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A little about our Artist, Elsa.......

Elsa Flores is known to be one of the many greatest artists within the Chicano community. Elsa Flores

was born in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1955. Her mother Maria Flores Valenzuela was born in Sinaloa, Mexico.

It is known that Elsa Flores grew up in poverty, but that didn’t prevent her from dreaming and becoming

successful. She is known to be the middle child, with that having an older brother and younger sister. She

spent most of her time in California, therefore she does not remember much about Las Vegas. Moving

from Nevada, they found themselves settleling in Los Angeles, California. Elsa, her mother and siblings

were found living mostly in the Echo Park, ChinaTown area of L.a.

Elsa Flores attended school at the California State University of Los Angeles, Art Center College in

Pasadena and Idyllwild School of Music and the arts. Elsa though began finding her love and pasion for

art when she was in high school. She found great interest in such great talent which later would lead her

to success and to be known as a great Chicana Artist. Through her educational experience, Elsa was

found having solo exhibitions. Her solo exhibition have taken place in Santa Fe, New Mexico and Los

Angeles.Her work has been exhibited throughout the world.  She is the widow of artist Carlos Almaraz.

Together, they embarked in a journey where art was their passion. Today, we can acknowledge their

artistic work. She has not only contributed to exibitions, but has also contributed to murals found in Los

Angeles, California.