.
Concord Art, ”Francis Roddy Show”, Concord MA.

2008

Concord Art, Member Juried Show, Concord MA.
Cambridge Art Association, “Shape”, Cambridge  MA.
Kathryn Schultz Gallery, “Kinetic Abstracts” (small group show), Cambridge MA. 
Gallery 1591, “Associations”, Brookline MA.

2007

Cambridge Art Association, “Visions”, Cambridge, MA.
Cambridge Art Association, “Cool”, Cambridge  MA.
University Place Gallery, “United in Stone” (small group show), Cambridge MA.

2006

Cambridge Art Association, “The Way We Live”, Cambridge MA.
Herring Run Arts Festival, Middleborough MA.
Cambridge Art Association, ”62 Fall Salon”, Cambridge MA.
Cambridge Art Association, “Members Prize Show”, Cambridge MA.

2005

Cambridge Art Association, “Open Photography and Sculpture Show”, Cambridge  MA.
Gallery 1591, “Memory and Desire”, Brookline MA.
Cambridge Art Association, ”New Members Show”, Cambridge  MA.
Herring Run Arts Festival, Middleborough MA.
Concord Art, ”Francis Roddy Show”, Concord MA.
Cambridge Art Association, ”61st Fall Salon”,  Cambridge MA.
The Art Institute in NYC and The New England Art Institute, “Mindscapes” traveling exhibit.
Cambridge Art Association, ”Decisive Moments”, Cambridge  MA .
Concord Art, ”Member's Prize Show”, Concord MA.