Elisa Caldana studied at the Städelschule in Frankfurt, where she was a student of Simon Starling (fine art class), and received her BA and MFA in visual arts from IUAV University of Venice.
Her work has been exhibited internationally, including at MACTE Museum, Termoli (2025); WEST, The Hague (2024); SIC, Helsinki (2024); MAXXI Museum, Rome (2023); Italian Cultural Institute, Mexico City (2022); MAMbo Museum, Bologna (2021); Whitechapel Gallery, London (2020); ROZENSTRAAT, Amsterdam (2020); TOKAS Hongo, Tokyo (2019); ar/ge Kunst Kunstverein, Bozen (2017); Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Foundation, Turin (2019/2016).
Caldana has been an artist in residence at Vasl Artists’ Association, Karachi (2023-24); “ROSE” Residency, promoted by MAMbo Museum, Bologna (2021); Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht (2020-21); TOKAS, Tokyo (2018); the Hessische Kulturstiftung studio in London (2016-17).
Her recent publications include The Falcon of Karachi (Mousse Publishing, 2024), Times of Crisis (MAMbo Editions, 2021), and Never Again (Mousse Publishing, 2020).
