SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2007
Farmani Gallery, “SOMEWHERE-ANYWHERE,” Los Angeles, CA
Boca Grande Art Alliance National Exhibition, Juror: Everett Raymond Kinstler, Boca Grande, FL
Maryland Federation of Art, “Art on Paper,” Juror: Helen C. Fredrick, Annapolis, MD
Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, “21st International Juried Show,” Juror: Laura Hoptman, Summit, NJ

2006
Chelsea Galleria, "20/20," Miami, FL
Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, “Works of Art on Paper,”
Juror: Carter E. Foster. Loveladies, New Jersey
Rosenthal Fine Arts, Chicago, Illinois
Bass Museum, “I Wanna Be Loved by You: Photographs of Marilyn Monroe,” Miami Beach, FL
Masur Museum of Art, 33rd Annual Juried Competition, Juror: Henry Finkelstein
Chelsea Galleria, "Elements,"  (Wynwood) Miami, FL

2005
Chelsea Galleria, Palm Beach3 Photography, West Palm Beach, FL
Northern Trust Bank, “Stage 6,” Miami, FL
Lancaster County Art Association Juried Exhibition, Strasburg, PA

2004
OMNIART, "Sonic Silence," Miami, FL, curated by Tina Spiro
O'Melveny Gallery, "In America Now," Juried Exhibition, juror Peter Frank
West Hollywood, CA
AJJapour Gallery, "Art With A View 5 | The American Dream," Miami Beach, FL
Marina Kessler Gallery   - Scope New York Art Fair, New York, NY
Wine Bar Gallery, "Implosion," Miami, FL, curated by Dr. Anthony Japour
Axis Solutions Art Gallery, Coral Gables, FL
The Yard@CasaLin, "Laundry On Line," Miami, FL

2003
Boca Raton Museum of Art, 52nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Boca Raton, FL (Curator's Choice)
Laundry Bar, "Washworks," Miami Beach, FL
Norton Museum of Art, "Artists' Greetings: A Holiday Project," West Palm Beach, FL
21st Cent. Digital Art Exhibition, AJ Japour Gallery, Miami Beach, FL
Barrett Art Center "New Directions '03," Juried Exhibition, juror Tomelo Mosaka, Poughkeepsie, NY
Christopher Cerra Space, "...In the Summer," Dallas, TX
Gallery Victoria, Artescape Naples 2003, Naples, FL

2002
Bass Museum, Miami Beach, FL
Michelle Rosenfeld Gallery, "Six Eyes, Three Views," New York, NY
Silvana Facchini Gallery, Miami, FL
Nora Kracer Gallery, "Works on Paper," North Miami, FL
Jewish Museum of Florida, "Festival of Masks," Miami Beach, FL

2001
Kim Foster Gallery, "Beyond the Camera...," New York, NY
Silvana Facchini Gallery, "Living in Miami," Miami, FL
South Florida / Art Center, "Reconnect," Miami Beach, FL
Maryland Federation of Art, "Art on Paper 2001"
Corcoran Gallery, Annapolis, MD, juror David C. Levy

      
1999
Veneto Gallery, Miami, FL
Marguiles Taplin Gallery, Bay Harbour, FL


1998 - 1997
"Secret Gardens," Travelling Exhibition, Lowe Art Museum, Miami, FL
Public Art Program, City of Orlando, FL
Edison College, Ft. Meyers, FL
Lowe Museum, University of Miami, FL
Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, Hollywood, FL

1996
Bernard Biderman Gallery, New York, NY

1994
Metro Dade Cultural Resource Center, Miami, FL
Huntsville Museum of Art

1996
New England Center for Contemporary Art
San Diego Art Institute, 93 Int'l Juried Exhibition, CA

1992-87
Anne Jaffe Gallery, Bay Harbour, FL

1990
Ratner Gallery, Chicago, IL
Santa Monica Heritage Museum, "Prints, Prints, Prints," Los Angeles, CA
Pauline Hirsh Gallery, "Venice at 6505", Los Angeles, CA

1989-87
Paula Allan Gallery, New York, NY.
1988 Otis Parsons School of Design, "Hollywood: Portrait of the Stars" CA

