Elena Mary Siff

2020 Fellowship Santa Monica Cultural Affairs Dept.Santa Monica, CA

SOLO EXHIBITION: FIG GALLERY BERGAMOT STATION SANTA MONICA, CA...SEPT. 12 to OCT. 6, 2018.........Born in New York City, lives in Santa Monica, CA.....collage, assemblage, altered book and paper maker and installation artist. Also independent curator . My work has been described as visionary and surreal.

In my studio, I interpret the mystery, the humor and the threat of my dreams. Like a beachcomber or a scavenger wondering among the ruins, I collect and juxtopose bits of disparate material, creating my own order. The souvenirs of my travels have been a constant source of inspiration.

"Everything can be used, but of course one doesn't know it at the time. How does one know what a certain object will tell another"

- Joseph Cornell.

That unpredictable dialogue is the basis of my method and my faith.

I live in Santa Monica now!

Capturing the transitory: Seduced by L.A.

Los Angeles is a city of never-ending motion - rootless...transitory - here today, gone tomorrow. It is truly a contemporary city, as passing through, not permanence, has become a major part of the human condition.
They say that if you turn America on end, everything loose slid...

UCLA, M.F.A. 1975. I have also studied art in Perugia, Italy and Byam Shaw Art Academy and Putney Art School in London, England.

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Summer 2021 Exhibition at Bg Gallery Santa Monica of work from the INVISIBLE CITIES series

Solo Exhibition: Fig Gallery, Santa Monica, CA September 12 to October 6, 2018