Paula
Elliott
Media:
Painting, Drawing
Studio Location:
43-01 22nd St. Long Island City, NY 11101
Room/Studio#
407A
Website:
Artist Bio:
Currently on View at:
Denise Bibro Fine Art, Point of View, solo online exhibition, New York, NY
April 7-May 30 2026
Site: Brooklyn Gallery, Geometry the Shape of Things, Online Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY, March-May 2026, Juror- Hannah Sage Kay
Paula Elliott has maintained a studio in Long Island City, NY for 20 years. She received an MFA from Cornell University and a BS in Fine Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Stout, together with further studies in England and Mexico. Paula has taught at Cornell and Bucknell Universities and has been awarded fellowships at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts in Virginia and The Ragdale Foundation in Illinois. She is currently represented by Denise Bibro Fine Art in New York.
Her paintings and drawings have been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions in the city, as well as various museums and galleries in the US and abroad. Her work is in many public and private collections including: Best Products, Chase Bank, Citibank, Hoffman-La Roche, Saks Fifth Avenue, IBM Corporation, Zale Corporation and the Herbert F. Johnson Museum among others.
Her artwork may also be seen at:
Denise Bibro Fine Art (represented by) https://denisebibrofineart.com
Artsy https://www.artsy.net
1st Dibs https://www.1stdibs.com
Artist Statement:
My work is abstract but not entirely so; my imagery invariably refers to aspects of the external world. Associations spring up suggestive of architectural structures, moods of weather or invented objects. Pictorial space becomes a locale. Unexpected correlations between the familiar and the imaginary enrich the more purely formal considerations and open a greater fluidity of meaning. Over the past decade, my artistic efforts have been primarily conceived and created on paper. In this large body of work, I have often focused on a solitary shape, aiming to convey in a single image the unique particularity of an abstract “object”. I generally start with a simple sketch. Working in pastel, often combined with charcoal and pencil, my ideas typically begin unfixed and open-ended. Each image evolves as if on its own terms, gradually taking shape through refinement. Throughout the creative process, distinct contrasts arise—diffuse atmospheres versus strict geometrical structures, order versus fluidity, spontaneity versus deliberation—inviting interpretation and encouraging viewers to engage with each image as both form and presence.
