About — Elena Bulet i Llopis

Elena Bulet i Llopis (she/they) is a visual artist born and raised in Barcelona (1997). Her work addresses family dynamics in Spain, exploring how postwar and dictatorship shaped the present of the country. She uses photography, experimental video, and glass and steel sculptures to create installations that contend with processes of personal and collective memory.

She graduated with an MFA in Photography from the Rhode Island School of Design (2024). Prior to RISD, she studied the One-Year Certificate Program in Documentary Practices and Visual Journalism at the International Center of Photography (ICP) in NY (2021). Elena completed with honors her BS in Journalism from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (2020). She also participated in the XXXV Eddie Adams Workshop (2022).

Elena’s work has been exhibited in several group shows across the United States, at the ICP Museum and NADA East Broadway, NY; at The Humid, GA; at the RISD Museum and the Ladd Observatory, RI; and at Melkweg Expo, Amsterdam, among others. She also had screenings in theaters and festivals in Spain, Colombia, Mexico, and Rwanda.

She is a recipient of awards such as La Caixa Foundation Fellowship (2021), the RISD Commons Grant (2023), the TC Colley Award from RISD Photography (2023), the Lenscratch Student Prize Honorable Mention (2023), and is a Palm Photo Prize finalist (2024).

Elena’s work has been featured in several printed and online publications like Lenscratch (US), “Shift” (US), diari Ara (Spain), Ctxt (Spain), El Salto (Spain), formDesign Magazine (Germany), and “Edited” (Germany), among others.

You can reach me at: buletelena@gmail.com

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