The Trace Introduces Shelia Elias Exhibition: Mark-Making Tradition

Introducing Sheila Elias at THE TRACE, a mark-making exhibition where she uses her finger to create visuals on her iPad. THE TRACE is a group show comprised of artists working in various media linked to painting and drawing that leave behind a trace, the sign for everything elusive, and evidence of everything it is not, as a visible impression of the indeterminacy of space and thought impression. Sheila Elias states, "My work is considered very relevant as it is forward thinking - Can technology claim such a position? Can evolution into the ultimate heights of technological advancement, leave behind its trace?" The show is comprised of 15 artists of all ages including works by Caroline Absher, Jeffrey Bishop, Ford Crull, Peggy Cyphers, Craig Dongoski, Valentina DuBasky, Sheila Elias, Jane Fire, Augustus Goertz, Richard Heinrich, Carter Hodgkin, Sol Lewitt, and Mark Tobey, with the most famous artists being Sol Lewitt and Mark Toby (both deceased).

Below artist Sheila Elias is photographed with Lenore Skenazy, an American blogger, columnist and author of the book, "Free-Range Kids," at the exhibition. We would love to arrange an interview between Sheila Elias and yourself.

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"French philosopher and literary critic Jacques Derrida uses the term trace in literary criticism, to describe the remnant of all non-present meanings, sounds, or written markings on the page- especially in the sense that features are identifiable only by the absence of other feature. Both painting and poetry leave in their path clues that something has been present, a spark, a tag, in a just-barely detectable amount, a suggestion of quality.

Wallace Stevens first delivered "Relations Between Poetry and Painting" as a lecture at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1951. In this essay, Stevens explored the parallel attributes of poetry and painting. Wallace's thesis is based on the notion that, in an age of disbelief, the arts in general are a "...compensation for what has been lost." "...men feel that the imagination is the next greatest power to faith, the reigning prince." Because poetry and painting operate at the juncture between imagination and reality, these arts assume a prophetic stature and become a "...vital assertion of self in a world

More about Sheila Elias:

Sheila Elias is a contemporary artist successful for her multi-media paintings, sculptures and iPad paintings. What makes her art so unique and refreshing is the optimism she paints with as recognized by fans of her art and critic Peter Frank. Elias has done a domestic and international tour with Apple for her iPaint on my iPad series and has been featured in many publications, such as L'etage Magzine, Home & Business, Art Business News and more. She was also a featured artist for the Trace by Lichtundfire art exhibition in Manhattan earlier this month and in a solo show with at the Silvana Facchini Gallery in Miami this past January where besides 15 artworks done on the iPad, she created a total room installation done on the iPad.

An example of Elias' paintings and photography can be seen above and this is only the tip of the iceberg of the wonders she creates. Elias creates sculptures, paintings, photography but most of all, she's famous for her iPad creations. Any piece of her art has a spot in any home and would be an asset to the creative personality of the room.

"My work is about the layers of life and art history, seeking in it a connection between art, aesthetics, and social consciousness. I like to portray a perception of urban tension, raw emotions and harsh realities tempered with gentle optimism and beauty, countering an American dream that has gone a bit astray." -Sheila Elias

To view more of Sheila Elias' art and to read more about her you can visit the website below: http://sheilaelias.com/

(Photo Credit: Sheilaelias.com)