Elkins has been exhibited and published both nationally and internationally, including at The High Museum of Art in Atlanta, GA South Bend Museum of Art in South Bend IN MSU Broad Museum in Lansing, MI Kunsthalle Wien in Vienna the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, AZ the Minneapolis Institute of Arts North Carolina Museum of Art and more.

Her approach is series-based, steeped in research and oscillates between formal, conceptual and documentary.

Most recently Elkins' work pivots to include explorations of self as well as her family's deeply rooted and complex history in Southern California as an 8th generation born on Tongva land in the greater Los Angeles area. She works in photography, installation and sculpture and has spent the past fifteen years researching, creating and exhibiting work that explores the multifaceted nature of masculine identity as well as the psychological and sociological impacts of incarceration.

She received her BFA in Photography from the School of Visual Arts and her MFA in Art Practice from Stanford University. Amy Elkins is a visual artist based in the Bay Area.

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