ALL: Master Collection List
Nationality
American
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Date of Work
2021
Medium
Oil, acrylic, hemp paper, sand, tulle, cotton twine, copper wire, staples, and plaster on canvase, hemp, and linen
Height
48"
Width
72"
Depth
1.5"
Collection/Provenance
Art + Design Study Collection
Status
Displayed: Division of Research & Economic Development
Location
Division of Research & Economic Development
Artist Bio
Elizabeth Wold creates abstract paintings inspired by rust, weathering, graffiti, and the quiet beauty of abandoned places. Through layered processes that embrace time, accumulation, and transformation, her work emerges from cycles of building, disrupting, and rediscovering balance. Her work reflects the dynamic relationship between chaos, serendipity, and serenity, resulting in richly textured non-representational compositions that evoke the resilience and evolution found in the built environment.
Elizabeth Wold lives in the Upper Midwest of the United States. Her work is held in public and private collections. She earned her Master of Fine Arts from the University of North Dakota in 2021 and holds a bachelor's degree in photography.
Artist's website: https://www.elizabethwold.art/
Additional Information
Prairie Surrealism:
Wold's work resonates with the spirit of research and innovation, where discovery often unfolds through experimentation, iteration, and unexpected connections. Her paintings invite viewers to consider how change, persistence, and curiosity can transform what is overlooked into something meaningful. These are qualities that parallel the pursuit of knowledge and economic development. In Too Much and Not Enough, her layered abstractions evoke the paradoxes of the North Dakota prairie: vast yet intimate, abundant yet fragile, familiar yet uncanny. The painting's weathered surfaces and expansive horizon-like forms transform traces of decay into a landscape of possibility, embodying the spirit of Prairie Surrealism by revealing the extraordinary within the seemingly ordinary.
Condition
Excellent
Rights
Images are provided for educational purposes only and may not be reproduced for commercial use. Images may be protected by artist copyright. A credit line is required to be used for any public non-commercial educational purpose. The credit line must include, “Image courtesy of the University of North Dakota.”