Elaine B. Chao

Elaine B. Chao is a traditional-digital hybrid artist, who creates vivid images layered with bright colors and expressive strokes. Her process begins with traditional painting techniques on paper or canvas, to which she applies digital effects once these are imported into an image manipulation program. Chao's hybrid approach highlights the new possibilities that arise from blurring the boundaries between traditional and digital art. Her art echoes the contemporary moment, reflecting the expanding digital presence in art while remaining rooted in traditional art forms. Even though her practice focuses on digital printmaking, she also continues to paint. 

Chao's work has been exhibited internationally. Selected exhibitions include: ItsLiquid Group, Anima Mundi: RITUALS, 2022, Venice; Core New Art Space, Surface In/Out: Printmaking Today, 2022, Denver; Solas Studio, Revelation: Sight Through Symmetry, 2021, New York; Local Project Art Space, Transcendence, 2021, New York.

She lives and works in Queens, New York.