Internationally renowned
artist Sheila Elias, who is known for her paintings and photography, has taken
her talents to the iPad with her latest series, ‘iPaint on my iPad’. Spreading
her infectious talent and energy around the world, Sheila held exhibitions
across a myriad amounts of Apple Stores around the World: Santa Monica,
California, Lincoln Center, New York, Aventura Mall, Miami, and IFC apple store
in Hong Kong, to name a few. The iPad series has also been exhibited at the Art
Basel in Hong Kong, the California Heritage Museum, Rosenthal Fine Arts in
Chicago, and the Mayson Gallery in New York. According to Visionary Art
Trends, Sheila has been compared to David Hockney, one of Britain’s most
innovative and famous artists.
Sheila has combined her talents
of painting, printmaking, sculptures and photography and has developed a new
form of communication using digital media—with just the touch a finger and an
iPad, a natural feat no artist has truly ever done quite like she has. She
says, “My art, whether it is photography, sculpture, or paintings, has always
been a visual interpretation of my internal landscape, which is significantly
influenced by external landscapes. Therefore, this collection of work is an
indirect reflection of my colorful, turbulent home, Miami.” Miami, where
multi-cultural history and the future clash on a daily basis, is a luminous
kaleidoscope of raw, sincere emotions and harsh realities; urban tension mixed
with profound beauty, compassion and optimism. Evidence of this interpretation
can be found in the canvases of “iPaint on my iPad.”
Using a touch screen canvas,
the tech inclined artist uses the iPad as part of a larger method that
integrates digital art and painting to develop images that hang on the walls of
the most exquisite galleries. She continues, ““Techne Revelation” is a new
technological vision that I am really excited about I have been painting on my
iPad since 2010. The iPad differs from traditional media with its immediate,
experimental effects. I believe it also stretches one’s mental capacity because
the apps have limitations, and one has to work within those perimeters. It
is a new medium, which is refreshing for a seasoned artist. I enlarged abstract
shapes to take on mysterious, unnatural forms. I painted them without physical
tools, by using my finger.”
Elias’ series was featured at
NYC Mayson Gallery as well as the GRAY AREA Instagram Project, along with the
Whitney’s studio party. The shift in art trends is being pioneered by Sheila
Elias and other big artists are soon to follow. The younger generation has been
drawn to the fad due to the fact that millennials are overtaking the digital
space and using it in daily life. The most impressive part is that Sheila’s
work across the globe including hanging in the Louvre and at NYC Lincoln
Center.
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