Charla Elizabeth
Nine Months
54" x 54" x 6"
Felted wool, foam rubber, LED lights, electrical wire, hardboard, painted aluminum sheet
2017
Permanent Collection of the California African-American Museum
“Affinity
108" x 24" x 24"
Steel wire
2017
“Lunar Sunshineâ€
Steel wire and glass
108" x 48" x 48"
2015
“Lookoutâ€
12" x 12" x 24"
Polyurethane foam, acrylic fill and paint
2015
Collection of L Darnton
“Connectedâ€
27" x 30" x 6"
Painted basswood
2003
"Wintered"
36" x 36"
Acrylic paint, Oil paint, Oil pastels
2011
Collection of J Moniz
"Web"
48" x 48"
Acrylic paint, Oil paint, Oil pastels
2012
Collection of S Krysti
"Ascension"
48" x 48"
Oil paint, Oil pastels
2010
Collection of P Briss
"Forest Spring"
22" x 44"
Acrylic paint, Oil paint, Oil pastels
2011
Collection of K Kimball
"Beech"
54" x 54"
Acrylic paint, Oil paint, Oil pastels
1997
Collection of D Costa and J Elmaleh
"From Inside"
52" x 52"
Acrylic paint, Oil paint, Oil pastels
2007
Collection of J McErlean
"Over Time"
32" x 50"
Acrylic paint, Oil paint
2002
Collection of J and B Cummings
"Birth"
54" x 72"
Acrylic paint, Oil paint
1998
Collection of St Joseph's College, Brooklyn, NY
"Brown Beech"
40" x 54"
Acrylic paint, Oil paint
1996
Collection of L Harris
"Memories "
30" x 36"
Acrylic paint, Oil paint
2006
Collection of OneUnited Bank, Los Angeles, CA
"Water Stories"
66" x 60"
Acrylic paint 1996
Collection of B Reback
Charla Freeman Elizabeth earned an A.B. in Art from Brown University and an M.Sc. in Communications Design from Pratt Institute. She is a two-time Pollock Krasner award recipient for her nature-referenced sculpture and recently had an artwork selected for inclusion in the permanent collection at the California African-American Museum in Los Angeles, CA.
Charla is an adjunct professor at USC in Los Angeles, CA, where she teaches Intermediate Drawing, Foundation Design, and Creating and Understanding Visuals. At UCLA, she lectures as part of the Visual and Performing Arts Education program, teaching aspiring arts educators to be culturally responsive and healing-centered in their work with diverse populations of students. She is also a Visual Arts Teacher/Mentor for Theatre of Hearts Youth First, providing visual arts education for predominantly Black and Latinx students, including at-risk and incarcerated youth.
Charla’s sculptures find their roots in organic forms and are created using natural materials (steel, aluminum, glass, wool, wood, and cotton). Finding value in nature and its feminine essence, she honors both in her artwork. At its essence, her work is about equity and balance.