Elizabeth DAS (b. 1956), Invincible, 2023

polychrome acrylic resin; height: 81 cm, base: 23.5 x 15, 5 cm;
Signature on bottom: E.Das.
Trained as a psychologist and linguist (Oklahoma State University, 1997, University of Washington, 1994), she is a ceramicist and sculptor by choice. In 1993-94 she studied drawing and painting at Seattle State College and the University of Washington. She took up sculpture in late 2020, after practicing art ceramics for 11 years. In the summer of 2021, she completed an intensive sculpture course at the Florence Academy of Art. In 2021/2022, she studied sculpture in the studio of Prof. Adam Myjak at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. In 2022-2023, she completed a portrait sculpture course in residency at the Geode Art Studios sculpture center, in Catalonia, Spain, and figurative sculpture at the Barcelona Academy of Art.
Exhibitions and awards:
Society of Portrait Sculpture FACE2023 Competition, 2023, London
Catalog of the International Biennale Figurativas 2023, Museu Europeu d'Art Modern, Barcelona
Mrs Toolip International Art Contest 2023, Barcelona
Barcelona Academy of Art Students and Teachers Exhibition 2023, Barcelona
Select 50, 25th International Portraiture and Figurative Art, Portrait Society of America, 2023, Atlanta, Georgia
Semi-finalist in 16th International Art Renewal Center Salon 2023, New York
Certificate of Artistic Achievement, Luxembourg Art Prize 2022, Luxembourg