Elisa Jimenez

Project Runway contestant


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birthdate = 1963
location = Santa Fe, New Mexico
training = University of Texas
University of Arizona
season = Season 4

el_challenge = Episode 6: Eye Candy
finish = 10th place

Elisa Jimenez (born 1963) is an interdisciplinary artist, primarily in fashion design but also including writing, drawing, painting, performance art, and art installation. Her main ongoing project is called "The Hunger World," a world of marionettes ranging from 2 inches to 30 feet in height.

Childhood and education

Born in Texas, Jimenez is the daughter of sculptor Luis Jiménez and graphic designer Vicky Balcou. By the age of five, she was sewing doll clothes and fixing her own hems.

She attended the University of Texas where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a minor in anthropology. She went on to earn a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Arizona.

Career

After her father's sudden death in 2006, Jimenez moved to Humble, Texas from New York City.

"Vogue" discovered Jimenez as "the scoop" and consistently has acknowledged her as being at the forefront of the new avant-garde as well as one of the top 10 American Designers in the independent realm. cite web
last = Bravo
first =
title = "Project Runway" Official Biography
publisher = Bravo
date = November 2007
url = http://www.bravotv.com/Project_Runway/season/4/bios/index.php?cat=designer&p=elisa
accessdate = 2007-11-22 ] Her designs have appeared in the pages of "Harper's Bazaar", "Elle", "Dutch", "Black Book", "Paper Mag", "Jane", and "Trace".

She has worked for a number of actors, musicians, films and television programs, including: Melissa Auf der Maur, Cher for her "Believe" album, Jennifer Connelly for her character in "Requiem for a Dream", Marisa Tomei, Courtney Love, Sarah Jessica Parker, "Sex and the City", Pink, Cameron Diaz, and art photographer Cindy Sherman. Jimenez was invited to be in the Barbican Gallery's exhibit and book "Rapture: Art and Fashion Since the 1970s", curated by Chris Townsend of London.

In a Project Runway testimonial, Jimenez disclosed that she was the victim of a motor-vehicle impact as a pedestrian. She was hit by a Porsche and cracked her skull open "3, almost four inches". She obviously made a significant recovery.

In 2007 Jimenez was a contestant on the fourth season of "Project Runway", a reality show on Bravo in which designers compete against each other in various fashion challenges to win $100,000 to create their own fashion line, among other prizes. Jimenez had been picked to appear on the first season of the show but opted out to avoid separating from her young daughter and because of a scheduling conflict. cite news
last = Philpot
first = Robert
title = Texan given second chance
publisher = "Fort Worth Star-Telegram"
date = 2007-11-14
url = http://www.star-telegram.com/television/story/302996.html
accessdate = 2007-11-22 ] Jimenez was eliminated in the show's sixth episode.

References

External links

* [http://www.elisaj.com Official Web site]
* [http://www.bravotv.com/Project_Runway/season/4/bios/Elisa.php Biography on Bravo Official Web site]