[2] Elms spent over 15 years in Chicago, Illinois, working as an exhibition preparator, a freelance writer, and a curator; as well as making fine art.
[5] In 2011, Elms joined the University of Pennsylvania’s Institute of Contemporary Art as an associate curator.
[1] At the ICA, Elms organized “White Petals Surround Your Yellow Heart” (2013), which included artists working with themes of adornment, such as Lynda Benglis, Karen Kilimnik, Zoe Leonard, Paulina Olowska, and Frances Stark.
[1] The floor which Elms organized included works by Terry Adkins, Elijah Burgher, My Barbarian, Susan Howe, Charlemagne Palestine, Allan Sekula, and others.
[6][3] Elms edits and is the curator of WhiteWalls, an alternative space for artists’ publication projects founded in the 1970s.