Elizabeth N. Orleans was born and raised in Philadelphia, PA.  She earned a Master of Fine Arts degree at California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, CA and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in ceramics at Tulane University in New Orleans. She has also studied at Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, Clayworks in Santa Fe, Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina, the Oregon School of Art and Craft in Portland and the Studio Art Centers International in Florence, Italy.

In 2004 Orleans was chosen to create a site specific installation involving thousands of ceramic elements at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Santa Rosa, CA. The piece was featured in Ceramics Monthly magazine and was shown at the Museum of Craft and Folk Art in San Francisco.  Elizabeth has recreated various forms of the installation at several locations including the West Hollywood Library in Los Angeles and has installed two permanent residential installations in Brentwood, CA. 

Moving to Venice Beach, CA in 2007, alongside the tradition of Southern California ceramic artists Ken Price and Peter Voulkos, Elizabeth continues to pursue innovation in her chosen medium. Her collisions of geometric and organic forms, often referencing growth, the human body, and abstracted life forms, have drawn comparisons to the work of artists Yayoi Kusama and Louise Bourgeois.  Elizabeth also furthers her interest in altering pre-existing spaces by creating architectural interventions that penetrate boundaries and explore movement, change, and the infinite possibility of time.

Elizabeth Orleans has been a chosen artist for the Venice Art Walk and Auction benefiting the Venice Family Clinic since 2009.  Royale Projects selected her for the 3rd Annual Summer Project in 2011 in Indian Wells, CA.  She created a wall installation at Massachusetts College of Art and Design and built a sculpture garden inside of Fresh Paint Gallery in Culver City, CA in 2012.  She has been a part of several exhibitions including Palette to Palate and California Cool at the Laguna Art Museum and ARTrageous at the Palm Springs Museum.  Sloan Projects Gallery at Bergamot Station in Los Angeles gave her a solo show in 2016.  Her art was presented in an exhibition at Porch Gallery in Ojai, CA in 2020 and was highlighted in two shows at Melissa Morgan Fine Art in Palm Desert in 2022.  Elizabeth is devoted to conceiving challenging work and continue her practice in her Venice beach studio. 

 

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