NaFFAA Illinois

Elisa is presently the owner and sole artist at her gallery, Artifex Studio, in Glenview, Illinois. A moving force within the Chicago art community, she has worked with the Chicago Artist Coalition, the One of a Kind show at the Merchandise Mart, Mary Bell Gallery, Akainyah Gallery, and the Union League Club to help raise money for arts in Chicago.  

 

Her original oil paintings, and her work in gathering donations for many worthy organizations through that art, has earned many accolades. Her one-woman shows have been seen nationally and internationally, most recently, at Ormand Art Museum in Florida. In 2015, Elisa collaborated with nine other Filipino and Filipino American artists to bring individual works and two murals to The Field Museum in Chicago, and the Erehwon Art Center in the Philippines.

 

Entities such as Saks Fifth Avenue, Rush University Medical Center, Northwestern Plastic Surgery, Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, Catholic Charities, Wintrust Bank, Glenview State Bank, as well as countless private collectors in the United States and abroad own, and display, Elisa's work. 

 

Her ability to combine bright vibrant colors within her subject matter, whether it is a still life with flowers, a portrait or a landscape, has garnered praise from art critics in Chicago, New York and internationally. She opened her own gallery in 2000, offers internships to promising artistss and mentors artists in need. 

 

Elisa holds a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts degree in Printmaking as well as a Masters of Fine Arts in Drawing and Painting from Northern Illinois University.