Elisa Crossing
Education
2019 Phd Candidate, Painting Workshop, ANU
1996 -1991 Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy, Australian National University
1986 - 1983 Bachelor of Arts, (Visual), Painting, Canberra School of Art
Solo Exhibitions
2026 Move Me! Civic Art Bureau, Canberra
2023 Slow looking, Nancy Sever Gallery, Canberra
2013 Peep Box, M16, ACT
2011 Stolen and Other Misdeeds, M16, ACT
2009 Still, ANU Foyer Gallery ACT
2001 Rikyu’s Vision, Warrnambool Regional Gallery, Victoria
2000 Search, Artspace71, ACT
1998 Unquenchable, 200 Gertrude St Gallery, Melbourne
1996 Uncharted Waters, Spiral Arm Gallery, ACT
1995 Liquid Light, Canberra Contemporary Art Space.
1994 Lutescent, Inclining to Yellow, Spiral Arm Gallery, ACT
Group Shows/projects
2026 M16 Member’s show, M16 Gallery Canberra
2025 40 x 40: M16 40th Anniversary Exhibition, Canberra
2019 Looks like music, sounds like painting, Gallery of Small Things
2018 1X ANU School of Art & Design Foyer Gallery.
2017 Finalist 2017 Mosman Art Prize, Mosman Art Gallery.
2017 Ten Years of Collecting, ANU, Drill Hall Gallery, ACT
2016 Re:Place, M16 Gallery ACT
2013 Gestalt-ed, ANCA Gallery ACT
2010 Stanthorpe Art Festival, Queensland
2009 Art Work, School of Art Gallery, ANU
2003 Inspace, Tuggeranong Community Arts Centre
2003 Interiors, Schloss Haldenstein, Switzerland
2001 The Inaugural 2001 Canberra Art Prize,The Italo-Australian Club, ACT
Still Here, Tenant Exhibition Leichhardt Street Studios.
2000 The Second Annual Drawing Show, Spiral Arm Gallery, ACT
1999 The Drawing Show, Artspace71, ACT
1998 One Square Foot Spiral Arm Gallery, ACT
1997 Living with Art, Spiral Arm Gallery, ACT
Staff Show, Canberra School of Art, ACT
1996 Fifth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building,
Melbourne.
Prime Television Painting Prize, NSW Regional Galleries and
Nolan Gallery, ACT
Inner Square, Spiral Arm Gallery, ACT
1995 God Save the Queen, Canberra Contemporary Art Space
1994 Ten, Leichhardt Street Studios Tenant Exhibition, ACT
Cadence, Work in Progress, Link Theatre, ACT
1993 Spiral Secrets, Spiral Arm Gallery, ACT
1992 Compact Art, A Clear Case, Ben Grady Gallery, ACT
Between the Covers, Canberra Contemporary Art Space
The Book Project, Raft Press, National Library, ACT
Touring regional galleries in Australia and New Zealand
1991 Camera Obscured, Photo Access, ACT
1990 Octavo, Canberra Contemporary Art Space
1987 Five Graduates, Ben Grady Gallery, ACT
1986 Seven, Bitumen River Gallery, ACT
Graduate Show, Canberra School of Art
Professional Experience
2026 -2002 Lecturer, Painting Workshop, Australian National University,
2026-2016 Co-Course Convenor/Lecturer, The Exquisite Corpse Medn222 ANU
2021-1998 Lecturer, Foundation Studies, Australian National University, School of Art & Design.
Teaching Awards
2020 The ANU Vice Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Publications
2026 Carlsson, Anna 20 Questions with Elisa Crossing Art Guide published 29 July
2023 Authors: E Crossing, L. Smyth, A. Webb, K. Valter, Chapter Title: Visualizing the Human Body Using an Artistic Approach Book: Biomedical Visualisation. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-13021-2
2017 E.Crossing, “Exquisite Corpse: A contemporary marriage of art and anatomy” ACUADS Australian Council of University Art & Design Schools https://acuads.com.au/conference/article/exquisite-corpse-a-contemporary-marriage-of-art-and-anatomy/
2016 A Marriage of Art and Anatomy ANU Educational Fellowship Scheme News, August 2016 Issue no. 19
Curatorial Projects
2000-1999 Gallery Co-ordinator, for Spiral Arm Gallery and Artspace71,Canberra. Curator for the following 8 exhibitions- Chill out, Running with the Pack, The Art of Fibre, Kadi, The Christmas Show, The Drawing Show, The tenants show 1999 & 2000.
Grant Funding
2010 artsACT funding for a new body of work in collaboration with sound artist
1994 Individual Grant, ACT Cultural Council
Works held in numerous private collections.
2016 Acquired for the Australian National University Art Collection,
2003 The Schloss Haldenstein Collection, Switzerland