Elana Cooper
b. 1973, San Francisco ∙ CE artist since 2013
Photo by Vincent Woo
Elana Cooper is primarily known for her striking, large-scale floral silhouettes, though animals are also a common subject of her work. Cooper paints in bold strokes, the background in one color and the subject in a contrasting color, giving her representational work an abstract quality. Drawing from journal of flowers, Cooper has created her modern floral silhouettes as with ink, watercolor, acrylic and even as 3-D wood cutout sculptures.
Cooper began working in Creativity Explored's studio in 2013 and says, “I never made art before coming here. I didn't know I had the skills for it!” Cooper's popular floral silhouettes have been licensed by Open Editions and commissioned as large large scale public murals by State Bird Provisions. Her iconic flower designs were re-imagined in large-scale for Of Here From There | De Aquí Desde Allá, and interaction digital installation created in partnership with Ana Teresa Fernández in 2020.
Select Exhibitions & Projects
2020
Of Here From There | De Aquí Desde Allá, San Francisco Art Institute, CA
Art Changes Lives at Parc 55 Hotel, San Francisco, CA
Spring-Summer Pop-up, Parlor, San Francisco, CA
2019
Bitchin', Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Patterns in Practice, San Francisco Zen Center, CA
2018
Faces and Places in the City, Eureka Public Library, San Francisco, CA
2017
Flying Like a Rock, Pacific Northwest College of Art Center for Art and Contemporary Culture, Portland, OR
Black White, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
Spring-Summer Pop-up, Parlor, San Francisco, CA
2016
Tabula Rasa, Creativity Explored , San Francisco, CA
2015
Tree of Life, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
2014
A Curious Menagerie, Creativity Explored, San Francisco, CA
