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Elana Mann
Elana Mann is a contemporary artist of various artwork focused on exploring the collective voice and the act of listening. She is known for being an activist that makes rattles in protest, as a way of providing a voice.

Education
Mann attained a B.F.A. with honors from Washington University in St. Louis and an M.F.A. from the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia. She currently resides in Southern California with artwork presented in museums and galleries, along with having received numerous awards.

Activism
On December 30th, 1994, a gunman opened fire on two abortion clinics the town over. Mann felt this terror at 14, but after a friend invited her to a protest in response to the attack, she realized that “there’s this thing called solidarity and these movements that I can be a part of, and I don’t have to be so scared. I can feel more empowered in my life.” Over 20 years later, in the recent overturning of Roe v. Wade, Mann similarly took to rallying against and to "mourn the cruel ruling."

Notable Work
● Year of Wonders, redux, 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA

● The Assonant Armory, Commonwealth & Council, Los Angeles, CA

● Searching for the Murmurs of History | Elana Mann

● One day I will make a mace, but for now I have a mouth, Art Journal Open

● Song of the Cicada, Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles, CA ● Resonant Bodies: Landscapes of Acoustic Tension, ICI Berlin, Berlin, Germany

● One, Two, Three, South of Sunset, Los Angeles, CA

● My City hurts me and I am hurting my City, The English Hospital, Sulaymaniyah, Iraq

● Laugh-in: Art, Comedy, Performance, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, La Jolla, CA (Chan & Mann)

● The Hollow Center, Smak Mellon, Brooklyn, NY

● Alone Togetherness & Mutual Abandon in the City of Flowers and Sunshine | Elana Mann