Elia Alba was born in New York City in 1962.  She received her Bachelor of Arts (Specials  Honors Curriculum) from Hunter College in 1994 where she graduated magna cum laude  and completed the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program in 2001. Ms. Alba is a  multi-media artist whose work has been exhibited and screened at various national and  international institutions, including Yerba Buena Center for the Arts; El Museo del Barrio;  The RISD Museum; Valencia Institute of Modern Art, IVAM, Spain; Stedelijk Museum,  Amsterdam; ARCO, Madrid; Jersey City Museum; Science Museum, London; and ITAU  Cultural Institute, Sao Paolo,  Brazil, and most recently the 10th Havana Biennial.

Her  awards have included the Whitney Museum Van Lier Foundation Fellowship 2001; Studio  Museum in Harlem, Artist in Residence Fellowship Program (1998-1999), New York  Foundation for the Arts Grant (Crafts 2002 and Photography 2008); Pollack-Krasner  Foundation Grant (2002) and Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant (2002 and 2008).  Her work has been reviewed in the Art Nexus, The Guardian, Time Out, FlashArt, Tema Celeste and  The New York Times. She lives and works in Queens, New York.

To see more of Alba’s work visit Dodge and Burn.