ABOUT LIZ
Liz Flores is a Chicago based self-taught artist and writer. She is an avid traveler, which has fueled the inspiration for her intricate line work and patterns. Flores’s art is a form of storytelling, with each work inspired by a unique experience that she shares on her blog and social channels. Most recently she has been inspired by story and memory and bringing them to life using lines and shapes, paring things down to the essentials. Not what transpired or who was there, but how it felt. She works primarily with acrylic paint on canvas and ink on mixed media paper.
She's shared her story of leaving her corporate environment to pursue a creative life in her TEDx talk, and has participated in a number of group shows around the Chicago land area as well as dived into the world of interactive art, becoming a contributing artist for The World We Want art movement.
When she’s not in her studio experimenting, you might find her running through the international terminal at ORD, or walking her Blue Heeler Indie.
She's shared her story of leaving her corporate environment to pursue a creative life in her TEDx talk, and has participated in a number of group shows around the Chicago land area as well as dived into the world of interactive art, becoming a contributing artist for The World We Want art movement.
When she’s not in her studio experimenting, you might find her running through the international terminal at ORD, or walking her Blue Heeler Indie.
CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
B.A. 2012, Illinois State University, Entrepreneurship Major
EXHIBITIONS
2018
Here To Be, Lululemon, Chicago, IL
2017
ArtPrize Nine, The Light Gallery + Studio, Grand Rapids, MI
Urbs in Horto, galerie F, Chicago, IL
2016
Tamale Hut Cafe, November 2016, North Riverside, IL
Jupiter Outpost, Chicago, IL
Women are the Water of the Revolution, Galleryna 19, Chicago, IL
RAW: Futures Emerging Artists, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
2014
For the Brown Kids, Blue 1871, Chicago, IL
PROJECTS
2017
100 Days of Simple Lines
2015
TEDxNormal: Made For More
100 Portraits of a Train Conductor – a project inspired by #the100dayproject on Instagram where I drew 100 portraits of my train conductor 100 different ways.
2014
The World We Want – a global mural project brought to Chicago’s Michigan Avenue in collaboration with artist Amber Rae.
SELECTED COMMISSIONS
2016
PepsiCo, New York, New York. Illustration.
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
2018
The Jennings Hotel Art Residency, Joseph OR
MEDIA
Chicago Creatives: From Corporate to Canvas: How Liz Flores Conveys the Human Condition, December 2018
Creating Espacios Podcast: Interviews with self-made Latinas, October 2018
Style and Forks: Spotlight on artist Liz Flores, September 2018
The Glossary: Artist Profile: Liz Flores - Chicago, June 2018
Voyage Chicago: Meet Liz Flores of Liz Flores Art in Uptown, April 2018
Thirty5Eleven: Artists of Social Media, February 2018
Poswolsky, Adam: “The Quarter Life Breakthrough,” October 2016
Idea Lemon Podcast: “What is This Whole Creativity Thing Anyway?” October 2015
ABC 7 Chicago News, January 2015
Contact: elizabethfloresart@gmail.com
B.A. 2012, Illinois State University, Entrepreneurship Major
EXHIBITIONS
2018
Here To Be, Lululemon, Chicago, IL
2017
ArtPrize Nine, The Light Gallery + Studio, Grand Rapids, MI
Urbs in Horto, galerie F, Chicago, IL
2016
Tamale Hut Cafe, November 2016, North Riverside, IL
Jupiter Outpost, Chicago, IL
Women are the Water of the Revolution, Galleryna 19, Chicago, IL
RAW: Futures Emerging Artists, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
2014
For the Brown Kids, Blue 1871, Chicago, IL
PROJECTS
2017
100 Days of Simple Lines
2015
TEDxNormal: Made For More
100 Portraits of a Train Conductor – a project inspired by #the100dayproject on Instagram where I drew 100 portraits of my train conductor 100 different ways.
2014
The World We Want – a global mural project brought to Chicago’s Michigan Avenue in collaboration with artist Amber Rae.
SELECTED COMMISSIONS
2016
PepsiCo, New York, New York. Illustration.
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE
2018
The Jennings Hotel Art Residency, Joseph OR
MEDIA
Chicago Creatives: From Corporate to Canvas: How Liz Flores Conveys the Human Condition, December 2018
Creating Espacios Podcast: Interviews with self-made Latinas, October 2018
Style and Forks: Spotlight on artist Liz Flores, September 2018
The Glossary: Artist Profile: Liz Flores - Chicago, June 2018
Voyage Chicago: Meet Liz Flores of Liz Flores Art in Uptown, April 2018
Thirty5Eleven: Artists of Social Media, February 2018
Poswolsky, Adam: “The Quarter Life Breakthrough,” October 2016
Idea Lemon Podcast: “What is This Whole Creativity Thing Anyway?” October 2015
ABC 7 Chicago News, January 2015
Contact: elizabethfloresart@gmail.com