Experience

Projects & Exhibitions

Denver AAPI Culture Fest

McNichol’s building • Denver, CO March 2024


 “Tiny Art Big Ideas” • Spectra Art Space

Denver, CO December 2022 — January 2023


 “Ruptured Time”

Convergence Station, Meow Wolf Denver • Opened September 2021


Art Parts Holiday Bazaar

Boulder, CO November 2020


Chaircuterie • AIGA 100th Anniversary Celebration

McNichol’s Building • Denver, CO 2015 


Art of Winter • Copper Mountain

Copper, CO March 2014


Art of Winter • Denver International Airport

Denver, CO January 2014


Art of Winter • Euclid Hall

Denver, CO January 2013


Stifel Center Group Show

Wheeling, WV August 2012 


Art of Winter • Larimer Square

Denver, CO January 2012


Bordo Bello • AIGA Skateboard Art Fundraiser

Denver, CO July 2012


Bordo Bello • AIGA Skateboard Art Fundraiser

Denver, CO August 2011


Create Denver • Ellie Caulkins Opera House

Denver, CO May 2011


Bordo Bello • AIGA Skateboard Art Fundraiser

Denver, CO September 2010


Cotton Blend • T-Shirt Fundraiser

Denver, CO 2014


Cotton Blend • T-Shirt Fundraiser

Denver, CO 2017


Cotton Blend • T-Shirt Fundraiser

Denver, CO 2015


Cotton Blend • T-Shirt Fundraiser

Denver, CO 2021


University of Denver BFA Senior Show • Vicki Myhren Gallery

Denver, CO May - June 2004


Denver Art Museum • Palettes Cafe

Denver, CO April - May 2004


“Women in the Arts” • Woman’s City Club

Little Rock, AR May 1999

Grants & Awards

Creative Exchange Fund • Spectra Series

The Medium • Springdale, AR • Coming 2026


Finalist, Art Collide Summer Exhibition 2025

art-collide.com, 2025


Finalist, Emerald City Public Art Initiative, Broadway Marquee

Boulder, CO June 2024


Athena Project's 3rd Annual “Women in their Infinite Forms”

Milk Market • Denver, CO March 2024


Athena Project's 2nd Annual “Women in their Infinite Forms”

Milk Market • Denver, CO March 2023


 Art Students League of Denver Flag Project 

Denver, CO October — December 2022


Finalist, Byers Library Art Project

Denver, CO • April 2020

Lectures & Presentations

Guest Speaker, The Human Library • Fayetteville Public Library

January 2025


Guest Speaker, Morning Brew • AIGA

Septmenber 2021


Judge, Grades K-2 Reflections Contest • Vanderhoof Elementary

October 2019


Guest Speaker, Freelance / Entrepreneur Series • AIGA

August 2018


Guest Illustrator • Picture This!

May 2015

Articles & Press

  • Fayetteville Flyer · Jun 18, 2025

    Thirty-seven artists, performers and cultural organizers from across the region have been selected to receive funding and space at The Medium through the 2025-26 Creative Exchange Fund.

  • The Arkansas Traveler · Jan 15, 2025

    Another one of the books featured at the event was “On the Margin: Being Bi-Racial” where Elsa, a half-Chinese and half-white woman, shared her journey of identity and how she found peace within herself.

  • Fayetteville Public Library · Jan 11, 2025

    The Human Library is a library of people and th Instead of papeeir experiences with prejudice.rbacks, actual people are on loan for conversations.

  • The Free Weekly · Jan 10, 2025

    Elsa Carenbauer, an artist, and Alaynna Littlefeather, a museum store manager, both have very personal stories to tell. Carenbauer, who is Asian-American, and Littlefeather, who is Navajo, both walk between two worlds.

    “For most of my life I’ve been told that I’m not Asian enough, not white enough, that I’m different, that I don’t belong,” Carenbauer said.

  • 9 News · Mar 21, 2023

    Co & Co featured a segment about the Athena Project's gallery show for Women's History Month, including a feature interview with artist Elsa Carenbauer aka No Bones Left.

  • Dairy Block · Mar 6, 2023

    In celebration of Women’s History Month, Dairy Block and Denver Milk Market have partnered with The Athena Project for another year to bring the unique art exhibit, Women in Their Infinite Forms, back to the Block. This month-long exhibit features ten Colorado artists, each embracing the theme of what it feels like to be a woman, with pieces on display throughout the Block.

  • Art Students League of Denver · Mar 8, 2022

    The Art Students League of Denver (ASLD) invites you to get territorial with us by joining a creative conversation on the history of flags, their use, and the controversy that can sometimes surround them. Explore the history of Denver’s soil and pay homage to the lived experiences beneath its rapidly changing landscape.

  • See Great Art · Feb 28, 2022

    Art in the West by Joanne Galko. Can people over 50 appreciate Meow Wolf Denver? You bet they can! Meow Wolf’s third location opened in Denver, Colorado in September 2021 catering to children ...

  • 5280 Geek · Sep 10, 2021

    Your friendly neighborhood Wanderer recently had an opportunity to chop it with some of the artists involved in the creation of Convergence Station, and we’re stoked to share the exclusive inside scoop.

    We are privileged to be joined today by Andrea Thurber and Elsa Carenbauer, of the Denver artist collective The Church of Many. These hyper-talented young women designed and built a room within the new mega-installation.

    by John Andreula

  • The Denver Post · May 20, 2021

    Visitors can see it at Meow Wolf Denver when it opens in fall 2021. ... The Church of Many: Andrea Thurber, Elsa Carenbauer, Anna Goss, ...

    By TINEY RICCIARDI

  • Meow Wolf · May 17, 2021

    Announcing the Collaborating Artists for Meow Wolf Denver! Our 3rd permanent installation in Denver will feature 110 collaborating Colorado artists across multiple disciplines.

  • Zerosun · Oct 25, 2019

    The Biennial of the Americas (BOTA) is the only festival in the world focused on the Americas as a unified entity, and the celebration happens every two years right here in Denver.

    Early on we decided to look at our allotted two weeks as a creative constraint rather than a time constraint.
    The formidable designer, Elsa Carenbauer, went above and beyond evolving BOTA’s branding and delivering stunning artboards that would later influence the event’s overall branding and print materials. Devon Walton, Zsun’s technical editor and animation guru, kicked it into overdrive generating a fresh-to-death paint splash logo animation.