Elena Sisto is known for her figurative paintings laden with symbolic meaning that frequently focus on the experience of being a woman artist. She received her BA in Art from Brown University and RISD in 1977. In addition, she studied at the New York School, the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, and Yale Norfolk. She is a 2013 recipient of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, and two National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artist’s Fellowships (1983–84 and 1989–90).
Her work has been the subject of essays by Stephen Westfall, Robert Storr, and Carol Kino. Mentions and reviews of Sisto’s exhibitions have appeared in publications including the New York Times, New Yorker magazine, Artforum, Art in America, Art News, The Brooklyn Rail, and Los Angeles Times.
