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Full Name
Sheila Elias
Website
www.sheilaelias.com
Name
Sheila Elias
Role
Artist
Born
1945 (age 69–70)
Chicago, Illinois
Education
California State University, Northridge, Art Institute of Chicago
Known for
Painting, Sculpture, Collage, Mixed media
Artist sheila elias
Sheila Elias (born in Chicago, Illinois) is an American artist. Her works have been featured in exhibitions across North America and at the Liberty show at the Louvre Museum in Paris.
Elias graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago, lives and works in Miami, Florida and in New York City. As an artist and art historian, Elias works with the layers of life and art history, seeking in it a connection between art aesthetics and social consciousness.
Elias has been doing installations reflecting her studio’s neighborhood since the 1980s and she has received recognition for her blend of social consciousness and aesthetics. Her work spans the disciplines of painting, digital mixed media, sculpture, installation and performance.
Notable exhibitions
2009
Museo Vault in Wynwood Art District, Miami
Coral Springs Museum of Art, Sheila Elias: Somewhere-Anywhere, Coral Springs, Fla.
2008
Lila G. Martinez Gallery, Cambridge, Mass.
The Multicultural Arts Center, Cambridge, Mass.
The Napoleon Grand Salon at The Deauville Hotel, Miami Beach, Fla.
Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, Calif.
2007
Farmani Gallery, “SOMEWHERE-ANYWHERE,” Los Angeles, Calif.
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, Fla.
Masur Museum of Art.
2005
Lancaster County Art
2004
OMNIART, "Sonic Silence," Miami, Fla.
2003
Boca Raton Museum of Art
Norton Museum of Art
2002
Bass Museum, Miami Beach, Fla.
Jewish Museum of Florida
2001
Kim Foster Gallery, "Beyond the Camera...," New York, NY
Silvana Facchini Gallery, "Living in Miami," Miami, Fla.
South Florida / Art Center, "Reconnect," Miami Beach, Fla.
Maryland Federation of Art, "Art on Paper 2001"
Corcoran Gallery, Annapolis, MD, juror David C. Levy
1999
Veneto Gallery, Miami, Fla.
Marguiles Taplin Gallery, Bay Harbour, Fla.
1998–1997
"Secret Gardens," Travelling Exhibition, Lowe Art Museum, Miami, Fla.
Public Art Program, City of Orlando, Fla.
Lowe Museum, University of Miami, Fla.
Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, Fla.
1996
Bernard Biderman Gallery, New York, NY
1994
Metro Dade Cultural Resource Center, Miami, Fla.
Huntsville Museum of Art
1996
New England Center for Contemporary Art
San Diego Art Institute, CA
1992–87
Anne Jaffe Gallery, Bay Harbour, Fla.
1990
Ratner Gallery, Chicago, IL
Santa Monica Heritage Museum, Los Angeles, Calif.
1989–87
Paula Allan Gallery, New York, NY.
1988 Otis Parsons School of Design, "Hollywood: Portrait of the Stars" Calif.
1987
Louvre, Institute des Decoratifs, "Liberty: the Official Exhibitions Centenary
of the Statue of Liberty", Louvre Institut des Decoratifs, Paris, France
New York Public Library, New York, NY
Gallery Q, Tokyo, Japan
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
New York University, Loeb Gallery, New York, NY
Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, Calif.
1986
Danville Museum of Fine Arts, Danville, Virginia
1986–84
Alex Rosenberg Gallery, New York, NY
New York University, New York, NY
1986–82
Stella Polaris Gallery, Los Angeles, Calif. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
1985
Pictogram Gallery, East Village, NY
California State University,Northridge, Calif.
Institute for Contemporary Arts, Korea
Forcus International, "American Woman in Art", Nairobi, Kenya
Laguna Beach Museum of Art, OCCA, Long Beach, Calif.
Gallery One, Fort Worth, Texas, juror: Dr. William Otton
Janco-Dada Museum, Ein Hod, Israel
1984
Rutgers University, NJ
Arizona State University, Ariz.
American Academy of Fine Arts and Letters, New York, NY
Works in public collections
Frost Art Museum, Miami, Fla.
American Bankers Inc., Miami, Fla.
Capital Bank, Los Angeles, CA; Miami, Fla.
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY.
Chase Manhattan Bank Collection, New York, NY.
First Los Angeles Bank Collection, Los Angeles, Calif.
Kunsan Contemporary Museum, Korea.
Miami Dade Community College, Miami, Fla.
Paramount Pictures, Los Angeles, Calif.
Security Pacific Bank Collection, Los Angeles, Calif.
Vesti Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts.
University of Michigan, Dearborn, Mich.
Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, Fla.
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Miami, Fla.
American Bankers Life Assurance Company of Florida.
