Elissa Farrow-Savos
2015
· Crafty Bastards, Washington DC
· MPAartfest, McLean VA
· SOFA, Chicago IL
· CONTEXT Art Miami, Miami FL
· Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival, Reston VA
· EMULSION 2015, Washington DC
2014
· CONTEXT Art Miami, Miami FL
· DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Art Bank Collection Purchase Grant
· A Re-Visioning: New Works in Polymer, The H.F. Johnson Gallery of Art, Kenosha WI
· Under the Big Top, Gallery C, Raleigh NC
· (e)merge art fair, Washington DC
· The Grace of Craft, The Capitol Arts Network, Rockville MD
· Women of Wonder, Gallery C, Raleigh NC, Solo Exhibition
· Art Wynwood International Contemporary Art Fair, Miami FL
· 24 + 24, Waverly Street Gallery, Bethesda MD
2013
· 26th Annual Washington Craft Show, Washington DC
· (e)merge art fair, Washington DC
· Bethesda Fine Arts Festival, Bethesda MD
· Images of Women, Washington Sculptors Group, Tyson’s Corner VA
· Polymer Clay – Gallery Style, Flow Art Space, St. Paul MN, First Place Award
· Sculpture Now 2013, Honfleur Gallery, Washington DC, and The Anacostia Arts Center, Washington DC
2012
· Holiday Show on the Square, ArtSquare, Leesburg VA
· BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown MD, Solo Exhibition
· Conversations With My Mother, The Torpedo Factory Art Center: The Art League Gallery, Alexandria VA, Solo Exhibition
· Fairfax Fine Arts Festival, Fairfax VA
· Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival, Reston VA
2011
· Holiday Show on the Square, ArtSquare, Leesburg VA
· 24th Annual Washington Craft Show, Washington DC
· Northern Virginia Fine Art Festival, Reston VA, Excellence in Contemporary Art Award
· Out of Her Mind, ArtSquare, Leesburg VA, Solo Exhibition
· Hope for Haiti, Belnavis Art, Springfield VA
· The Medium is the Message, Gallery 555, Washington DC
· Winter Show, ArtSquare, Leesburg VA
2010
· 23rd Annual Washington Craft Show, Washington DC
· MPAartfest, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean VA
· Earth’s Bounty, Belnavis Art, Springfield VA
· Curves, The Torpedo Factory Art Center: The Art League Gallery, Alexandria VA, Honorable Mention
· Beautiful: Virginia Women Artists and the Body, Reston VA, Solo Exhibition
· Seeing Red, ArtSquare, Leesburg VA
· Exposed, Meyer Fine Art Gallery, Norfolk VA, Honorable Mention
· Art of the Soul: A Woman’s View of Sexism and Oppression, Hamiltonian Gallery, Washington DC
· Recent Work, Arts Club of Washington, Washington DC, Solo Exhibition
2009
· Winter Show, Gallery 222, Leesburg VA
· Family Album, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago IL
· Thinking Pink, Gallery 222 at Franklin Park, Leesburg VA
· Bethesda Row Arts Festival, Bethesda MD
· Taking Form, The Torpedo Factory Art Center: The Art League Gallery, Alexandria VA, Honorable Mention
· Finding Beauty in a Broken World: In The Spirit of Frida Kahlo, The Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery at Smith Farm Center, Washington DC
· Summer Show, Gallery 222, Leesburg VA
· 63rd Annual Sculpture Exhibition, Pen and Brush, New York NY
· Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival, Reston VA
· Resurrect: The Art of the Reclaimed Object, Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa AZ
· Going Green, Gallery 222, Leesburg VA
· Faces of Woman, Las Vegas Arts Council, Las Vegas NM, Honorable Mention
· Art into Life/Life into Art, Pen and Brush, New York NY
· Reclaimed, Torpedo Factory Art Center: Target Gallery, Alexandria VA
· NCECA 2009 Clay National Biennial Exhibition, Tempe AZ
· 12th Annual National Juried Show, Gallery West, Alexandria VA
2008
· Winter Show, Gallery 222, Leesburg VA
· Bethesda Row Arts Festival, Bethesda MD, Best in Category (Sculpture)
· Earth and Sky Benefit Exhibit at Franklin Park Performing Arts Center, Gallery 222, Leesburg VA
· Juried Multi-Media Exhibition, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton VA
· She Speaks, Lee Arts Center, Arlington VA, Solo Exhibition
· Arts Council @ GRACE 2008, Reston VA
· Summer Show, Gallery 222, Leesburg VA
· Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival, Reston VA
· Student Exhibit, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington VA
· She Was, Is, Will Be, The Schlesinger Center at NVCC, Solo Exhibition
· Peace Now!, The Gallery at Warehouse, Washington DC
· 10th Annual All-Media Exhibition, Touchstone Gallery, Washington DC, 2nd place
· 11th Annual National Juried Show, Gallery West, Alexandria VA, 2nd place
· Night With the Legends, McLean Chamber of Commerce Winter Gala, McLean VA
2007
· Art on the Small Side, Touchstone Gallery, Washington DC, Best in Show
· Artfest, McLean Project for the Arts, McLean VA
· Cooper Carry Art Show, Alexandria VA
· 9x10 Member Show, Washington Project for the Arts\Corcoran, Washington DC
· Paint and Beyond, League of Reston Artists, Reston VA, Honorable Mention
· Something Hot, Gallery 222, Leesburg VA
· Sense of Place, Torpedo Factory Art Center: Target Gallery, Alexandria VA
· The Human Form, Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg VA
· 10th Annual National Juried Show, Gallery West, Alexandria VA
2006
· Winter Show, Gallery 222, Leesburg VA
· All Arlington Salon, The Ellipse Arts Center, Arlington VA
· Collector’s Shop, Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston VA
· Something Hot, Gallery 222, Leesburg VA
· Languages of Silence, Greater Reston Arts Center, Reston VA
Galleries
· Alida Anderson Art Projects, Washington DC
· Gallery C, Raleigh NC
Selected Press
· Max Halperen, Local Gallery News, Triangle Downtowner Magazine, Issue 102, 2014
· Winyan Soo Hoo, “Mother’s Wisdom, Borne Out in Clay”, The Washington Post, May 2012, Arts Section
Collections
· Racine Art Museum, Racine WI
· DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Washington DC
Education
· Connecticut College, New London CT, BA in Painting and Computer Graphic Design, minor in Women’s Studies and Religion, 1991