Elizabeth H Stone
Biography
Elizabeth Stone (made in Japan, born 1950 in Kentucky) makes drawings, paintings, prints, and sculptures of the human body. Her disembodied and abstracted forms of luminescent beings depict their spiritual essence. Stone’s three-dimensional works feature translucent fabric, paper and animal intestine illuminated from within to create glowing, human-sized figures. Stone is currently working with a sculptor and a filmmaker on an experiential installation about light at A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton, MA in February, 2026.
Stone earned a BA in psychology from the College of William & Mary in Virginia and is a self-taught artist. Her work has been exhibited and she has curated exhibits at venues such as the University of Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, Amherst, MA, D’Amour Museum, Springfield, MA, Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT, Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, MA, and A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton, MA. For 2 decades, Stone has advocated for artists in Western Massachusetts by reviewing grants, co-hosting art salons, teaching art, interviewing artists on radio, and serving on non-profit arts organization boards. After living across the U.S. and Asia, she now lives and works in Northampton, Massachusetts.
Artist Statement
My art delves into the human body, moving beyond the physical to ultimately contemplate its unseen spiritual essence through abstraction. I draw and paint in various media, make prints, and create three-dimensional forms. My sculptural work is made of fabric, paper, or pig gut draped and stretched over armatures of sticks, wire or mannequins and illuminated from within. Works on paper using metallic ink, silverpoint, or sgraffito on a graphite ground, capture and reflect light and, depending on the angle of light, can be almost imperceptible. These drawings are my attempt to depict a radiant being that appeared to me in meditation, using luminescence to express the mystery of existence.
Light Being is my current body of drawings that depict abstracted figures emanating light. These works are both luminous and liminal with calligraphic lines reminiscent of ancient art of brushwork. They offer a glimpse into a spiritual essence that simultaneously connects to the distant past and projects into the future. In times of upheaval, the idea of existing as beings that emanate light and energy beyond our physical selves brings me a profound sense of expansiveness and comfort.
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Elizabeth Stone
ehstoneart@gmail.com
(413) 896-6812
Born 1950, Ft. Campbell, KY
Lives and works in Northampton, MA
Solo Exhibitions
2014 Nightingale Uncaged: Jenny Lind in Northampton, Historic Northampton, MA
2012 Dress/Undress, Northampton Center for Arts, MA
2012 Dialogue with a Collection, University Museum of Contemporary Art, UMass Amherst, MA
2010 Face to Face, Russell Gallery Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, MA
2006 Faces & Figures, Hosmer Gallery at Forbes Library Northampton, MA
2004 50 Heads of Northampton, A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton, MA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 Women Artists Making Their Mark, O’Hanlon Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
2024 Impermanence, A3 Gallery, Amherst, MA
2024 Minimal, Art Fluent, on-line international
2023 Figure, Artworks Gallery, Ware, MA
2020 This is Us: Regional Portraiture Today, D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts Springfield, MA
2019 3 Disgraces: Fashionista, Plastica, Electronica, Art in the Orchard, Easthampton, MA
2018 Seeing Ourselves: Self-Portraits by 50 Women Artists, A.P.E. Gallery, Northampton, MA
2015 40 Years/40 Artists, University Museum of Contemporary Art, UMass Amherst, MA
2015 Community of Artists, Danforth Museum, Danforth, MA,
2014 The Diorama Show, A.P.E. Gallery Northampton, MA
2012 ‘11, ’10, ’09 Jane Lund Invitational, Northampton Center for Arts, Northampton, MA
2012 ‘10, ‘09, ‘08, ‘07, ‘06, ‘03 Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists Annual National, CT
2011 Exquisite Corpse, Russell Gallery, Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, MA
2011 ‘10, ‘09, ‘08,’06, ‘05, ‘04, ‘03 Academic Artists Association Annual National, Springfield, MA
2010 ‘08, ‘07, ‘04, ‘99 Connecticut Pastel Society Annual National, CT
2010 Symphonies of Italy, Royal Gallery, Providence, RI
2009 ‘08 Fresh, Women, and Small Works, Ferrin Gallery Pittsfield, MA
2008 Nor’Easter, New Britain Museum of American Art annual, New Britain, CT
2008 International Association of Pastel Societies 12th Exhibition Web Show
2008 Hudson Valley Art Association 77th Annual National Exhibition, Old Lyme, CT
2007 Self Reflection, Hosmer Gallery at Forbes LIbrary, Northampton, MA
2003 Art League Winners, Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA
2002 National Arts Club Roundtable Show NYC invitational
2002 Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery Kent, CT
2002 Herstory, Manhattan Arts International online exhibition
2002 ‘01 Northeast, Springfield Art League, Springfield, MA
2002 New Orleans Art Association 22nd Annual National, New Orleans, LA
2001 Promenade Gallery,The Bushnell, Hartford, CT
2001 National Small Works Exhibition, Canton, CT
Selected Collections
Richard Freemantle Collection, Florence, Italy
University of Contemporary Art, UMass, Amherst, MA
Awards
2007 Chicopee Library Art Exhibit “Best in Category of Pastels”
2006 Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists “Honorable Mention” juror: E. Kinstler
2004 Academic Artists Association “Honorable Mention” jurors: P.Leveille and S. Wakeen
2004 Show Us Your Bra “Honorable Mention”, Northampton, MA
2002 Springfield Art League “Past President’s Award” juror: Scott Prior
2002 Connecticut Pastel Society “Jerry's Artarama Award” juror: Peter Seltzer
2001 Greenwich Art Society “Allan Bernard Award”
2000 Connecticut Pastel Society “Honorable Mention”
Education
BA Psychology, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia