Biography

Elisa Carutti (Milan, 1991) is a visual artist working across painting, printmaking, and sculpture. Her practice explores the humanity of artistic gesture, where each mark, color, or form responds to what came before, creating a dialogue between intention and chance. Her work investigates the creation of emotion and poetry in painting, dissolving rigid forms into
traces of color and water. In this process, the canvas transforms into a "fertile ground" where the unfolding of time meets the poetry of the unforeseen, making each piece a singular and unrepeatable occurrence. Through an ongoing negotiation between control and surrender, she
allows the unexpected to become a generative force within her creative process. Trained at the Brera Academy and the Slade School of Fine Art in London, she has exhibited in Italy, the UK, France, and Greece, and participated in international residencies. Her work has been shown at venues such as Triennale Design Museum and Saatchi Gallery, and she has been a finalist for awards including the Premio Combat and the Liberty Art Award.

Education

MFA, Slade School of Fine Art, 2018

BA, Accademia di belle arti di Brera, 2014

Diploma, École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, 2013

Private Collections

AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES

2026 (upcoming)
Residency Via Farini, Milan, Italy
2018
Finalist for the Liberty Art Award, Clyde & Co, London, UK
Winner of the Slade Summer Residency, London, UK
2017
– Joya: AIR Residency, Granada, Spain
2014
– Finalist, Premio Combat 2014, Livorno, Italy
2013
– Recipient of Erasmus Scholarship, Paris