ELIZABETH HAUTAU KARP

Elizabeth Hautau is a multidisciplinary artist based in Avondale Estates, GA. She works in painting, altered books, and graphic design. Her work explores the sacredness of nature - of birth and death, the magic of curiosity, and the playfulness of innocence.

 

Drawing inspiration from play and curiosity, her paintings invite us to explore an enchanted world of midnight gardens, where nature’s cycles and sigils are layered in an illustrative style that echoes the Byzantine manner. Each work captures the luminescence of an abundant botanical portal, inviting the viewer to step through a golden doorway. Believing that nature is sacred, her work explores life right before we step beyond the veil — at the entrance where the divine becomes possible.

 

Born on a flower farm in the foothills of Appalachia, Elizabeth received a BFA from Moore College of Art and Design in Philadelphia. She has exhibited with a variety of galleries across the country, including Cat Eye Creative in Decatur. A former member of The Goat Farm and the Grant Park Collective (The Mattress Factory), and participated in the WhiteSpace Angel Blow-out and the Art Writers Mentorship Program with BurnAway Magazine. She has received recognition for design work from CASE  and The Phoenix Awards and has been featured in design publications.

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EDUCATION

1990, Moore College of Art and Design, BFA, Graphic Design

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EXHIBITIONS AND SHOWS

Group Show, Cat Eye Creative, Decatur, GA 2026

New Year, New Art, Cat Eye Creative, Decatur, GA 2026

Kai Lin Art, The New South Group Show, Atlanta, GA, 2025

Gallery Chimera, Atlanta, GA, 2024

Moore College of Art and Design Alumni Show, Philadelphia, PA, 2024

Avondale Arts Alliance, Avondale Estates, GA, 2023-24

Decatur Arts Alliance 2023

Goat Farm Atlanta GA 2017-2019

Wild Oats and Billy Goats 2015-2019

Decatur Market and Gallery 2013-2015

Grant Park Collective (The Mattress Factory) Atlanta GA 2002

WhiteSpace Gallery Christmas Show, Atlanta GA 2002
Alysia Duckler Gallery, Portland OR 1997-98
Red River Gallery, Atlanta GA 1997-98

 

RESIDENCIES

Wild Acres Art Retreat, Little Switzerland, NC, 2025

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