Elisa Carutti’s painting received recognition early in her career. A finalist for the Combat Prize in 2014, she was awarded an Erasmus scholarship in the same year to study at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Her work has been exhibited across England, Italy, France, and Greece, published internationally, and featured on the cover of the October 2018 issue of Arbiter magazine. She has also participated in several international artist residencies. She completed her BA at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in 2014 and earned an MA from the Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London, in 2018. She lives and works in Milan.