Sheila Elias

Sheila Elias, American artist, born 1945 in Chicago, graduated of the Art Institute of Chicago, lives and works in Miami, Florida and in New York City. As an artist and art historian as well, Elias is dealing with the layers of life and art history, seeking in it a connection between art aesthetics and social consciousness.Her work have been featured in exhibitions in North America coast to coast and has accorded international acclaim such as the Liberty show at the Louvre Museum in Paris.Elias has been doing installations reflecting her studio’s neighborhood since the 1980’s and she has received recognition for her unique vision blending social consciousness with the aesthetic of art. Her work encloses paintings, digital mixed media, sculptures, installations and performances.

Statement

"I like to portray a perception of urban tension, raw emotions and harsh realities tempered with gentle optimism and beauty, countering an American dream that has gone a bit astray.American sensibilities have influenced my life, the hues of my country found in the colors of my canvas. I like to bring an awareness of new directions and individual inventiveness.Through life experience, I incorporate visual, emotional, and psychological impressions and feed them into my paintings."

Exhibitions (selected)

2007Farmani Gallery, “SOMEWHERE-ANYWHERE,” Los Angeles, CA.Boca Grande Art Alliance National Exhibition.Maryland Federation of Art.
Visual Arts Center of New Jersey.2006 Bass Museum, “I Wanna Be Loved by You: Photographs of Marilyn Monroe,” Miami Beach, FL. Masur Museum of Art.2005
Lancaster County Art. 2004 OMNIART, "Sonic Silence," Miami, FL.2003
Boca Raton Museum of Art.
Norton Museum of Art.2002 Bass Museum, Miami Beach, FL.
Jewish Museum of Florida.2001Kim Foster Gallery, "Beyond the Camera...," New York, NYSilvana Facchini Gallery, "Living in Miami," Miami, FLSouth Florida / Art Center, "Reconnect," Miami Beach, FLMaryland Federation of Art, "Art on Paper 2001"Corcoran Gallery, Annapolis, MD, juror David C. Levy1999 Veneto Gallery, Miami, FLMarguiles Taplin Gallery, Bay Harbour, FL1998 - 1997 "Secret Gardens," Travelling Exhibition, Lowe Art Museum, Miami, FLPublic Art Program, City of Orlando, FLLowe Museum, University of Miami, FLArt and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL1996Bernard Biderman Gallery, New York, NY1994 Metro Dade Cultural Resource Center, Miami, FL Huntsville Museum of Art1996 New England Center for Contemporary Art San Diego Art Institute, CA 1992-87 Anne Jaffe Gallery, Bay Harbour, FL1990 Ratner Gallery, Chicago, ILSanta Monica Heritage Museum, Los Angeles, CA 1989-87 Paula Allan Gallery, New York, NY. 1988 Otis Parsons School of Design, "Hollywood: Portrait of the Stars" CA1987 Louvre, Institute des Decoratifs, "Liberty: the Official Exhibitions Centenaryof the Statue of Liberty", Louvre Institut des Decoratifs, Paris, France New York Public Library, New York, NY Gallery Q, Tokyo, JapanUniversity of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC New York University, Loeb Gallery, New York, NY Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA 1986 Danville Museum of Fine Arts, Danville, Virginia 1986-84 Alex Rosenberg Gallery, New York, NY New York University, New York, NY1986 -82 Stella Polaris Gallery, Los Angeles, CA University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 1985 Pictogram Gallery, East Village, NYCalifornia State University,Northridge, CA Institute for Contemporary Arts, Korea Forcus International, "American Woman in Art", Nairobi, Kenya Laguna Beach Museum of Art, OCCA, Long Beach, CAGallery One, Fort Worth, Texas, juror: Dr. William Otton Janco-Dada Museum, Ein Hod, Israel1984 Rutgers University, NJ Arizona State University, AZ American Academy of Fine Arts and Letters, New York, NY

Works in public collections (selected)

Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL.American Bankers Inc., Miami, FL.Capital Bank, Los Angeles, CA; Miami, FL.
The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY.
Chase Manhattan Bank Collection, New York, NY.First Los Angeles Bank Collection, Los Angeles, CA.
Kunsan Contemporary Museum, Korea.
Miami Dade Community College, Miami, FL.
Paramount Pictures, Los Angeles, CA.Security Pacific Bank Collection, Los Angeles, CA.Vesti Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts.
University of Michigan, Dearborn, Michigan.
Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL.
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Miami, FL.American Bankers Life Assurance Company of Florida.
Artforum Culture Foundation, Thessaloniki.

External links

* [http://www.www.sheilaelias.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.artexpert.de/ References]
* [http://www.artforum-culture-foundation.org/ Collection]

Sources

* [www.sheilaelias.com]