Elia Alba

Elia Alba
Elia Alba in 2024
Born
Elia Alba

1962 (age 6263)
Brooklyn, New York
EducationBA, Hunter College in 1994, Whitney Museum Independent Study Program in 2001
Known forCulture Critique, Photography, Sculpture
AwardsStudio Museum in Harlem (1999), Whitney Museum Van Lier Foundation Fellowship Grant (2001), New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship Grant – Crafts (2002), Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant (2003), New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship Grant – Photography (2008), Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant (2008),
Websiteeliaalba.net

Elia Alba (1962) was born in Brooklyn, New York. She is a multidisciplinary artist who lives and works in Queens, New York. Alba's ongoing project The Supper Club depicts contemporary artists of color in portraits, and presents dinners where a diverse array of artists, curators, historians and collectors address topics related to people of color and to women.