ELAN CADIZ

ARTIST STATEMENT:

I'm an interdisciplinary North American Visual Artist that deconstructs and balances my intersectionality through my projects. My art and practice are grounded in the documentation of my personal narrative through the use of historical imagery and the domestic.

My artworks are a devotional manifestation of love inspired by my family and community. My art speaks to the boundless potential in humanity and the ways our pasts can inform our future for the better. My goal is to have viewers question their condition(s) in ways that bring about helpful inner inquiry and thoughtful discussion.

Bio:

Elan Cadiz attended Fashion Institute of Technology for two years after high school and continued and completed her undergraduate degree at City College of New York with a BA in Studio Art. Elan received a MFA Fine Arts degree from the School of Visual Arts where she was awarded the SVA Merit Scholarship, Paul Rhodes Memorial Award and the Martha Trevor Award.

​Cadiz has been commissioned by the Studio Museum in Harlem, El Museo de Barrio, Art in Flux Harlem, Mount Vernon Hotel Museum and more. She was one of the first Sustainable Arts Foundation AIRspace Parent Artist Residence at Abrons Art Center and her An American Family Album series was featured in VOGUE. Her artworks can also be found in New American Paintings magazine, issue #146, juried by Jerry Saltz and issue #153 juried by curator Lauren Haynes.