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Born in 2001, Greensboro, NC. Lives and works in Indiana, PA.
EDUCATION
2024 BFA, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
2022 Penland Study-Away Program, Penland School of Crafts, Spruce Pine, NC
2018 Pre-College Program, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
WORK EXPERIENCE
2025 Studio Tech and Instructor, Stoke Hole Pottery, Indiana, PA
2024 Studio Tech and Instructor, Stoke Hole Pottery, Indiana, PA
Ceramic Instructional Assistant, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
Open Studio Facilitator, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Boone, NC
2023 Open Studio Facilitator, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Boone, NC
2022 Artist Assistant, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Boone, NC
Office Painter, Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Boone, NC
Art Preparator, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC
2021 Art Lecture Instructional Assistant, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
2018 Studio Assistant, Anne Kiefaber Studio, Greensboro, NC
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Small Works Juried Art Exhibit, Bottleworks, Johnstown, PA
Indiana County Potters Tour, Stoke Hole Pottery, Indiana, PA
RE: WEY HALL Alumni Exhibit, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
Anything But a Mug Exhibit, Clay Place Gallery at Standard Ceramics, Pittsburgh, PA
Westsylvania Open Arts Exhibit, Fox Clark Gallery, Indiana, PA
Old Biscayne Designs Showroom, High Point Market, High Point, NC
Scaled-Up Exhibition, Center for Visual Arts, Greensboro, NC
Small Favors, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2024 Small Works Juried Art Exhibit, Bottleworks, Johnstown, PA
A Place Called Home NCECA, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Art + Design Expo, Smith Gallery, Boone, NC
Leading Legacy: Visual Arts on Campus Exhibition, Looking Glass Gallery, Boone, NC
2023 Lost and Found Group BFA Show, Smith Gallery, Boone, NC
Clay and Print Group Show, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
Appalachian State Student Art Expo, Florence Thomas Art School, West Jefferson, NC
Portrait Show, 3rd Place, Boone, NC
2022 Theminsim Group Show, Nth Gallery, Boone, NC
Portals (Duo Exhibition), 3rd Place, Boone, NC
Art + Design Expo, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
2021 Halloween Show, Nth Gallery, Boone, NC
2019 Weaver Academy Senior Show, Greensboro Cultural Center, Greensboro, NC
Minority Art Showcase, African American Atelier, Greensboro, NC
AWARDS
2025 People’s Choice, Westsylvania Open Arts Exhibit, Indiana, PA
2024 Best in Show, Small Works Juried Show, Johnstown, PA
Student Scholarship, Women Working with Clay Symposium, Roanoke, VA
Plemmons Student Union Purchase Award, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
NOMINATIONS
2023 ASPN Residency at Red Lodge Clay Center by Andréa Keys Connell, Associate
Professor at Appalachian State University
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2022 Jillyan Mobley. “Pop-up gallery “Portals” to depict the perspectives of two local female artists” Mountain Times. 4 May
The Peel. “Zest: Elissa Paula”, The Peel Literacy and Art Magazine, Spring Publication