Elsa Mora
Encyclopedia
Elsa Mora is an artist working in all media including painting
, photography, ceramics
, porcelain
, collage
, bronze
and mixed media
.
Mora attended the Vocational School of the Arts in Holguín. She left home when she was fifteen, and she moved to Camagüey, where she graduated from the Professional School of Visual Arts in 1990 and in that same year she won the prestigious Amelia Peláez Art Prize. In 1992 Mora won the Grand Prize in the First Biennial of Cuban Drawing. A year later, Mora first exhibited in an international venue at the IX International Drawing Biennial in England. By 1996 Mora was exhibiting regularly in Italy, and represented Cuba at the First Iberian-American Watercolor Biennial in Chile.
She was a visiting artist at the Art Institute of Chicago
in 1996 and at the Art Institute of Boston in 2000. She had her first exhibition (The Ego's Other Dimension) in the United States in 1998 at the Phyllis Kind Gallery in New York
. In 1999 she collaborated with Peruvian-based artist Anamaria McCarthy on their show RE-ENCUENTROS at the Center of Contemporary Art Wifredo Lam, Havana City, Cuba. 2005. Other important exhibits include Ejercicios de Silencio at the Carmen Montilla Gallery in Havana in 2000, Vulnerable at Phyllis Kind Gallery in New York in 2001, Proceso de Adaptacion at the Bourbon & Lally Gallery in Montreal in 2002, Elsa Mora at the Havana Galerie in Zurich, Switzerland and Ni el Principio ni el Fin Existen Espacio at 304 Gallery in San Juan Puerto Rico in 2004 and BIRTH at the Phyllis Kind Gallery in 2005.
She currently resides in Los Angeles, California with her husband, producer William Horberg
and their children.
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
, photography, ceramics
Ceramic art
In art history, ceramics and ceramic art mean art objects such as figures, tiles, and tableware made from clay and other raw materials by the process of pottery. Some ceramic products are regarded as fine art, while others are regarded as decorative, industrial or applied art objects, or as...
, porcelain
Porcelain
Porcelain is a ceramic material made by heating raw materials, generally including clay in the form of kaolin, in a kiln to temperatures between and...
, collage
Collage
A collage is a work of formal art, primarily in the visual arts, made from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole....
, bronze
Bronze
Bronze is a metal alloy consisting primarily of copper, usually with tin as the main additive. It is hard and brittle, and it was particularly significant in antiquity, so much so that the Bronze Age was named after the metal...
and mixed media
Mixed media
Mixed media, in visual art, refers to an artwork in the making of which more than one medium has been employed.There is an important distinction between "mixed-media" artworks and "multimedia art". Mixed media tends to refer to a work of visual art that combines various traditionally distinct...
.
Mora attended the Vocational School of the Arts in Holguín. She left home when she was fifteen, and she moved to Camagüey, where she graduated from the Professional School of Visual Arts in 1990 and in that same year she won the prestigious Amelia Peláez Art Prize. In 1992 Mora won the Grand Prize in the First Biennial of Cuban Drawing. A year later, Mora first exhibited in an international venue at the IX International Drawing Biennial in England. By 1996 Mora was exhibiting regularly in Italy, and represented Cuba at the First Iberian-American Watercolor Biennial in Chile.
She was a visiting artist at the Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago is one of America's largest accredited independent schools of art and design, located in the Loop in Chicago, Illinois. It is associated with the museum of the same name, and "The Art Institute of Chicago" or "Chicago Art Institute" often refers to either...
in 1996 and at the Art Institute of Boston in 2000. She had her first exhibition (The Ego's Other Dimension) in the United States in 1998 at the Phyllis Kind Gallery in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. In 1999 she collaborated with Peruvian-based artist Anamaria McCarthy on their show RE-ENCUENTROS at the Center of Contemporary Art Wifredo Lam, Havana City, Cuba. 2005. Other important exhibits include Ejercicios de Silencio at the Carmen Montilla Gallery in Havana in 2000, Vulnerable at Phyllis Kind Gallery in New York in 2001, Proceso de Adaptacion at the Bourbon & Lally Gallery in Montreal in 2002, Elsa Mora at the Havana Galerie in Zurich, Switzerland and Ni el Principio ni el Fin Existen Espacio at 304 Gallery in San Juan Puerto Rico in 2004 and BIRTH at the Phyllis Kind Gallery in 2005.
She currently resides in Los Angeles, California with her husband, producer William Horberg
William Horberg
William Horberg is a noted Hollywood film producer and blogger. His films include Anthony Minghella's adaptations of the novels The Talented Mr. Ripley and Cold Mountain...
and their children.