SUMMARY

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

Joshua Elias

Born Chicago Illinois

Lives and Works in Los Angeles

A Los Angeles-based abstract artist whose work maps the intersections of memory, personal history, and spiritual exploration. Working primarily on large-scale canvases, Elias layers earth tones, texture, and gesture to create immersive works that feel simultaneously ancient and immediate. With a practice rooted in both material experimentation and poetic reflection, Elias seeks to create paintings that offer viewers both clarity and mystery — a sense of finding and losing oneself within the work. Exhibited nationally and internationally, including shows in Santa Fe, Sonoma, New York, Iceland, France, Spain, and Japan, his work invites viewers to engage deeply with their own inner landscapes. Elias’ most recent series, Life Maps, charts key moments in his own life alongside imagined futures, blending abstraction with personal cartography.

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