Recent Exhibitions - Sheila Elias

Optimism of Life: A Retrospective on Sheila Elias's 25-Year Artistic Journey

The “Optimism of Life” exhibition at Temple Beth Sholom in Miami Beach recently concluded, marking a significant celebration of Sheila Elias’s artistic career spanning 25 years. This retrospective provided an immersive look into Elias’s evolution as an artist, showcasing her exploration of the human spirit’s resilience and beauty through a variety of mediums. “Optimism of Life” was more than just a display of art; it was history in the fleesh for everyone to look at it from the very beginning till today’s date. This celebration of Sheila Elias’s work not only highlighted her significant contributions to the art world but also inspired visitors to appreciate the optimistic moments in life through artistic expression. The exhibition left a lasting impression on the community, celebrating a legacy of artistic innovation and emotional depth.

Exhibiting from October 11 2023-May 4, 2024.

Temple Beth Sholom, Miami Beach,FL

Honoring The Woman Exhibition at Milander Park, Hialeah

The “Honoring Woman” exhibition at Milander Park in Hialeah is a vibrant celebration of femininity, resilience, and empowerment through art. This captivating show features a wide array of artworks by both established and emerging artists, each piece delving into the myriad experiences and contributions of women across different cultures and epochs. As guests wander through the scenic spaces of Milander Park, they encounter various forms of art including sculptures, paintings, multimedia installations, and photography. Each artwork is a tribute to the strength, beauty, and complexity of women, highlighting their roles as leaders, innovators, caretakers, and revolutionaries.

Exhibiting from March 8th-April 26th, 2024.

4800 Palm Avenue, Hialeah,FL

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Sheila Elias at the California Heritage Museum
Virtual Exhibition

Sheila’s work is about the layers of life and art history, seeking in it a connection between art aesthetics and social consciousness portraying a perception of urban tension, raw emotions and harsh realities tempered with gentle optimism and beauty, countering an American dream that has gone a bit astray. Bringing an awareness of new directions and individual inventiveness through life experience, she incorporates visual, emotional, and psychological impressions and feed them into her art. Sheila’s art, whether it is photography, sculpture, or paintings, has always been a visual interpretation of her internal landscape, which is significantly influenced by external landscapes.

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LOWE Art Museum presents:
Sheila Elias “Secret Gardens – Revisited”

Through to Sunday, January 26th, 2020

“Secret Gardens – Revisited” will be up for viewing at the prestigious Botanical Gardens in Miami Beach, Fl.

Sheila Elias arrived in South Florida at the end of the ‘80’s. Born in Chicago, she studied at the prestigious Art Institute of Chicago, bringing with her not only an impressive curriculum of personal and collective exhibitions, but also the reputation of being one of the most original creators, both in New York and Los Angeles.

This reputation extended to Miami, backed by the presence of her work in important private and public collections, outstanding honors, and extended bibliography and her public activities, all of which allow us to follow her constant and ascending career. Persistent in the diffusion of her work, in 1997 she had three exhibitions in Florida, at the Lowe Art Museum at the university of Miami, the Hollywood Art and Culture Center, and the Jeanine Cox Gallery of Miami. In 1998, her traveling exhibition, “Secret Gardens,” became part of the program of the New England Museum of Contemporary Art in Brooklyn, CT, the Public Art Program of Orlando FL, and the Edison College of Fort Myers, FL.

Now, 20 years later, “Secret Gardens” is revisited at the beautiful Miami Beach Botanical Gardens reminiscing the brash bursts of flowers and busily textured passages of collage crowding the paintings and drawings in this series.

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SECRET GARDENS is a celebration of the joy of creativity and the splendor of nature, in spite of its many possible meanings, this new collection opens up to the subject spectrum to a new repertoire of reflections and emotions intersecting the labyrinth of the human condition and the possibilities dictated by each epoch. In other words, these new works are Elias’ answer to immediate stimuli. Once more, the artist directs her passion to that constantly renewed challenge, constituting the main sign of contemporary man’s identity.

LOWE Art Museum presents:
Sheila Elias “Painted Pixels”

Sheila Elias’ works in Painted Pixels come in and out of focus, buoyed by waves of colors, as one engages with them. Though abstract, many pay homage to her own body of figurative work as well as favored literary masterpieces that inspire her. Created on the iPad and printed on aluminum, whose luster and reflective qualities echo the effect of an illuminated screen, Elias’s works enable viewers to enjoy the so-called “liminal” or in-between spaces.

This exhibition is made possible and supported by the general membership, the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs, the Cultural Affairs Council, and the Miami-Dade Mayor and Board of County Commissioners.

Silvana Facchini Gallery presents:
Sheila Elias “eye-Pad”

Creativity Meets Technology with Sheila Elias

Contemporary artist Sheila Elias, known for her paintings and photography, took her talents to a new dimension with her latest series “eye-Pad”. Her stunning art takes a new level as she creates her masterpieces on her iPad. Technology is an element that is slowly infiltrating all aspects of our lives and she cleverly takes advantage of this to optimize her creativity.

All works executed on iPad.

Sagamore Hotel presents:
Sheila Elias “Faces”

Sheila was part of a newly curated art exhibit “Faces” at the Sagamore Hotel in partnership with the Pérez Art Museum Miami.

October 27th, 2016

A&D Gallery presents:
Sheila Elias “Levels and Layers”

Curated by Anaibis Yero in conjunction with Latin American Art Pavilion

June 30, 2016

“Colors, shapes and lines fly without expressive ties in the artistic world of Sheila Elias, offering the viewer works that activate one’s own mood states and confidence.”

~ Anaibis Yero Art and Design Curator

Silvana Facchini Gallery presents:
Sheila Elias “Tribute to Africa”

Her latest project is called Tribute to Africa. It is based on a journey she took to Africa. Sheila’s travels around the world have influenced her art in dramatic ways; the essence of the countries always is part of the image that she takes away when visiting.

The new paper and canvas pieces are also partially done on the iPad whenever inspiration struck her recalling the beautiful fabric that she encountered while on her trip and inspiring her to convey the images with an African feel. She also likes to interweave past and present cultures in a marriage of visuals using a vast array of personal photographs that she took on her journey as well as other graphic representations. Always surprising to her is how much her travels impacts the ideas she embraces when creating and has named this series as such.

Optimism of Life: A Retrospective on Sheila Elias's 25-Year Artistic Journey

Honoring The Woman Exhibition at Milander Park, Hialeah

Sheila Elias at the California Heritage Museum Virtual Exhibition

LOWE Art Museum presents: Sheila Elias “Secret Gardens – Revisited”

LOWE Art Museum presents: Sheila Elias “Painted Pixels”

Silvana Facchini Gallery presents: Sheila Elias “eye-Pad”

Sagamore Hotel presents: Sheila Elias “Faces”

A&D Gallery presents: Sheila Elias “Levels and Layers”

Silvana Facchini Gallery presents: Sheila Elias “Tribute to Africa”

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