SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Altered: MFA Advancement Exhibition, Dutzi Gallery, Long Beach, CA
2021 Intersecting Matter, Matter Studio Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Woven Metal, Laemmle NoHo, North Hollywood, CA
2014 The Gamcha Project, Showcase Gallery, Al Quoz Dubai, UAE
2012 Hope, Joy and Survival, Tala Gallery, Al Quoz, Dubai, UAE
2007 The Passion of. Women, Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2018 California, Melanee Cooper Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 The Dark Side of You, Carol Henry Gallery, Westlake, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022. Future Tense, Surface Design Association, Online Exhibition.
2022 Insights, Werby Gallery, CSULB Art Galleries, Long Beach, CA
2022. Fiber Arts Club, Dutzi Gallery, CSULB Art Galleries, Long Beach, CA
2022 Fabulous Fiber, bG Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
2022 Connectivity: GLAMFA, Werby Gallery, Long Beach, CA
2021 Tricksters and Transformation, Helm’s Design Center, Los Angeles, CA
2021 Max L. Gatov West, CSULB, Long Beach, CA
2020 Art + Activism: Art of the Issues 2020, SoLA Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Explorations, Colburn School, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Materiality and Method: A Small Works Fiber Exhibition, Textile Arts LA, Long Beach, CA
2019 Transformation: Fiber as Medium, The Common Thread Gallery, Online Exhibition
2018 Art Speaks; Lend Your Voice, Arena1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2018 Interplay SoLA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018 World of Threads, The Gallery At Queen Elizabeth Cultural Centre, Toronto, Canada
2018 Council House Art Gallery NCJW/LA, Los Angeles, CA
2018 39 Contemporary Crafts, Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Mesa, AZ
2018 Malibu Masters, Tracy Park Gallery, Malibu, CA
2018 Common-Revised, Reformatted, Renewed, Juanita Salazar Lowe Gallery, Imperial, CA
2018 One Year of Resistance, The Untitled Space, New York, NY
2017 Strings Attached, Coastline Art Gallery, Newport Beach, CA
2017 StudioEleven, The Neutra Institute Museum and Gallery, Silverlake, CA
2017 Out There, LAAA/Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Packed With Color, Austin Bergstrom International Airport, Austin, TX
2017 PCH Pop-Up, Tracy Park Gallery, Malibu, CA
2014 DIFC Art Night, Dubai International Financial Center, Dubai, UAE
2014 Vantage Point, Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE
2014 SIKKA Art Fair, Al Fahidi Historical District, Dubai, UAE
2014 Street Art Night, Al Quoz, Dubai, UAE
2009 Tom Wudl Studio, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Light and Shadow, Emeritus College Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2006 Access: A Feminist Perspective, Rhonda Schaller Studio, New York, NY
2005 Women, Words and Images, Mills Pond Gallery, St. James, NY
2005 Earth and Fire: Works in Clay, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005 Live Nude Girls, Tracy Park Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2004 The Passion of Women, Hamilton Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
COMMISSIONS
2014 Durrat Al Riyadh Resort and Spa in Riyadh, The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
2014 The City Is Your Canvas, Dubai Culture, JBR Dubai, UAE
2012 Dubai Culture Outdoor Art, Business Bay, Dubai, UAE
2009 Outdoor Mural, City of Malibu Michael Landon Center, Malibu, CA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Print Media
“Elise Vazelakis for Dubai Culture Outdoor Art Project,” Dubai Chronicle, May 6, 2012.
Anna Seaman, “The Fabric of Society,” The National, December 10, 2013.
“Dubai Art Week Launches top Picks,” Emirates Woman, March 13, 2014.
“The Fabric of the Dubai Landscape,” Gulf News, March 20, 2014.
“Exhibit featuring sculpture by three women opens Thursday at Imperial Valley College,” The Desert Review, February 26, 2018.
