Hello, I'm Elise.
Elise Racine is an award-winning artist based in Washington DC, whose multidisciplinary practice spans photography, digital art, collage, mixed media, video, computational art, interactive installations, sculpture, and poetry. A crucial component of her work is integrating artistic experimentation with academic inquiry and activism to translate complex concepts and human histories into accessible, impactful experiences that challenge perceptions. She is the founder of de PALOMA—an activist art collaborative investigating the socio-ethical implications of emerging technologies, like artificial intelligence (AI)—and a doctoral researcher at the University of Oxford, where she is a also founding member of the Arts, Health and Ethics Collective (AHEC). Elise has exhibited work in the United States and internationally, including 20+ cities worldwide. Recent exhibitions/publications: The Bigger Picture (Beta Festival 2024 & MTU Gallery, Ireland), 2025 Fractured Horizons (NYCxDESIGN FESTIVAL, NYC/NJ), Digital Directions 2025 (Maryland Federation of Art, MD; Juror's Choice Award), Unearthing & Refracted Worlds (Sims Contemporary, NYC), Retro Tomorrow (Peck Gallery, WY; 3rd Place Award), Under All is the Land (Woman Made Gallery, IL), 2025 National Juried Exhibition (Delaplaine Arts Center, MD), Watching (Manifest, OH), SPC Photo Awards (Germany & Austria), PhotoSpiva (Spiva Center for the Arts, MO), Boundless: An Exhibition of Book Art (Swig Arts Center, NJ), No Theme Theme Show & Say What (Covet Art Gallery, CA), Being Seen (TAG, MD), Teeny Tiny Art Show (Allegany Arts Council, MD), A Fervent and Necessary Arrangement (Midwest Nice Art, SD), Held Together: Fragility and Endurance in Art (Visionary Art Collective, NYC), Human Expressions & Spring Member Show 2025 (Maryland Federation of Art, MD), SEQUITUR, Superpresent Winter 2025 Issue, Juste Milieu Zine Issue 18, and L'Esprit Literary Review. Upcoming exhibitions/publications: Figures 2025 and Color 2025 (CICA Museum, South Korea), The Big Picture 2025-2027 (Multiple Cities Globally), Prime Time (Covet Art Gallery, CA), and Summer Member Show 2025 & The Changing Americas (Maryland Federation of Art, MD).