Lia Elms is an Asian-American artist based in New York City and Northern California who tells compelling stories through portraiture and intimate visuals. She earned her BFA from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.

Open for commission. Contact her directly at liaelms80@gmail.com
@austra_lia

Group Exhibitions

Art-Icon Arles, Faces, ‘25
Priv-y Gallery Nouns’25
Holy Art Gallery, New York, ‘25
Art-ICON Corporeality Exhibition, Paris’24
Holy Art Gallery HORIZONS Exhibition ’24
Beat Museum Jean Varda; Renaissance Man, San Francisco’24
Holy Art Gallery London Retrospective Exhibition ’24
Holy Art Gallery London Art on Loop’24 
Holy Art Gallery Athens Art on Loop ’ 24 
Renwick Showing Room, SPRING MIX ‘24
Decode Gallery Nude’24
Tisch Collaborative Arts Exhibitions ’22,’23,’24
Seattle Art Fair ’23

Awards & Grants

Boooooom Art & Photobook Award Shortlist ‘25
Boooooom Art & Photobook Award Shortlist ‘24
Collaborative Arts Grant 2024

Publications:

Yam Haus, self published CA grant ’24
I-D August in photos featured photographer’25
What are you zine? ’21 self published

Residencies:
Art Farm