1987
Louvre, Institute des Decoratifs, "Liberty: the Official Exhibitions Centenary
of the Statue of Liberty," Louvre Institut des Decoratifs, Paris, France &
New York Public Library, New York, NY
Gallery Q, Tokyo, Japan
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
New York University, Loeb Gallery, New York, NY
Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
Swen Parson Gallery, "Art on Paper," Northern Illinois University

1986
Danville Museum of Fine Arts, Danville, Virginia

1986-84
Alex Rosenberg Gallery, New York, NY
New York University, New York, NY

1986 -82
Stella Polaris Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC

1985
Pictogram Gallery, "Objects for New Rituals," East Village, NY
California State University,"Perspectives 1985," Northridge, CA
Institute for Contemporary Arts, "KIS '85 Kunsan International Show," Korea
Forcus International, "American Woman in Art," Nairobi, Kenya
Laguna Beach Museum of Art, "19th All Media Exhibition," OCCA, Long Beach, CA
Gallery One, Fort Worth, Texas, juror: Dr. William Otton
Gloria Luria Gallery, Bay Harbor Islands, FL
Janco-Dada Musem, "The Scroll Unrolls," Ein Hod, Israel

1984
Rutgers University, "Rutgers National '83-84," NJ
Jurors: Barbara Haskell and Nancy Graves
Arizona State University, "Sheila Elias and Pat Forsberg," AZ
American Academy of Fine Arts and Letters, New York, NY
Carlifornia State University, "As I See Myself," Domingus, CA
Marilyn Butler Gallery, Sheila Elias and Theodore Waddell, Scottsdale, Arizona
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SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Frost Art Museum, Miami, FL
AT&T, Piscataway, NJ
American Bankers Inc. Miami, FL
Capital Bank, Los Angeles, CA; Miami, FL
Angeles Plaza Permanent Collection, Bunker Hill, Los Angeles, CA
The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Chase Manhattan Bank Collection, New York, NY
Venice Family Clinic, Venice, CA
First Los Angeles Bank Collection, Los Angeles, CA
Kunsan Contemporary Museum, Korea
Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, CA
Miami Dade Community College, Miami, FL
Paramount Pictures, Office of Wayne Lewellen, Los Angeles, CA
Security Pacific Bank Collection, Los Angeles, CA
Vesti Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts
University of Michigan, Dearborn, Michigan
Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Miami, FL
American Bankers Life Assurance Company of Florida
Angeles Plaza Permanent Collection, Bunker Hill, Los Angeles, CA
Capital Bank, Los Angeles, CA; Miami, FL
Chase Manhattan Bank Collection, New York, NY
Venice Family Clinic, Venice, CA
First Los Angeles Bank Collection, Los Angeles, CA
Kunsan Contemporary Museum, Korea.
Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, CA
Miami Dade Community College, Miami, FL.
Paramount Pictures, Office of Wayne Lewellen, Los Angeles, CA
Security Pacific Bank Collection, Los Angeles, CA
Vesti Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Art News, New York Reviews, October 2002, pp.157-58
Florida International Magazine, "Flamingo Road", September 2002, p.60
Miami New Times, August 29-September 4, 2002 p.5
Florida's Downtown'r, Cover Page, January 16, 2002
El Nuevo Herald, Exposiciones en la Playa , October 13, 2001 p. E1-E2
Street, Cover page, October 12-18, 2001
Miami Metro Magazine, "101 Top Women", May 2001, p.31
Art News, December 1999, p. 2
Channel Magazine, Sheila Elias Portrait of an Artist, Catherine McElrath, May 1, 99, p.52
Tropical Tribune, Veneto Galleria Exhibits Sheila Elias' Recent Work, Feb. 99, p. 15
Nuevo Herald, Sheila Elias y la Alegria de Pintar, Armando Alvarez Brave, Feb. 21, 99, p.1E,
