SUMMARY

BUILDING BABEL (2018)
oil on canvas/panel
33" x 33"

Light and Vibration - An Artist Portrait of Joshua Elias "Contradiction is a spark, mystery its source." Joshua Elias is an abstract artist at the LA Brewery in Los Angeles, CA. His oil paintings uncover "cavernous ethereal underworlds" that tell the story of a lost civilization using precision and organic shapes and colors.

Film by Eric Minh Swenson. Music by Heiner Grenzland. Born in Chicago, a longtime artist in Los Angeles, Joshua Elias studied at the Design Art and Architecture in Santa Monica and Otis Parsons in Los Angeles, after receiving his BFA at San Diego State University.

Joshua Elias

Born Chicago Illinois

Lives and Works in Los Angeles

Joshua Elias (b. 1957, Chicago; based in Los Angeles) is a lyrical abstract painter whose large-scale oil-on-linen works explore memory, materiality, and interior cartography. Using earthy tones, layered textures, and poetic form, his paintings invite viewers to wander between clarity and mystery. Recent exhibitions include Santa Fe, Healdsburg, Paris, Tokyo, and a True Colors show at LewAllen Galleries. His current "Recent Works" series focuses on suspended spaces and metaphorical maps—offering immersive portals into psychological and spiritual landscapes. Elias works daily at his studio in the Brewery Arts Complex, where he continues to experiment with paint-making and poetic reflection.

A new book, ROCK LIGHT Ltd Edition of 100, featuring paintings and poetry of Joshua Elias, from Lumen Press at FATHOM GALLERY Los Angeles, has been released July 2017.

Elias works daily at his art studio at the Brewery Arts Complex in Los Angeles.

Education

Design, Art, and Architecture, SMC
Sylvana Barrett Getty Consultant /Historical Techniques
Otis School of Design
Santa Monica City College
B.F.A. San Diego State University 1983