Elizabeth Enders

A native of New London, Connecticut, Elizabeth Enders studied literature at Connecticut College and art at New York University as well as the School of Visual Arts in New York. As a young girl, she remembers associating numbers and letters of the alphabet with colors, known as synesthesia, and how the colors would undulate and intensify as the alphabet progressed. This condition, combined with her education, no doubt affected her later work in which she often incorporates language and symbols. As a result of growing up on the New London shore and having spent time in other waterfront cities, Enders has always been greatly affected by the ocean and what it represents. She identifies with its calm and tranquil nature and revisits it often in her work.

Enders is married to Anthony Enders, who has deep Connecticut roots. He is a descendant of John Butler Talcott, founder of the Museum, as well as the founders of the Aetna and Hartford National Bank.