Elliot Lessing
Experimental Artist & Writer, Curator of Contemporary Art, Art Space Director, Public Art Director + Other | High Concept Art + Foxy Sculpture + Weird Comix + Uncool Graphix + Waaay Uncool AI Slop + Video + Live Happenings | Collaborations Welcome | Let's do something ![email protected] 646.535.0738
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
I produce project-based cultural programming that energizes personal experience of public space, while creating new precincts of art, community and knowledge.My goal is to renew a sense of meaningful connectivity to the world around us. I do this by launching brave and original public projects that combine a colorful array of visual art, cultural information and community resources. Many of my projects include the newest Contemporary Artists from around the globe, and may involve participants and forms that exist outside or on the threshold of the arts field. The results provide a fun and participatory art experience that is both accessible and challenging to wide audiences.Through an elegant combination of radical artistic strategies, imaginative place-shaping projects and open interdisciplinary philosophy, I am able to inspire community involvement, spark person-to-person dialogue and broaden cultural awareness of a myriad of possibilities regarding art and public life.
bio
Elliot Lessing is an Interdisciplinary Artist, Writer and Independent Curator. He was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. Since 2000, Elliot has curated and launched over 400 dynamic art exhibitions & contemporary public projects for diverse audiences of all ages in San Francisco and New York. His projects involve Contemporary Artists from around the globe, including New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Tokyo, London, Paris, Mexico, Glasgow, Dublin, Oslo, Belfast, Chicago, Boston, Maryland, Spain, Vancouver and Norway. Elliot has over 15 years of delivering extraordinary art experiences and dependable arts leadership, which include being Director & Curator for an artist-led gallery (ART HUT) and Director & Curator for a non-profit art space (BUILD). In addition to being a Guest Curator for a variety of independent & experimental art spaces and a Visiting Curator & Studio Advisor for MFA & BFA Studio Programs, Elliot was Director & Curator for COCA Center for Outdoor Contemporary Art, a seasonal curatorial platform devoted to presenting Visionary public art projects for outdoor spaces. He was also Director & Curator for SPRING, the only International Contemporary Artist Residency program in Paradise, California. Currently, he curates cutting-edge exhibitions and adventurous public projects across the US and beyond, igniting a dazzling array of memorable cultural experiences that spark vibrant links between Art and Public Life.