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Elsa Mora | |
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| Born | May 9, 1971 Holguín, Cuba |
| Occupations | Artist (including illustrator), curator |
| Known for | Paper sculpture, illustration, mixed-media art |
| Website | elsamora |
Elsa Mora (born May 9, 1971)[1] is a Cuban-born artist (including illustrator) and curator whose work includes paper sculpture, drawing, ceramics, photography, animation, and mixed media;[2][3] she is based in the United States.
Early life and education
[edit]Mora was born in Holguín, Cuba. Sources state that she studied at the Vocational School of Arts in Holguín and later at the Professional School of Visual Arts in Camagüey.[4]
Career
[edit]Mora began exhibiting in Cuba during the 1990s. Later exhibitions took place in cities including Havana, Buenos Aires, New York, and Montreal.[1]
She emigrated to Los Angeles in 2001[5] and later relocated to Frenchtown, New Jersey.[2][4]
Mora has worked in a range of media, including paper sculpture, drawing, ceramics, photography, animation, and mixed media.[2] She began working with paper sculpture in 2008.[6] Her paper-based works have received attention for their sculptural and illustrative qualities.[3] In 2014, Mora designed a holiday card for the Museum of Modern Art.[6]
Mora served as a founding member of ArtYard, a contemporary art center in Frenchtown. She later served as its artistic director and curator.[7][8]
Personal life
[edit]Mora has a son (born 2005), who was diagnosed with autism. Mora has said she used art to work through anxiety surrounding her son's diagnosis.[5]
Work and collections
[edit]Sources describe recurring themes in Mora's work as identity, memory, transformation, and human connection.[1]
Her work is held in the collections of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, the Long Beach Museum of Art, and the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art.[9]
Mora has also worked as an illustrator for publishers and cultural institutions, including the Museum of Modern Art, Chronicle Books, and Penguin Random House.
Exhibitions
[edit]Solo
[edit]- Mindscapes (August 2018–January 2019), Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene, Oregon[10][5]
- Inventory of Tools for Coping (2023), Thomas Nickles Project, New York[2]
See also
[edit]
- List of American women artists
- List of Cuban artists
- List of mixed-media artists
- List of people from Los Angeles
- List of people from New Jersey
- List of illustrators
- List of women sculptors
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Elsa Mora". Cuban Art Database. Retrieved April 22, 2026.
- ^ a b c d "Spotlight: Artist Elsa Mora Creates a Playful 'Inventory' of Her Emotions in a Debut New York Solo Exhibition". Artnet News. September 21, 2023. Retrieved April 22, 2026.
- ^ a b Jobson, Christopher (November 6, 2013). "Cut Paper Sculptures and Illustrations by Elsa Mora". Colossal. Retrieved April 22, 2026.
- ^ a b "My Story | Elsa Mora". Retrieved April 22, 2026.
- ^ a b c Alston, Dana (August 23, 2018). "Artist uses paper as a lens into the brain". The Register-Guard. Retrieved April 22, 2026.
- ^ a b "Meet Artist Elsa Mora at the MoMA Design Store Soho". Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved April 22, 2026.
- ^ "Celebrating Elsa Mora". ArtYard. August 7, 2024.
- ^ "Elsa Mora". ArtYard. Retrieved April 22, 2026.
- ^ "Elsa Mora". Thomas Nickles Project (in Spanish). Retrieved April 22, 2026.
- ^ Staugaitis, Laura (June 21, 2018). "The Mind Reimagined in Paper Brains by Elsa Mora". Colossal. Retrieved April 22, 2026.
External links
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- 1971 births
- Living people
- 20th-century ceramists
- 20th-century Cuban illustrators
- 20th-century Cuban sculptors
- 20th-century Cuban women artists
- 21st-century American ceramists
- 21st-century American illustrators
- 21st-century American women sculptors
- 21st-century Cuban illustrators
- 21st-century Cuban sculptors
- 21st-century Cuban women artists
- 21st-century people from California
- 21st-century people from New Jersey
- American contemporary artists
- American mixed-media artists
- American women ceramists
- American women curators
- American women illustrators
- Ceramists from California
- Ceramists from New Jersey
- Cuban contemporary artists
- Cuban emigrants to the United States
- Cuban women ceramists
- Cuban women curators
- Cuban women sculptors
- People from Frenchtown, New Jersey
- People from Holguín
- Sculptors from Los Angeles
- Sculptors from New Jersey
- Women contemporary artists