Elaisha is a Detroit-based artist, specializing in relief printing and painting.  Within her work, one can find a range of familiar imagery in the form of portraits, mock adverts, still life, and patterns. Her pieces often feature subtle references to the minimalist, pop art and art nouveau movements, giving new life and perspective to the concepts from which she draws inspiration.

At the center of Elaisha’s work you will find many tributes to black women. Whom, as a black woman herself, she holds as her muses. She often places her subjects in environments, advertisements, clothing and media modeled after trends in the 1950s and 1960s eras. Much of her work reimagines this period with black women featured in positions of peace and leisure. As an artist, her ultimate goal has been to portray people of color outside of traumatic spaces. 

As far back as she can remember, Elaisha has had a love for creating art. She was known as the edgy, creative one amongst her peers and frequently voted as “Most Likely to be an Artist,” in school. Early on, she knew she wanted to pursue art professionally when she grew up. And now, years later, she is making that dream a reality as a full-time artist, who not only shares her fine art in the form of original paintings with the world and collectors, but through the creation of art prints, screen printed bags and paper goods, she is able to consistently provide affordable art products to the masses.