ELSA MORA
Born 1971, Holguín, Cuba
EDUCATION
- 1988–1990 — Professional School of Fine Arts, Camaguey, Cuba
- 1984–1987 — El Alba, Professional School of Fine Arts, Holguín, Cuba
- Vocational School of Arts, Holguín, Cuba
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
- 2014 — MoMA Design Store, Soho, NYC
- 2003 — San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
- 2004 — San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
- 2001 — Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY
- 2000 — La Esmeralda, Mexico City, Mexico
- 2000 — The Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA
- 1996 — The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
GRANTS & AWARDS
- 2016 — Photographer’s Fellowship, Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY
- 2000 — UNESCO-Aschberg Bursary for Artists, Paris, France
- 1994 — Prize, 10th Salon Fidelio Ponce de León, Camaguey, Cuba
- 1993 — Prize, Ignacio Agramonte Museum & Cuban Fund of Cultural Assets
- 1992 — Grand Prix, 1st National Drawing Biennial, Camaguey, Cuba
- 1992 — Mention, Center for Development of Visual Arts, Havana, Cuba
- 1991 — Multiple Awards, Salon Fidelio Ponce de León & National Salons
- 1990 — Amelia Peláez Prize, 6th Salon Fidelio Ponce de León, Camaguey, Cuba
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 — Mindset, Thomas Nickles Project, NYC
2020 — Paper Weight, ArtYard, Frenchtown, NJ
2018–2019 — Paper Weight, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene, OR
2016 — Timeline, National Arts Club, NYC
2012 — Femina Plantarum, Pan American Art Projects, Miami, FL
2009 — Laboratorium, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007 — Specimens, Couturier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006 — Resoluciones, Espacio 304, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2005 — Birth, Phyllis Kind Gallery, Soho, NYC
2004 — Ni el Principio ni el Fin Existen, Espacio 304, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2004 — Scissors, Chelsea Gallery, Miami, FL
2003 — Diary, Ruben Martinez Villena Gallery, Havana, Cuba
2002 — Proceso de Adaptación, Bourbon & Lally Gallery, Montreal, Canada
2001 — Vulnerable, Phyllis Kind Gallery, Soho, NYC
2000 — Ejercicios de Silencio, Carmen Montilla Gallery, Havana, Cuba
1999 — Re-Encounters, Elsa Mora & Anamaria McCarthy, Wifredo Lam Center, Havana, Cuba
1998 — The Ego’s Other Dimension, Phyllis Kind Gallery, NYC; Lies on a Small Scale, Chicago; Dreamers, Tokyo, Japan
1997 — Second Skin, Gallery La Acacia, Havana, Cuba; Elsa Mora, Phyllis Kind Gallery, Chicago; The Petal Girl, Havana, Cuba
1995 — Portrait of a Butterfly, Havana, Cuba; Beings Without Landscape, Italy
1994 — Bipersonal, National Theater Gallery, Havana; Iberoamerican Center, Camaguey
1993 — Self-Control and Torture, Camaguey, Cuba
1991 — Santa Natura, Ignacio Agramonte Museum, Camaguey, Cuba
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 — El sueño que olvidé antes del alba, Miami, FL
2018 — The Memory Palace, ArtYard, NJ
2017 — Visceral Notions, Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY
2017 — Cuba Ocho, Schnitzer Museum, OR
2016 — Bedlam and Balance, ArtYard, NJ; Life Bearings, Canada
2014 — About Paper, Los Angeles, CA
2010 — Don’t Call me Pretty, Miami, FL
2008 — Messages and Magic, Kohler Art Center, WI
2006–2003 — Multiple exhibitions across the US, Spain, Canada, Brazil, and Cuba
1999–1990 — Numerous international group exhibitions including: Havana, Tokyo, Zurich, Buenos Aires, Madrid, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, ABU DHABI, Ecuador, Italy, England, and more
COLLECTIONS
- MOLA – Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA
- SOL LEWITT COLLECTION – Chester, Connecticut
- NMWA – National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
- JSMW – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene, OR
- Private collections in Italy, Spain, France, Germany, Australia, Japan, and the USA