Elizabeth Awalt’s work is rooted in the natural world, particularly landscapes of raw beauty or those affected by environmental change.

The artist has received fellowships and grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, National Endowment for the Arts, Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, and MacDowell, Yaddo, and Millay Colonies. Awalt’s work has been shown in Boston area group exhibitions including the Museum of Fine Arts, DeCordova Museum, Rose Art Museum, and McMullen Museum. Solo shows include the Danforth Museum, Matter and Light Fine Art, Clark Gallery, Soprafina Gallery, Thomas Segal Gallery, GW Einstein Gallery NY, Caldbeck Gallery, Cove Street Arts and Center for Maine Contemporary Art. Artist and curator Maria Magdalena Campos Pons included the artist in the 13th Havana Biennale in Matanzas, Cuba. 

Awalt curated Undercurrents: Water and Human Impact at Concord Art in 2022 and is on its Exhibitions Committee. The artist created the online project, “Marking Lives Covid-19” in 2020 and co-curated the exhibit Remembering Together: Marking Lives Covid-19 at the Broad Institute in 2021.

The artist lives in Concord, Massachusetts, and Swans Island, Maine. She received her BA from Boston College and MFA from the University of Pennsylvania. Awalt taught painting at Boston College where she was a tenured Associate Professor.