Elena Damiani
Bio/CV
Available works
Elena Damiani
Elena Damiani
Elena Damiani (b. 1979, Lima, Peru) lives and works in Lima.
Bio/CV
Elena Damiani
Her solo exhibitions include Galerie Nordenhake Berlin (2023), the Americas Society New York (permanent installation), Museo de Arte de Contemporáneo, Lima (both 2022), Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk (2017), Museo Amparo, Puebla (2016), Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City (2015).
Her current group exhibitions include Donación Patricia Phelps de Cisneros. Obras para el MALI, Museo de Arte de Lima (MALI), Lima; and Sesc Quitandinha Cultural Centre, Petrópolis, Brazil. Her recent group exhibitions include Carpenter Cen- ter for the Visual Arts, Cambridge (2026); Second Nature: Photography in the Age of the Anthropocene, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City (2026); MoMA, New York (2023); Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey (2023); Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca (2023); Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne (2023); Museo de Arte Zapopan, Gua- dalajara (2022); The Isabel and Agustín Coppel Collection, Mexico City (2020); DePaul Art Museum, Chicago (2020); Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Rome (2019); Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (2018); Garage Museum of Contempo- rary Art, Moscow (2015); Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (2015); and Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City (2013); among others.
Her work has also been presented in major international biennials and triennials including the Aichi Triennale (2025); Seoul Mediacity Biennial (2023); Cuenca Biennial (2018, 2016); Gwangju Biennial (2016); Venice Biennale (2015); Vienna Biennale (2015); IV Poly/Graphic San Juan Triennial (2015); Bienal de la Imagen en Movimiento, Buenos Aires (2014); and Mercosul Biennial (2013); among others.
Damiani’s work is held in public collections including MoMA, New York; Museo de Arte de Lima; Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Rome; Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Collection, Madrid; Pérez Art Museum, Miami; Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection, New York and Caracas; Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City; Kadist Art Foundation, San Francisco and Paris; Fototeca Latinoamericana; and Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO), Miami.
She was awarded the Grants & Commissions Program, Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO), Miami (2016); and the commission for the David Rockefeller Atrium, Americas Society, New York (2014).
Her current group exhibitions include Donación Patricia Phelps de Cisneros. Obras para el MALI, Museo de Arte de Lima (MALI), Lima; and Sesc Quitandinha Cultural Centre, Petrópolis, Brazil. Her recent group exhibitions include Carpenter Cen- ter for the Visual Arts, Cambridge (2026); Second Nature: Photography in the Age of the Anthropocene, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City (2026); MoMA, New York (2023); Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey (2023); Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca (2023); Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne (2023); Museo de Arte Zapopan, Gua- dalajara (2022); The Isabel and Agustín Coppel Collection, Mexico City (2020); DePaul Art Museum, Chicago (2020); Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Rome (2019); Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (2018); Garage Museum of Contempo- rary Art, Moscow (2015); Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (2015); and Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City (2013); among others.
Her work has also been presented in major international biennials and triennials including the Aichi Triennale (2025); Seoul Mediacity Biennial (2023); Cuenca Biennial (2018, 2016); Gwangju Biennial (2016); Venice Biennale (2015); Vienna Biennale (2015); IV Poly/Graphic San Juan Triennial (2015); Bienal de la Imagen en Movimiento, Buenos Aires (2014); and Mercosul Biennial (2013); among others.
Damiani’s work is held in public collections including MoMA, New York; Museo de Arte de Lima; Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Rome; Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Collection, Madrid; Pérez Art Museum, Miami; Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection, New York and Caracas; Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City; Kadist Art Foundation, San Francisco and Paris; Fototeca Latinoamericana; and Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO), Miami.
She was awarded the Grants & Commissions Program, Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO), Miami (2016); and the commission for the David Rockefeller Atrium, Americas Society, New York (2014).
Available works
“Geologic Lights I – VI”, 2015
I–V: 100 × 75 cm; VI: 100 × 125 cm – Edition 4/4 + I AP
G print on cotton paper
“Fading Field N13”, 2019
206.10 × 291 × 58 cm
Digital print on silk chiffon, wood structure, black paint on wall
“The Erratic Marbles XI”, 2024
Series of 18 (each): 44.2 × 35.2 × 3.5 cm
Inkjet print on cotton paper, inkjet print on alpha-cellulose paper
Elena Damiani
Elena Damiani (b. 1979, Lima, Peru) lives and works in Lima.