News Press Lifestyles, Fort Myers, Amy Bennett, Sep. 1998,
Art News, Sheila Elias, Lowe Art Museum, Elisa Turner, November 1997, p. 234
Miami Herald, Elias' Secret Gardens explodes with colors and textures at the Louvre, Elisa Turner, August, 1997 Front page
Coconut Grover, Art Specs, Second Annual Florida Artist Series; Sheila Elias, Secret Gardens, Sep.1997, p. 30
Cover Magazine,"Sheila Elias" Marlena Donohue, New York, April, 1996, p.52
Tropical Tribune, Metro-Dade Cultural Resource Center Opens with Installation by Sheila Elias" Vani Chetty, Bay Harbour, FL, October 5, 1994, p.20
Miami Herald, "Art Explosion",Harold Mass, April 30, 1992, p. 21
Miami Herald, April 26/92 Gallery Review, Lisa Turner, p.15
Chicago Tribune, Sheila Elias, Ratner Gallery, Alan G. Artner, July 6, 1990, Section 7, p. 60
New Woman, "Woman Artists", Sophie Burnhan, June, 1990
Arts Magazine, "Sheila Elias", Gregory Galligan, June, 1988, p.111
The Post, "Solo Exhibition of Sheila Elias' Works in Bay Harbour", FL, Nov. 10, 1988
New California Newspaper, "Tarzana Chamber Sets Honors for Top Women in Community", June 11, 1986, P.3-4
ARTnews Magazine, "New York Reviews", Susan Gill, May, 1986, p. 131-2
Los Angeles Times," Focus on Architecture - Four Homes on Museum's 24th Art Tour", April 10, 1986, p.4
Los Angeles Magazine, "Louvre at First Sight", Jim Seale, Peoplescape Section, April, 1986, p.19
Mainichi Daily News, "Art: People and Places", Amaury Saint-Gilles, Tokyo, Japan, April 3, 1986
Advertising Age, "Going Places", Lenore Skenazy, Jan. 23, 1986, p. 7
House & Garden Magazine, "A Desert Retreat", Pasquale Vazzana , January, 1985
Scene Magazine, "Northridge Alumni ", Holly Saar Dye, California State University, Northridge,1985, No.1, p. 12-14
Daily Progress, "Two Galleries Cure Summertime Blues", Joseph Young, Scotsdale, Arizona, Aug.23 1985,p.32
Los Angeles Times, "The Galleries", Suzanne Munchnic, review, March 8, 1985, p. 17
Los Angeles Downtown News, "Her Landscape is Glitter, Garbage & the Human Heart", Richard Acello, Vol. 14,
No.26, article, July 8, 1985
Daily Progress, "It Will be and Electric Summer at the Butler Gallery", Victoria Beaudin, review, June 7, 1985, p23-24
Daily Sundial, "Artist Uses Skid Row as Fodder for Her Paintings", Denise Hamilton, California State University,
November 7, 1984, p. 8
Los Angeles Times, "The Galleries", Robert Pincus , review, March 16, 1984, p.6
Guide to L.A., Marvey Chapman, Marmac Publishing, Atlanta, Georgia, 1984, pp. 200-201
Images & Issues, "Sheila Elias", Elenore Welles, Vol. 4, No. 5, article, March/ April, 1984, p.35
Daily Progress, review, Joseph Young, June 1, 1984, p.20
Daily News, "Skid Row Stirs Inspiration for Her Art", Eric Leach, LA, article, July 11, 1984, p.3
New Times , review, Chuck Andersen, (Pheonix, Arizona), May 30, 1984, p.34
Images & Issues, "Sheila Elias at Stella Polaris", Marga Bijoet, Vol. 3, No. 3, review, Nov/Dec., 1982
San Francisco Chronicle, review, Thomas Albright, November, 1983
Arts magazine, article, September,Betty Brown,1982, p.24.
Daily News, "Putting Glitter on a Bag and Art in Their Hearts", Tricia Crane, LA, review, January 30, 1981, p.5
Los Angeles Times, William Wilson, review, April 21, 1981, p.4
L.A. Weekly, "Pick of the Week", Hunter Drohojowska,February 20-26, 1981, p.55
Los Angeles Downtown News, Ross Gerston, review, April 21, 1981, p.4
Art Express, "Who's Who, Who's What, What's Where", Judith Hoffberg, Vol. 1, No. 1, article, May/June, 1981, p. 10
Los Angeles Magazine, "Peoplescape", Kathy Mann, September, 1981, p. 106
Los Angeles Times, "Artist Introduces a Bit of Glitter to L.A.'s Skid Row", Dorothy Townsend, article, Oct 7, 1981
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS

