Elizabeth Porcel

Bio

Elizabeth Katherine Porcel was born and raised in Long Island, NY. She studied at the Pratt Institute, completed an AAS in Mortuary Science at Nassau Community College. After working in the Funeral Service Industry for a few years she moved to Atlanta, GA for love. There she completed her BFA (summa cum laude) in painting at Savannah College of Art and Design in Atlanta. Her young interest in craft, color and biology still influence her work.
As a child, her mother took her to the Metropolitan Museum of Art to see tapestries and early Christian Art. When she was at Pratt she spent hours in the library perusing The Thinking Eye by Paul Klee. Other artistic influences include Helen Frankenthaler, Joseph Albers, Henri Rousseau, George Seurat, Mary Kelly and Lynda Benglis to name a few.
Porcel worked as an apprentice for a local sculptor when in High School going on to study drawing under Herbert Beerman. While studying mortuary science she worked in the shop of Irene Heckel-Volpe, a teddy bear artist, acquiring some fiber arts skills. She has recently begun learning additional fiber skills from Leisa Rich. While at SCAD Meg Aubrey and Larry Jens Anderson were the most influential professors.
Working in all paints ...

EDUCATION

2015
Bachelor of Fine Art summa cum laude, Painting,
Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA

2006
Associate of Applied Science, Mortuary Science,
Nassau Community College, Garden City, NY

2002 –2004 The Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2017
On the Move, Guttstein Gallery, Savannah, GA
Love Me Anyway, The Downtown Players Club,
Atlanta, GA

2016
Labyrinths: Circadian Alignments, Mason
Fine Art, Atlanta, GA

Sense of Place, Gertrude Herbert Institute of
Art, Augusta, GA (Juror: Michael Rooks)

Modern Love, Gutstein Gallery, Savannah, GA

Sacred and Liturgical, Springfield Art
Association, Springfield, IL

2015
Postcard Pin-Up Show, Mint, Atlanta, GA

Off-The-Wall Pin-Up Show, Museum of
Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA

Open Studio Night, 1600 Peachtree Rd.,
Atlanta, GA

Animal Spirit, Location 1980, Costa Mesa, CA

Freaks and the Human Ideal, the University of
Hawaii at Hilo Mo’okini Library, Hilo, HI
(Juror: Yuji Hiratsuka)

Seen/Unseen, Jack Art, Atlanta, GA

2014
After Image, Ferrari Fine Art, Atlanta, GA

Open Studio Night, 1600 Peachtree Rd., Atlanta,
...