Elena Damiani
Her solo exhibitions include Galerie Nordenhake Berlin (2023), the Americas Society New York (permanent installation), Museo de Arte de Contemporáneo, Lima (both 2022), Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk (2017), Museo Amparo, Puebla (2016), Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City (2015).
Her current group exhibitions include Donación Patricia Phelps de Cisneros. Obras para el MALI, Museo de Arte de Lima (MALI), Lima; and Sesc Quitandinha Cultural Centre, Petrópolis, Brazil. Her recent group exhibitions include Carpenter Cen- ter for the Visual Arts, Cambridge (2026); Second Nature: Photography in the Age of the Anthropocene, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City (2026); MoMA, New York (2023); Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey (2023); Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca (2023); Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne (2023); Museo de Arte Zapopan, Gua- dalajara (2022); The Isabel and Agustín Coppel Collection, Mexico City (2020); DePaul Art Museum, Chicago (2020); Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Rome (2019); Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (2018); Garage Museum of Contempo- rary Art, Moscow (2015); Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (2015); and Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City (2013); among others.
Her work has also been presented in major international biennials and triennials including the Aichi Triennale (2025); Seoul Mediacity Biennial (2023); Cuenca Biennial (2018, 2016); Gwangju Biennial (2016); Venice Biennale (2015); Vienna Biennale (2015); IV Poly/Graphic San Juan Triennial (2015); Bienal de la Imagen en Movimiento, Buenos Aires (2014); and Mercosul Biennial (2013); among others.
Damiani’s work is held in public collections including MoMA, New York; Museo de Arte de Lima; Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Rome; Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Collection, Madrid; Pérez Art Museum, Miami; Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection, New York and Caracas; Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City; Kadist Art Foundation, San Francisco and Paris; Fototeca Latinoamericana; and Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO), Miami.
She was awarded the Grants & Commissions Program, Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO), Miami (2016); and the commission for the David Rockefeller Atrium, Americas Society, New York (2014).
Her current group exhibitions include Donación Patricia Phelps de Cisneros. Obras para el MALI, Museo de Arte de Lima (MALI), Lima; and Sesc Quitandinha Cultural Centre, Petrópolis, Brazil. Her recent group exhibitions include Carpenter Cen- ter for the Visual Arts, Cambridge (2026); Second Nature: Photography in the Age of the Anthropocene, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City (2026); MoMA, New York (2023); Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey (2023); Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca (2023); Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne (2023); Museo de Arte Zapopan, Gua- dalajara (2022); The Isabel and Agustín Coppel Collection, Mexico City (2020); DePaul Art Museum, Chicago (2020); Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Rome (2019); Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (2018); Garage Museum of Contempo- rary Art, Moscow (2015); Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (2015); and Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City (2013); among others.
Her work has also been presented in major international biennials and triennials including the Aichi Triennale (2025); Seoul Mediacity Biennial (2023); Cuenca Biennial (2018, 2016); Gwangju Biennial (2016); Venice Biennale (2015); Vienna Biennale (2015); IV Poly/Graphic San Juan Triennial (2015); Bienal de la Imagen en Movimiento, Buenos Aires (2014); and Mercosul Biennial (2013); among others.
Damiani’s work is held in public collections including MoMA, New York; Museo de Arte de Lima; Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Rome; Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Collection, Madrid; Pérez Art Museum, Miami; Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection, New York and Caracas; Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City; Kadist Art Foundation, San Francisco and Paris; Fototeca Latinoamericana; and Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO), Miami.
She was awarded the Grants & Commissions Program, Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO), Miami (2016); and the commission for the David Rockefeller Atrium, Americas Society, New York (2014).
“Geologic Lights I – VI”, 2015
I–V: 100 × 75 cm; VI: 100 × 125 cm – Edition 4/4 + I AP
G print on cotton paper
“Fading Field N13”, 2019
206.10 × 291 × 58 cm
Digital print on silk chiffon, wood structure, black paint on wall
“The Erratic Marbles XI”, 2024
Series of 18 (each): 44.2 × 35.2 × 3.5 cm
Inkjet print on cotton paper, inkjet print on alpha-cellulose paper