Tuesday Night Lecture Series: Ellie Krakow

As part of the Tuesday Night Lecture Series (TNLS), Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Visual Arts presents a lecture by artist Ellie Krakow, organized by the MFA Sculpture program.

Ellie Krakow is an interdisciplinary artist whose work spans sculpture, drawing and photography. Seeking to claim a place for the sick body in the lineage of figurative sculpture, her work combines bodily representation with forms inspired by the architectures of medical intervention. Her work has been presented in solo exhibitions at Underdonk, Marinaro, Below Grand, Goodyear Gallery at Dickinson College, NURTUREart, and Cuchifritos, and in group shows at Foyer-LA, Simone Subal Gallery, 1/9unosunove, Field Projects, Thierry Goldberg, Kingston Sculpture Biennial, and the Pula Film Festival. She has participated in residencies at Sharpe-Walentas, Skowhegan, Yaddo, Abrons Arts Center, Shandaken: Stormking, and The Swimming Hole Foundation. Parallel to her studio practice, Krakow’s text-based works have been published in Precog, VECTOR, Lookie-Lookie, and Drain Journal, and her curatorial projects have been shown at The Whitney Museum of American Art, NURTUREart, and Mazmanian Gallery at Framingham State University. Krakow earned her MFA from Hunter College and her BA through study at Yale University and the Rhode Island School of Design. She is currently an Associate Professor of Art and Director of Mazmanian Gallery at Framingham State University.

Image: Declining Nude (with Basin, Prop, and Handle), 2025. Aquaresin, fiberglass, foam, wood, epoxy clay, acrylic paint, photograph printed on aluminum, 18 x 29 x 16.5 in.