Elyse Pignolet is a visual artist living and working in Los Angeles, California.
17 Facts About Elyse Pignolet
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Elyse Pignolet studied fine arts at California State University, San Francisco.
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Elyse Pignolet continued her studies at California State University, Long Beach, on a CSU exchange program.
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Elyse Pignolet completed her BFA degree at CSU Long Beach in 2007.
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Elyse Pignolet's studies included an intensive ceramics exchange through mainland China in 2007, and participation in the International Ceramics Biennal in Korea, in 2007.
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Elyse Pignolet currently is based in Los Angeles, with a studio in San Pedro, California.
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Elyse Pignolet has created several bodies of work that place the extensive history of ceramics in contrast with the temporary nature of graffiti.
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In 2016, Elyse Pignolet was commissioned by the Orange County Museum of Art to create a site-specific ceramic tile wall mural for the exhibition "American Qur'an".
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In 2016, Elyse Pignolet won a commission from the Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Dept.
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Elyse Pignolet's works have been featured in several contemporary arts publications including the LA Weekly, Juxtapoz Magazine, and the Los Angeles Times.
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Elyse Pignolet has often collaborated with artist Sandow Birk, most notably in large-scale print projects done with Mullowney Printing, both in Hawaii and in San Francisco.
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Elyse Pignolet's works have been lauded as part of a new wave of feminist works taking on contemporary social issues important to women.
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Elyse Pignolet has collaborated with other artists as studio assistant and in many public art projects.
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Elyse Pignolet has collaborated with Sandow Birk on three public projects in Los Angeles, CA, including the Tarzana Metro Station on the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Orange Line, as well as the LAPD Hollenbeck Division Police Station murals in Boyle Heights, East Los Angeles.
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Elyse Pignolet was art director for the movie Dante's Inferno, in 2007.
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Elyse Pignolet worked on the film "In Smog and Thunder" from Smart Art Press.
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Elyse Pignolet has appeared in videos for Quiksilver clothing company.