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Elsa-Louise Manceaux
Paris, 1985
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The work of Elsa-Louise Manceaux relates to a certain clash of times. Her pictorial practice recurrently explores the relationship between context and meaning, information and matter.  Along various series, she states parallels between body and mind, History and belief, landscape and weather – by placing in perspective the role played by technique and technology within her subject matters.

Across these lines, she builds anachronistic narratives between medium, support and image. In that sense, Manceaux’s works also pursues experimentation with different techniques such as fresco or egg-tempera, that at times, has resulted in expanding her practice towards three-dimensional paintings and installations.

Lives and works in Mexico City.

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Manceaux studied at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam in 2009 and then attended the postgraduate program at SOMA from 2015-2016 in Mexico City, where she lives and works since 2012. In 2012-2013 she received the grant for emerging artists from the Mondriaan Fund (NL) and from 2018-2020 she was part of the BBVA-MACG (MX) scholarship. In 2019 she earned the acquisition prize of the 3d Landscape Biennial in Nogales (Sonora, MX). She was a grantee of FONCA – Jóvenes Creadores from 2020-2021.

Among her recent solo and group shows are: 'Orgasmos en el fondo', Museo Experimental El Eco (2023); ‘Las épocas caleidoscópicas’, Museo Cabañas, Guadalajara (2022); ‘The most beautiful moments’, Fundación Calosa, Guanajuato (2020); ‘Parasitajes / Ruidos Negros’, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City (2020), ‘Bienal del Paisaje #3’, Museo de Arte de Nogales, Sonora (2019); ‘Inter/Medio’, ESPAC, Mexico City (2019); ‘Fin del Futuro’, SAPS La Tallera, Cuernavaca (2019); 'Who’s afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue', Proyectos Monclova, Mexico City (2019); 'Desiluminaciones', Lodos, Mexico City (2018); ‘Hola Fantasma’, Diablo Rosso, Panama City (2017); ‘Painting Problems’, Bikini Wax, Mexico City (2015).

Selection of Works
Elsa-Louise Manceaux
View of 'Orgasmos en el fondo'
Paintings: gesso, colored pencil, egg tempera on cotton canvas
2023
Elsa-Louise Manceaux
Selfie Dance
Gesso, colored pencil and egg tempera on cotton canvas
15.75 x 13.8 x 1.575 inches
2022
Elsa-Louise Manceaux
Rock n' Roll trio
Gesso, colored pencil, egg tempera and acrylic on cotton canvas
39.4 x 29.5 x 1.57 inches
2018-2022
Elsa-Louise Manceaux
Twist & Slow
Gesso, colored pencil, egg tempera and flashé on linen
27.2 x 20.5 x 1.575 inches
2017-2022
Elsa-Louise Manceaux
View of 'Las épocas caleidoscópicas"
Paintings: Color pencil and egg tempera on canvas
70.9 x 55.1 in. each
2022
Elsa-Louise Manceaux
View of 'Las épocas caleidoscópicas'
Paintings: Color pencil and egg tempera on canvas
70.9 x 55.1 in. each
2022
Elsa-Louise Manceaux
Mitología de la multitud
Color Pencil and egg tempera on canvas
70.9 x 55.1 in.
2022
Elsa-Louise Manceaux
Mundo Data
Pencil and egg tempera on canvas
70.9 x 55.1 in.
2022
Elsa-Louise Manceaux
View of 'La manada del rebaño'
Installation of fresco paintings on mixed supports
Variable dimensions
2020
Elsa-Louise Manceaux
La manada del rebaño
Installation of fresco paintings on mixed supports
Variable dimensions
2020
Elsa-Louise Manceaux
Nameless
Fresco painting on loofah
8.85 x 3.35 in.
2019
Elsa-Louise Manceaux
Nameless
Fresco painting on loofah
8.85 x 3.35 in.
2019
Elsa-Louise Manceaux
View of 'Cables and Algae'
From left to right: 'Wifi in the Nightfall', Acrylic and ink on linen; 'Better Black Outs', Acrylic and ink on linen; 'Offshore Seaweed (on Mars)', Acrylic and ink on linen
From left to right: 31.5 x 25.2 in.; 35.5 x 25.2 in.; 31.5 x 25.2 in.
2018 - 2019
Elsa-Louise Manceaux
Alga Estrella
Acrylic and ink on linen
39.37 x 31.10 in.
2019
Elsa-Louise Manceaux
Mi Tlaloc
Acrylic and ink on linen
39.37 x 31.10 in.
2019
Elsa-Louise Manceaux
Mutual Extensions
Acriligouache and Chinese ink on colore gessoed linen
83.85 x 65 in.
2019
Elsa-Louise Manceaux
View of 'Live Air Traffic'
Acrylic on linen
From left to right: 93.7 x 76.77 in.; 93.7 x 76.77 in.; 47.24 x 39.37 in.
2019
Elsa-Louise Manceaux
View of 'Desiluminaciones'
Exhibition View
2018
Elsa-Louise Manceaux
Desiluminaciones
Acrylic, Acrylic gouache, Flashé, Egg-tempera and Color pencil on linen
83.85 x 65 in.
2018
Elsa-Louise Manceaux
M-M-M-M
Acrylic, Acrylic gouache, egg-tempera and color pencil on mdf plate mounted on wooden panel
50 x 39.37 in.
2018
Elsa-Louise Manceaux
Charivari
Color pencil and egg tempera on linen
17 x 14 in.
2016
Elsa-Louise Manceaux
Powers of Ten
Color pencil and egg tempera on linen
17 x 14 in.
2016
Elsa-Louise Manceaux
Painting problems (Meeting Points #2)
Egg Tempera and color pencil on linen mounted on bed frame
76.77 x 55.11 in.
2015
Exhibitions at Pequod
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