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 the postwar period and the 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 her BS in Journalism with honors at 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 Spain and the United States, in places such as the ICP Museum and NADA East Broadway, NY; The Humid, GA; the RISD Museum, RI; and the Melkweg Expo, Amsterdam, among others. She has also had screenings in theaters and festivals both at a national and international levels.

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 was a Palm Photo Prize finalist (2024). She has recently won the IEFC Education Grant at the ArtPhotoBCN Portfolio Reviews and is currently doing a photo residency at Espai Fotogràfic Can Basté.

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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