Elizabeth Awalt’s work is rooted in the natural world, particularly landscapes of raw beauty or those affected by environmental change. The artist’s work has been supported by fellowships and grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, and the MacDowell, Yaddo, and Millay Colonies. Elizabeth’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 in Maine. In April 2019 artist and curator Maria Magdalena Campos Pons invited the artist to exhibit in the Thirteenth Havana Biennale in Mantanzas, Cuba. 

Elizabeth curated Undercurrents: Water and Human Impact at Concord Center for the Arts in 2022 and is on its Exhibitions Committee. The artist created an online project, Marking Lives Covid-19 in 2020 and co-curated the exhibit Remembering Together: Marking Lives Covid-19 exhibited at the Broad Institute in 2021.

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