Julia Elsas (she/her) was born in Birmingham, Alabama and currently resides in Brooklyn, New York. Her visual art encompasses printmaking, ceramics, sculpture, installation and performance. Julia has been an artist-in-residence at the Scuola Internazionale di Grafica di Venezia, Venice, Italy; Gowanus Studio Space, Brooklyn, NY; Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA; and Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA. She was in the 2018-2019 inaugural cohort of the New Jewish Culture Fellowship and was a 2019 - 2020 Keyholder Resident at the Lower East Side Print Shop. In 2022, Julia was an artist-in-residence at Obracadobra in Oaxaca, Mexico. Julia started SONIC MUD, an eclectic music group which uses her ceramic sculptures in unique one-of-a-kind performances. Past performances have taken place at Printed Matter, The Drawing Center, The New School, NARS Foundation, Cooler Gallery and Pratt Art Institute. Julia’s line of Judaica and playful functional ceramic sculptures can be found in the Whitney Museum Shop, the Jewish Museum Shop and the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City. Find her at juliaelsas.com @something_elsas @sonicmud