about

Elena (Gigi) Salij

b. 1962

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lives and works in Los Angeles, New York City, and Indianapolis

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BA, Swarthmore College (1984)

MArch, Harvard University (1996)

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Associate Professor, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California 

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Selected Exhibitions

2019

The Art Center / Pop Art 2.0 / Highland Park

Underground Gallery / Ballyhoo / Indianapolis

SOLO / Harrison Gallery Annex, Harrison Center / American Feast / Indianapolis

Western Colorado Center for the Arts / Contemporary 2019: Contemporary Figure / Grand Junction

Speck Gallery, Harrison Center / Porch Party / Indianapolis

Garfield Park Arts Center / Women in Art:Resistance / Indianapolis

Arc Gallery / Fahrenheit 213 / San Francisco

Avenue 50 Gallery / Unfettered / Los Angeles

A.I.R. Gallery / Bridging the Gap / Brooklyn

Whitdel Arts Gallery / Members Show / Detroit

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2018

Gallery 924 / Tiny VII / Indianapolis

Whitdel Arts Gallery / Boys Will Be Boys / Detroit

Harrison Gallery, Harrison Center / Art Grows Here / Indianapolis

The Art Center / Food Glorious Food / Highland Park

Indianapolis Art Center / Art from the Heartland Biennial / Indianapolis

Swords Into Plowshares Gallery / Guns in the Hands of Artists / Detroit

M. Rosetta Hunter Gallery / Pressure Points, curated by Seattle Print Arts / Seattle

Studio C Gallery / Red Hot Wicked / Los Angeles

Brookline Arts Center / Red, White + Blue / Brookline

Hudson Guild Gallery / Vacation Ideas / New York City

Whitdel Arts Gallery / The Bitters 2: We're Fucked / Detroit

Arts Illiana Gallery / The Crow Show / Terre Haute

Las Lagunas Gallery / Two of Hearts / Laguna Beach

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2017

Gallery 924 / The Year of Vonnegut / Indianapolis

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In the permanent collection of the Swords Into Plowshares Peace Center, Detroit

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