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Elizabeth N. Orleans was born in Philadelphia, PA. She earned a Master of Fine Arts degree at California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland, CA and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in ceramics at Tulane University in New Orleans, LA. Through her study of ceramics she has traveled to Santa Fe NM, Portland, OR and Florence, Italy.

In 2004 Orleans created a site specific installation, involving thousands of ceramic elements, at the Museum of Contemporary Art at the Luther Burbank Center of the Arts in Santa Rosa, CA. The piece was featured in Ceramics Monthly magazine and re-installed at the Museum of Craft and Folk Art in San Francisco, CA.

Moving to Venice Beach, CA, along side the tradition of Southern California artists Ken Price and Peter Voulkos, Elizabeth Orleans continues to pursue innovation in her chosen medium. Her collisions of geometric and organic forms, often referencing growth, the human body, and abstracted life forms, have draw comparisons to the work of artists Yayoi Kusama and Louise Bourgeois. Elizabeth Orleans also furthers her interest in altering pre-existing spaces by creating architectural interventions that penetrate boundaries and explore movement, change, and the infinite possibility of time.

Elizabeth Orleans recently completed an installation at the internationally reputed collector, Susan Hancock’s Los Angeles art space, Royal/T and was the selected artist for the 3rd Annual Summer Project at Royale Projects in Indian Wells, CA where she completed three ambitious installations.