about
Elizabeth Casqueiro is a painter and mixed media visual artist who is drawn to the pieces of our lives — traces, remnants, and overlooked elements — and to the ways we make sense of them through a constant process of mental and physical rearrangement and reinterpretation.
Trained as an architect, she is conscious of the symbolism and meanings inherent in architecture and the urban landscape. As a Portuguese immigrant, she knows that displacement shapes both body and mind, leaving behind traces of absence, rupture, and adaptation. A global citizen at heart, she is distressed by the social disfunction of our times and uses her creative skills to reflect and communicate.
Casqueiro has shown her work in solo and group shows in the United States and Europe, including New York, Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, UK, Portugal, and Italy. She is a recipient of multiple art awards from, among others, the London Art Biennale, DC Arts and Humanities, and the Maryland State Arts Council.
Casqueiro has degrees in architecture and fine arts, and teaches at Georgetown University, in addition to practicing art in her studios at the Jackson Art Center in Washington DC and Easton, Maryland. Her artwork is in private and corporate collections, including the World Bank Group.
individual exhibitions
2025 grid+flow, Jackson Art Center, Washington DC
2025 Between Worlds, IDB Art Gallery, Washington DC
2024 Borderline Edge, Glen Echo Park View Gallery MD
2024 Stitched Narratives, Embassy of Portugal, Washington DC
2023 Terra Firme/Terra Frágil, Embassy of Portugal, Washington DC
2022 Connected Spaces (Duo show), Athenaeum, Alexandria VA
2021 Ponto de Encontro, Quinta dos Caniços, Tires, Portugal
2019 Ballyhoo, BlackRock Center for the Arts, Gaithersburg MD
2018 Re:Vision, Athenaeum, Alexandria VA
2018 Entrances and Exits, Academy Art Museum, Easton MD
2017 Super:Visions, Centro Cultural de Cascais, Portugal
2015 Flux, Galeria Quattro, Leiria, Portugal
selected group exhibitions
2026 Fierce Flowers, Massoni Gallery, Chestertown MD
2026 Resilience & Reverberation, Arts4Development, Washington DC
2025 ThePlaces We Inhabit, Zach Gallery, Easton MD
2024 On Beauty, Massoni Gallery, Chestertown MD
2024 Art+Architecture.2, Massoni Gallery, Chestertown MD
2023 Art in Bloom, Martha Spak Gallery, Washington, DC
2022 Home-Land: Exploring the American Myth, Katzen, Washington DC
2022 Fragile Beauty, DC Arts and Humanities, Washington DC
2021 Touch, Strathmore, Bethesda MD
2021 London Art Biennale, London UK
2021 Traverse, Amalgama, London UK
2021 Art Over Time, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn NY
2021 Finding Light, Massoni Gallery, Chestertown MD
2020 Moments in Time: A Very Weird Time, Athenaeum, Alexandra VA
2020 Spotlight, Touchstone Gallery, Washington DC
2020 Intimate Generations, Massoni Gallery, Chestertown MD
2019 A Sense of Place, Gertrude Herbert Inst. of Art, Augusta GA
2019 Artists Choice, Foundry Gallery, Washington DC
2019 Spotlight, Touchstone Gallery, Washington DC
2017 Little Demons, Massoni Gallery, Chestertown MD
2017 Fumetti Redux, Studio Gallery, Washington DC
2017 La Vie en Bleu, Strathmore Center, Rockville MD
2017 In Motion, Hamptons Art Hub, Sag Harbor NY
2016 Women's Work, Univ. of DC, Washington DC
2015 Ensemble, Studio Gallery, Washington DC
selected awards
2020-26=5 DC Arts and Humanities Fellowship Program Award
2021 First Prize. Works on Paper, Academy Art Museum, Easton MD
2021 Honorable Mention, Touch Exhibition, Strathmore, Rockville MD
2021 London Art Biennale Artist Award
2021 Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award
2021 Semi-Finalist, Trawick Art Prize
2018 Lisa Neher Memorial 1 Yr Residency, Jackson Art Center, Washington DC
2017 1st Prize Fine Art "IN MOTION", Hamptons Art Hub, NY
creative leadership roles
2025 U.S. Curator for Order and Chaos, an International Tactile Art Project, DC
2024-pr. Board Member of the Portuguese-American Artist Gallery
2020-pr. Board Member of the Jackson Art Center
2020-pr. Team Lead for Friends of Jackson public events
2019-pr. Adjunct Faculty, Master of Real Estate program, Georgetown U.
2003 President, American Institute of Architects, London Chapter
education
Master of Arts in Fine Art, University of Falmouth, Falmouth, UK
Master of Arts in International Business Mgt, Univ. of Westminster, London, UK
Master of Architecture (MArch), Catholic University of America, Washington DC
BA Design, Instituto de Arte e Design (IADE), Lisbon, Portugal
Frequented Escola Superior de Belas Artes de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal