In 2006, Elena Asins received the Gold Medal of Fine Arts from the Government of Spain, and in 2011 the National Award for Plastic Arts. In 2011, the Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid presented the most comprehensive exhibition of the artist entitled Elena Asins: Fragmentos de la memoria. In 2017, the exhibition traveled to the Museo de las Artes de la Universidad de Guadalajara, Mexico.