Online Periodicals
Jyoti Kalsi, “The Fabric Of The Dubai Landscape,” Arab News Service, March 20, 2014
Daniel Crowder, “Elise Vazelakis: Pushing the Limits,” Textile Artist Organization, 2016, https://www.textileartist.org/elise-vazelakis-pushing-limits/
Kate, “Weaver Interview with Elise Vazelakis,” 2017, http://www.theweavingloom.com/weaver-interview-elise-vazelakis/
Erin Remington, “Elise Vazelakis; Finding Her Voice,” Gurl Museum Day, 2017, https://gurlmuseumday.com/viewallmagazine/2017/4/5/elise-vazelakis-on-finding-her-voice?rq=Elise%20vazelakis
“Los Angeles-Based Fiber Artist Elise Vazelakis Confronts Gun Violence,” March 20, 2018, https://www.benzinga.com/pressreleases/18/03/n11388790/los-angeles-based-fiber-artist-elise-vazelakis-confronts-gun-violence
“Darn Good Yarn’s Artist focus: Elise Vazelakis,” Fiber Art Network, August 3, 2018, https://fiberartnow.net/darn-good-yarn-submission-artist-focus-elise-vazelakis/
Dorothé Swinkels, “Elise Vazelakis weeft tactiele 3D-sculpturen met ijzerdraad en doek,” Ausgust 28, 2019, https://www.textielplus.nl/artikelen/elise-vazelakis-weeft-tactiele-3d-sculpturen-met-ijzerdraad-en-doek/
“Pandemic Projects,” Surface Design Association, April 16, 2021, https://www.surfacedesign.org/pandemic-projects-elise-vazelakis/
“Opening Reception: Elise Vazelakis Intersecting Matter,” Artillery, August 2021, https://artillerymag.com/events/opening-reception-elise-vazelakis-intersecting-matter/
Elise Vazelakis for Dubai Culture Outdoor Project, Dubai Chronicle, https://www.dubaichronicle.com/2012/05/06/dubai-culture-outdoor-art-project/
Website
“Events Calendar,” Daily Herald, November 4, 2019, https://www.dailyherald.com/calendar#!/details/MELANEE-COOPER-GALLERY-WINTER-EXHIBITION-OPENING-CALIFORNIA/5475626/2018-11-02T17
“Elise Vazelakis,” ArtWeek, jhttps://www.artweek.com/events-artist/elise-vazelakis
“Art + Activism: Art of the Issues 2020,” Art Rabbit, January 4, 2020, https://www.artrabbit.com/events/art-activism-art-of-the-issues-2020
“Elise Vazelakis,” Widewalls, August 8, 2021, https://www.widewalls.ch/events/matter-studio-gallery-elise-vazelakis-2021-08-08
“Image Credits,” Mestaria Gallery, access date 2022, https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=elise+vazelakis&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8
“Artist Talk: Intersecting Matter featuring Elise Vazelakis,” CurateLA, access date: 2022, https://curate.la/event.php?id=21905
“Elise Vazelakis,” Tracy Park Gallery, access date: 2022, https://www.tracyparkgallery.com/portfolio/Elise-Vazelakis-
“Elise Vazelakis-Spirit Bound,” Women Made Gallery, access date: 2022, https://womanmade.org/artwork/elise-vazelakis/
“Elise Vazelakis: Dropped Out,” Saatchi Art, access date: 2022, https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Sculpture-Dropped-Out-by-Elise-Vazelakis/1026185/4932969/view
“Ongoing?A Small Fiber Works Show,” Fibershed Southern California, September 8, 2019,http://www.socalfibershed.org/events/opening-a-small-fiber-works-show
“Image Credit,” Vogue, access date: 2022, https://www.google.com/search?q=elise+vazelakis&client=safari&rls=en&sxsrf=APq-WBu_BjPQFX_9DxfdH_ktwopY8IZfJw:1644531480819&ei=GI8FYsW_Ma3KkPIPvf2F8A0&start=60&sa=N&ved=2ahUKEwjFq_GVlfb1AhUtJUQIHb1-Ad44MhDy0wN6BAgBEEI&biw=1706&bih=727&dpr=2
“Image Credit,” Celebrating Textiles throughout Southern California, Angeleno, https://mlangeleno.com/celebrating-textiles-throughout-southern-california
The Gamcha Project, the sameness project, http://www.thesamenessproject.com/category/dabble/2014/3/16/-dabble-the-gamcha-project
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES/SERVICE
2021-2022 President, Fiber Club CSULB, Long Beach, CA
2018-2020 Board of Directors Secretary, Fellows of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
California Fibers, San Diego, CA
Surface Design Association, Albuquerque, NM
Textile Arts LA, Los Angeles, CA
StudioEleven, Los Angeles, CA
EDUCATION
2022 MFA (Candidate), California State University, Long Beach, CA (Expected June 2023)
1980 BS in Business Administration, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA