Elliott Stokes
Elliott Stokes, S O S, Packing tape cast of the artist's Louisiana aluminum flat bottom jon boat, 100 x 36 x 20 inches, 2022.
Elliott Stokes (B. 1990, New Orleans, LA.) Stokes recently received his Studio MFA from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign with a concentration in painting, sculpture and new media. His artwork exists within the gray area of necessity and critique of industrial and agricultural processes and how they reflect past histories and infer future trajectories. Positioning his artwork between reverence and contempt of industry, specifically petrochemicals, Stokes uses this tension as a launching point for cultural examination and introspection. He has exhibited nationally, including Wet Paint MFA Biennial and Visions of Venus with Zhou B. Arts Center in Chicago and Constructing the Break at New Orleans Contemporary Arts Center. He is currently a member of The Front gallery in New Orleans and an adjunct lecture of studio arts with the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign.