Elia Alba

Elia Alba
Elia Alba in 2024
Born
Elia Alba

1962 (age 63–64)
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 (born 1962 in Brooklyn, New York), 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 Latinx and Black people and to women from these groups.