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Elizabeth Hale is an abstract painter based in Los Osos, California. Heavily influenced by the capricious rhythms of the Central Coast, her work explores the tension between rigid structure and organic movement. Her process is a physical one—defined by layering, overpainting, and manipulating surfaces to create a sense of "organic disintegration" that mirrors the shifting coastal landscape.

With a background in both Painting (BFA) and Textile and Surface Design (AA), Elizabeth brings a designer’s eye for pattern and color relationships to her fine art practice. Her current work uses color to surprise the viewer, establishing a dynamic ebb and flow where tight, deliberate marks meet fluid, weathered textures.

Education 

University of New Mexico, BFA, Painting

FIDM, Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, Professional Designate-AA, Textile /Surface Design

Exhibitions 

2025

Carmel Modern, Carmel,By-The-Sea, CA (Nov. 13-Jan.2026)

2025

Monterey Biennial,Monterey Art Museum, Monterey  CA 

2025

Art After Dark, Humankind FT, San Luis Obispo,  CA

2024

Open Studio /2248 El Dorado,  Los Osos,  CA

2024

OSAT Preview exhibit'; Edna Contemporary,  San Luis Obispo, CA

2024

 'Brushstrokes;'Morro Bay Art Center, Morro Bay, CA

2024

'Small Images'; Atkinson Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA

2023

Open Studio /2248 El Dorado,  Los Osos,  CA

2023

The Bunker Gallery -OSAT Preview Show , San Luis Obispo, CA

1985

From Darkness into Light. Women's Building Gallery, Los Angeles

1984

Love/Death: 6 Painters, Phillip Bareiss Gallery, Taos, NM 

1984

10 Women/Artists; ASA Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

1983

Daily Bread: Art from Female Experience, Albuquerque Public Library,  Albuquerque, NM

1982

Off the Pedestal; Large Scale Sculpture & Installations, Downtown Center for the Arts, Albuquerque, NM

1980

Modern Clues & Mystery Dance, Solo Show; White Oak Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

1980

10 Albuquerque Independents; ASA Gallery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

1979

Elizabeth Hale + Margaret Farrell; Clarke-Benton Gallery / Central 6 Gallery, Albuquerque, NM 

1977-80

Group shows, Clarke-Benton Gallery , Santa Fe, NM 

1976

Southwest Biennial, Museum of New Mexico,, Santa Fe, NM 

Press

Art in America, Joan Simon. "Report from New Mexico"

1980

Artspace Magazine, William Petersen, "Elizabeth Hale + Margaret Farrell "

1979

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