Mora’s work is inspired by nature, and partially based on the long tradition of botanical illustration. She takes passages from the natural world as similes for stages in human life.
Elsa Mora was born in Holguin, Cuba; and currently lives and works in Mount Tremper, New York, United States. She attended first The Vocational School of Arts, in Holguín; and later The Professional School of Visual Arts, in Camagüey, both in Cuba.
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From the series "Fading", 2018View more details
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From the series "Mindscapes", 2018View more details
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From the series "Mindscapes", 2018View more details
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From the series "Mindscapes", 2018View more details
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From the series "Mindscapes", 2018View more details
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One Hundred and One Notions (a series of 101 small sculptures), 2018View more details
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Femina Plantarum #1, 2012View more details
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Femina Plantarum #10, 2012View more details
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Femina Plantarum #3, 2012 SoldView more details
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Femina Plantarum #9, 2012View more details
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Giant Tear, 2011View more details
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Head of Bird, 2011View more details
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Head of Feathers, 2011View more details
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The Hand and The Rope, 2011View more details
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Amenaza (Threat) 3/15, 2004View more details
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Aprendiendo a Nadar (Learning to Swim), 2004View more details
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Ojos Abiertos (Open Eyes), 2004View more details
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Sigue Intentando (Keep Trying), 2004View more details
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Tratando de Volar (Trying to Fly), 2004View more details
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Confesiones Mudas, 2003View more details
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Cuerpo (Body), 2003View more details
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La Entrada (The Entry) 3/25, 2003View more details
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La Herida (The Wound) 3/25, 2003View more details
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Mapa Facial (Facial Map) 3/25, 2003View more details
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Mi Secreto, 2003View more details
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Reflejo (Reflection) 3/25, 2003View more details
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Juana hands to you her bound heart and body, 2000View more details
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Untitled, 2000View more details
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From the series "Fading"View more details
Her work can be found as part of the collections of museums such as the Museum of Latin American Art, in Long Beach, California; the National Museum of Women in the Arts, in Washington DC; and at The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Eugene, Oregon. She has participated in exhibitions such as Utopia/Post-Utopia, at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art. State University of New York, New Paltz, New York; and Inside/Outside: Contemporary Cuban Art, at the Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, among many others.
She is exploring the concept of transformation from a symbiotic point of view, blending vegetation and humans. Her distinctive ‘women’ are created with mixed elements from both worlds; her female torsos have either faces constructed of groupings of birds, or arrangements of flowers for heads resulting in extraordinary surrealistic creatures.
Her work often takes from autobiographical sources. Her earlier pieces were collages in which she combined personal artifacts with photos and painted elements. Later on, she relied more on painting or drawing, making reference to a personal transformation, illustrated through her hybrid beings.
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El sueño que olvidé antes del alba
Jill Kearney, Elsa Mora, and Sandra Ramos December 10, 2022 - January 21, 2023Pan American Art Projects is pleased to announce El sueño que olvidé antes del alba (The Dream I Forgot Before Dawn), a collective exhibition featuring artists Jill Kearney, Elsa Mora,...Read more -
Multiple Choice
Collective Exhibition of Prints & Multiples June 30 - August 17, 2018 Pan American Art ProjectsEverything in life is relative. Everything has its opposite, this is why humanity tends to think in binaries - we see things in white or black, good or bad, etc....Read more