2006 Celebrate South Florida, WLRN 17, Miami, FL
2006 Artists, BECON TV 19, Broward, FL
1985-99 Who's Who in America
1997 Who's Who in American Art
1986 Success Stories, KIEV Radio, Mike Glickman Show, Los Angeles, CA, July 12, 1986, interview.
Ruthless People, Movie, Walt Disney Productions, Burbank, CA, paintings in film.
Good Day L.A., Channel 11 KITV Television, Los Angeles, CA June 14 and June 18,
interview with Bob Braun.
1986 Joe Franklin Show, Channel 9 Television, New York, NY; January 25, interview.
"Sheila Elias Catalogue", 1,000 copies printed by Gemini Graphics, Marina Del Ray, CA.
Essay by Kathleen Monaghan, Whitney Museum.
1985 Something on 17, Channel 17 Television, Miami, Florida.
P.M. Magazine, Interview, Channel 11 Television, Los Angeles, CA August 26.
Art Students League, New York, NY, lecture
West Texas State University, Canyon, Texas, lecture.
Bass Art Museum, Miami Beach, Florida, lecture.
Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Florida, lecture.
1984 Mills College, Oakland, CA lecture.
1982 Art Systems West, Los Angeles, CA, lecture and installation.
International Sculpture Conference, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA, lecture and video.
California Confederation of the Arts, Sacramento, CA lecture.
1981 "Rescue Mission I and II", Downtown Los Angeles, CA, site specific installations.
Downtown Artists in L.A., Channel 34/Channel 7 Television, Los Angeles, CA.
1978 "Washworks", Graphix Artist Press, Van Nuys, CA photographic essay.
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AWARDS
1997 Women of Vision Award, Weizman Institute
1992 Bronze Award, Art of California Magazine Discovery Awards
1986 Woman of the Year, 1986, presented by Tarzana Chamber/Commerce, Tarzana , CA
1986 Metro Art International Medal, New York, NY, Jurors: Ivan Karp, Lisa Dennison
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SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Ms. Evelyn Aimis, Aventura, FL
Mr. Ted Arison, Miami Beach, FL
Mr. Severin Ashkenazy, Los Angeles, CA
Mr. and Mrs. David Brady, Beverly Hills, CA
Mr. & Mrs. Lorraine & Jean Cadieux, Canada
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Canada, Miami, FL
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Chasen, Aventura, FL
Ms. Gloria Delson, Los Angeles, CA
Dr. and Mrs. Walter Dishell, Los Angeles, CA
Ms. Meta Fleisher, San Francisco, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Gildin, New York, NY
Mr. Don Golden, Miami FL
Mr. and Mrs. Foster Goldstrom, NY, NY
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Golub, Chicago, IL
Mr. Kevin Gray, Miami, FL
Mr. Francis Greenburger, New York, NY
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Grosby, Ft Lauderdale, FL
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Grossblatt, Beverly Hills, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Harf, New York, NY
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Jacobson, Bal Harbour, FL
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Jacobson, Newton, MASS
Dr. Norman Jaffe, Miami Beach, FL
Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Jefferies, Palm Springs, CA
Mrs. Len Kaplan, Northfield, IL
Mr. Burton A. Klein, Chicago, IL
Ms. Carol Klinger, Tarzana, CA
Mrs. Suzanne Lacroix, New York, NY
Ms. Barbara Lazaroff and Wolfgang Puck, Los Angeles, CA
Mr. Mark Levine, New York, NY
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Mansour, Los Angeles, CA
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Merbeck, Malibu, CA
Mr. Charles Mitchell, Bel Air, CA
Ms. Sharon & David Nash, San Francisco, CA
Mr. Steve Oestreich, NY, NY
Mr. Steve Reiman, Los Angeles, CA
Mr. Donald Resnicoff, New York, NY
Judge Steven and Joyce Robinson, Miami, FL
Mr. Jack Rounick, Philadelphia, PA
Mrs. Stanley Saletko, Barringtion Hills, IL
Mr. and Mrs. James Schneider, Chicago, IL
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Segerstrom, Balboa, CA
Mrs. Steven Simons, Houston, TX
Mr. Stanley Silberstein, New York, NY
Mr. and Mrs Martin Taplin, Surfside, FL
Mr. and Mrs Ronald Tuchman, NJ
Mr. John Wickser, Santa Monica, CA
Mr. and Mrs Sheldon Wolfe, Tamarack, FL
Mrs. Mary Vuglen, Miami Beach, FL

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