ELISE CHEVAL www.elisecheval.com
"Aim High", plastic Target bags, 2011
Artist Statement elisecheval@gmail.com Elise Cheval - scientist, teacher, writer, contemporary textile artist, musician and painter - draws on her rich background when she combines her needle art skills with her personal, eco-sociopolitical and community interests in her art-making. From the art gallery to the runway, her work must have a strong visual impact that says something about who she is, what her concerns are for Mother Earth and what she is up to with her community. As a musician and singer, she wears her art on her sleeve during her stage performances, and invites the listener to make up their own stories and engage in a conversation with the elements of life. Her current focus is on sharing her wearable arts with her community in a project called project GREEN RUNWAY where youth create their own high fashion trashion out of recycled materials and learn valuable leadership skills. Blogs: http://elisecheval.blogspot.com http://hotoffthepressfromelisecheval. blogspot.com  Wake Up Call, discarded vinyl coffee banners, 2011
Some Like It Hot, discarded bubblewrap, 2011
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JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2012 Sonoma Community Center, Sonoma, CA, The Sonoma Trashion Fashion Show Women's Caucus For the Arts, Los Angeles, CA, The Momentum Show Artworks Downtown, San Rafael, CA, The Elements Show O'Hanlon Center For the Arts, Mill Valley, CA, The Red Show O'Hanlon Center For the Arts, Mill Valley, CA, Solo Show: A Woman For All Seasons 2011 O'Hanlon Center For the Arts, Mill Valley, CA, Animalia Spirit Ragged Wing, Berkeley, CA, Costume for Erishkigal in Inanna's Descent Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA, Falkirk's 100 O'Hanlon Center For the Arts, Mill Valley, CA, Alphabet Soup Marin Community Foundation, Novato, CA, COLLECTIVES:Unique Artists Groups of Marin O'Hanlon Center For the Arts, Mill Valley, CA, Bay Area Women's Art O'Hanlon Center For the Arts, Mill Valley, CA, Puttin’ On The Glitz Oshman JCC, Palo Alto, CA, Hats Off to Roni Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA, Re:Value Zero Breast Cancer, Mill Valley, CA, HATS OFF TO YOU, Honor Thy Healer Fundraiser Marin County Fair, Terre Linda, CA, Fine Arts Exhibit Marin Arts Council, San Rafael, CA, Pop Art Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA, Artfully Reclaimed Northern California Women's Caucus of the Arts, San Francisco, CA, A Sense of Place Throckmorton Theater, Mill Valley, CA, Recycle Show O'Hanlon Center For the Arts, Mill Valley, CA, Social Networks and Alternate Realities 2010 O'Hanlon Center For the Arts, Mill Valley, CA, Elise Cheval:WORKS, Solo Show O'Hanlon Center For the Arts, Mill Valley, CA, Art of the Spirit:Duality Artworks Downtown, San Raphael, CA, Small Works Sebastopol Center For the Arts, Sebastopol, CA, Fiber Innovations Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA, Speaking of Solitude, 6th Annual National Fall Show O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, San Rafael, CA, You, Me, Us and Them: Contemporary Art Portraits 17th Annual Italian Street Painting Festival, San Rafael, CA O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA, Memory and Transition Zero Breast Cancer, Mill Valley, CA, Honor Thy Healer O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA, The Elements Show Jewish Community Center, Palo Alto, CA, 1 in 100: America Behind Bars Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA, 1 in 100: America Behind Bars 2009 O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA, Bay Area Women’s Artists O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA, Take Two: Refuse Rescued and Recreated 2008 O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA, For the Love of Fiber Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA, The Prison Project: 1 in 100 O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA, Invoking Spirit Education Landmark Education, Assistant, Production Team, San Francisco, CA, Board Member, External Communications, Northern California Women's Caucus For Art, www.ncwca.org College of Marin, 2005, Associates Degree in Music Feldenkrais Guild, 1999, Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner University of Illinois, 1989, Masters Degree in Biology Professional Affiliations MarinMOCA, Novato, California Marin Arts Council, San Rafael, CA O'Hanlon Center For Art, San Rafael, CA Northern California Women's Caucus For Art, Bay Area Women's Caucus For the Arts, New York, NY Publications Marin Independent Journal, Life Styles, "Dressed to Kill", February 2, 2012 PatchNews, Mill Valley, July, 12, 2011 Marin Independent Journal, Plus Section, The Art of Social Media, March 10, 2011 Marin Independent Journal, Plus Section, September 9, 2009 Awards Whole Foods Market Creative ReUse Contest, Special Recognition Award "Nickel For Non-Profit", for O'Hanlon Center For the Arts, Mill Valley, CA. Awards Ceremony, June 7, 2011 Marin County Fair, Fine Arts and Crafts, Honorable Mention, Terre Linda, CA O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA, Take Two: Refuse Rescued and Recreated, Honorable Mention Click here to see "From the Gallery to the Runway" |
