Sheila Elias (born in

Chicago (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

) is an American artist. Her works have been featured in exhibitions across North America and at the Liberty show at the

Louvre The Louvre ( ), or the Louvre Museum ( ), is the world's most-visited museum, and an historic landmark in Paris, France. It is the home of some of the best-known works of art, including the ''Mona Lisa'' and the ''Venus de Milo''. A central l ...

Museum in Paris.

Biography

Elias graduated from the Art Institute of Chicago, lives and works in

Miami, Florida Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a East Coast of the United States, coastal metropolis and the County seat, county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade C ...

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.

Publications

Works in public collections

Frost Art Museum The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum (Frost Art Museum) is an art museum located in the Modesto A. Maidique campus of Florida International University (FIU) in Miami, Florida. It was founded in 1977 as 'The Art Museum at Florida Internati ...

, Miami, Florida *American Bankers Inc., Miami, Florida *Capital Bank, Los Angeles; Miami, Florida * Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York. *

Chase Manhattan Bank JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., doing business as Chase Bank or often as Chase, is an American national bank headquartered in New York City, that constitutes the consumer and commercial banking subsidiary of the U.S. multinational banking and fi ...

Collection, New York. *First Los Angeles Bank Collection, Los Angeles * Kunsan Contemporary Museum, Korea. *

Miami Dade Community College Miami Dade College (Miami Dade, MDC or Dade) is a public college in Miami, Florida. Founded in 1959, it has a total of eight campuses and twenty-one outreach centers throughout Miami-Dade County. It is the largest college in the Florida College S ...

, Miami, Florida * Paramount Pictures, Los Angeles *Security Pacific Bank Collection, Los Angeles *Vesti Corporation, Boston *

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

, Dearborn, Michigan * Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, Florida *

Lowe Art Museum Lowe Art Museum is the art museum of the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. The museum is located on the campus of the University of Miami and is accessible by Miami Metrorail at University Station. Lowe Art Museum's comprehensive co ...

, University of Miami, Miami, Florida *American Bankers Life Assurance Company of Florida. *

Artforum Culture Foundation The Artforum Culture Foundation (ACF) is a private and independent nonprofit organization with headquarters in Thessaloniki, Greece, which promotes contemporary art and cultural exchange. The organisation also has offices in Athens, Cologne, Pari ...

, Thessaloniki.

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Elias, Sheila Living people American women artists Artists from Illinois Artists from Miami 1945 births 21st-century American women