Measure Twice, Cut Once

1029 East 4th Street,Long Beach CA 90802

21 January, 2022

Description

Join us for the friends and family opening of "Measure Twice, Cut Once", a solo art exhibition featuring the work of Jonah Elijah. Jonah Elijah is a Houston, Texas native now working in Los Angeles. He received his BA in studio art from the University of Texas at San Antonio in 2017 and a MFA from Claremont Graduate University in 2020. Jonah’s work encapsulates Black life in America and addresses controversial issues that actively affect the Black community. Using materials to explore economic inequality, displacement and human rights, Elijah’s artist practice embraces discomforting realities.  Being raised around lower income hard ships Elijah builds off his own personal upbringing and creates works that reflect the black experience. Whether in his paintings or installations, Jonah layers his work with coded language offering an abstracted or representational view of what it’s like to be Black today.