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= Elana Mann (Artist) = Elana Mann is an American contemporary artists who currently Lives and works in Los Angeles, California. Elana was born on November 26, 1982 in Newton Massachusetts, United States. Her education leading up to her experience in the arts begins with Washington University in St.Louis, and continues on into The California Institute of the Arts ( CalArts). Elana Is known mainly for her works in the performance arts, as well as her sculpturing. Mann through her work explores the act of listening and the power of collective voice through sculpture, performance, as well as community engagement. Since years back, in 2014 to be exact, she has created sculptural instruments that are designed and put emphasis on being used by audiences, musicians, as well as activists alike. Within Mann's artwork, protests become musical, listeners become performers, and even music becomes protest.

Education
Mann had received her B.F.A. with honors from the Washington University in St. Louis, and recieved her M.F.A from the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, CA.

Career
Mann has presented her work throughout various museums, galleries, and public spaces within the U.S. and globally. Mann's most Recent solo exhibitions have taken place at the 18th Street Art Center in Santa Monica, California, the Lawndale Art Center in Houston, Texas, the Artpace in San Antonio, Texas, the Pitzer College Art Galleries in Claremont, California, and lastly in the Commonwealth & Council in Los Angeles, California. Mann has as well participated in many group exhibitions and screenings at locations like the Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, the Orange County Museum of Art, and the Hirshhorn Museum. She has also even been commissioned to create various public projects by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, the Montalvo Art Center, and even the Getty Villa.

Group Exhibitions

 * 2009, Performing New Economies, Fellows of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles Soundscapes, Gallery 727, Los Angeles Needle in a Haystack, Eagle Rock Center for the Arts, Los Angeles Stay Bite: Modes of Operation, University of Texas, Dallas
 * 2006, Mid-Residency Exhibition, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, Calif. It was the blurst of times, Commerce Street Artist Warehouse, Houston GLAMFA, The Gatov Galleries, California State University, Long Beach, Calif.
 * 2004, Did you wash your body today?, Franconia Sculpture Park, Shafer, Minn.
 * 2005, Hello my name is:, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, Calif. The door show, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, Calif.

Solo and Two Person Exhibitions

 * 2021, Year of Wonders, redux, 18th Street Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA
 * 2018, Instruments of accountability, Pitzer College Art Galleries, Claremont, CA
 * 2014, Drone Duet, a collaboration with Matias Viegener, Digital Mural Project at the Culver Center of the Arts, UCR ARTSblock, Riverside, CA
 * 2011, For more than one voice, 323 Projects, Los Angeles, CA Die Gedanken Sind Frei (Our Thoughts Are Free), Jancar Gallery project space, Los Angeles, CA.

Awards/Grants/Residencies

 * 2009, Kitty Chester Series of Curator’s Laboratory Projects, Fellows of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
 * 2003, John T. Milliken Traveling Scholarship, St. Louis Secor Sculpture Award, St. Louis Crescent Hills Research Grant, Tyson Research Center, Eureka, Mo.
 * 2004, Franconia Sculpture Park intern artist fellowship, Shafer, Minn.
 * 2005, Willamette Week “Best Group show of 2005” for the TROCA: Brasil exhibit, Portland, Ore.

Performances and Screenings

 * 2019, Muscle Beach Cookbook, CURRENT: LA, curated by Human Resources, Venice Beach Recreational Facility, Venice, CA
 * 2017, Now Hear This! An Exercise in Listening, Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, CA
 * 2014, Villa Murmurs, the Getty Villa, Los Angeles, CATransmission, Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock, Los Angeles, CA and Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
 * 2012, MIA screening series, the Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA Myths of Rape (1977/2012), a recreation of a piece by Leslie Labowitz produced in collaboration with Audrey Chan, part of Three Weeks in Janaury by Suzanne Lacy, LA Art Show, Los Angeles, CA.
 * 2018, Ain't I A Womxn? A Gender's Promenade, State Historic Park, Los Angeles, CA Perfect Worlds/Propositional Attitudes, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL The Grand Buddha Marching Band, AxS Festival, Fulcrum Arts, CA.