Joshua Elias

 

                             ARTIST STATEMENT

My work is an archaeological dig.  It is universal and symbolic of an ancient landscape. It reminds people of what they really are. Once they see what is uncovered they can regain the strength and power that they once had.

                                      - Joshua Elias 2013-

CONTACT:  joshuaelias57@gmail.com

TEL:             323 842 3354

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Elias studied at the Design Art and Architecture and Otis Parsons, after receiving his BFA at San Diego State University. Privately he worked with classical technique painter master Sylvana Barrett, consultant at the Getty Museum.  He has received many honors including an Art Residency at Fundacion Valaparaiso in Mojacar Spain.  Inclusions at the art collection at the Rand Corporation as well as commissions at the spectacular Viceroy Hotel are some of the artist’s highlights.

The artist lives in Los Angeles and works daily in his studio at the Brewery Arts Complex located on the outskirts of downtown Los Angeles.

http://www.joshuaelias.com

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TED.com 25th Design Showcase Long Beach Convention Center

“Kohler Home of the Future” 09  three paintings featured

RAND Corporation Private Exhibition- Santa Monica

Two new additions in their Corp. Collection-Santa Monica

ALIVE collection Exhibition at the Sundance Film Festival

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Brett Rubbico Gallery solo exhibit "Golden Thread"-Newport Beach

Mark Ashton Hunt Gallery solo exhibit "Weather Series" - Santa Barbara

DCA Fine Art solo traveling exhibit " Repositioning Weather"-Santa Monica

Farmani Gallery solo exhibit- Beverly Hills

MOCA Fresh Show Summer Auction

WalART Sweet Show-Los Angeles

Epoxy Box Gallery- Venice

Red House Gallery- the Red Show

Gallery C- the 21 Show

Livre Artists' Book Show- Chartes, France

Gallery C - The Art of Paint- Los Angeles

Urban Canvas - Venice

Art Concepts - Bergamot Station solo exhibit

AnD Lab Gallery- Los Angeles

LACMA: Made in California - Mail Art Exchange

Patricia Correia Juried Exhibition

Bookarts - The Short Son

BGH Gallery – Millennium Bergamot Station Santa Monica

Lendrum Fine Art- Los Angeles

Albert Stuart Gallery- Beverly HIlls

Barnsdall Art Center-Los Angeles

LACMA - Appetite for Art

Enclave Gallery- Los Angeles

Design Art and Architecture- Santa Monica

Cedars Sinai Print Collection- Beverly Hills

Pacific Design Center -"Signatures"- West Hollywood

Los Angeles County Museum Exhibitions I Sales and Rental Gallery

Auctions

Pharmaka Art Auction- Los Angeles

Long Beach Museum of Art

Our House Foundation

Centre Theatre - Mark Taper

Shelter Foundation

Surfrider Foundation

S.R.O. Housing

Performance

Erato Live painting (24 piece orchestra) Kodak Center Hollywood

Art Share/Fussfactory- Los Angeles "The Story of Glass"'

"Earthworks" Copper Canyon College- Joshua Tree

Education

Design, Art, and Architecture, SMC

Sylvana Barrett GETTY Consultant /Historical Techniques

Otis School of Design- Studio Fine Art

Santa Monica City College

BFA. San Diego State University-Telecommunications/Film

Seminars/ Participants/Moderated (selected )

CalArts CHANCE Conference California Nevada border

Jean Baudrillard

Claremont Colleges, Intermedia Studies

Elias Speech “ the Living Artist “

CalStateLA – Critical Thinking/Creative Thinking in Business

Elias Speech “ Getting Comfortable with Mystery”

Media Ecology Soul Salon  Archival Interview The State of Art

Artwork for Movies/Television

Knight of Cups (dir. Terrence Mallick)

Capitol One Commercial

Brothers and Sisters

Blow APIX Productions

Baby Love Mojave Films

Eli Stone ABC

Brothers and Sisters ABC

Six Feet Under Alan Ball Productions

Oh, Grow Up ABC Television

Players NBC Television

Commissions

Arlook Residence

Coolman/Rosenberg Residence

Napleteano Residence

Gale Residence

Pinto Residence Del Mar

Community of Angels 2001

Maison 140

Beverly Hills

Avalon Hotel

Beverly Hills

The Viceroy

Hotel Santa Monica

Viceroy Palm Springs

Press

California Home & Design

Access Hollywood

LA Times

New York Times

House & Beautiful

Interior Design Magazine

Los Angeles Times "Calendar Section"

Wallpaper

The Valley View

LA Downtown News

ShopLift

Modern Glamour (book)

Angeleno Magazine featured article