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Elena Laza
Vital Signs
West New York, NY

ELENA LAZA is a printer, designer and typographer who has been working in the medium since 1974. She has taught at Cooper Union, Rutgers and the New York Institute of Technology. She is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships. She has exhibited her work both nationally and internationally.

Elena  Laza organized
Letterpress Showcase

Elena  Laza's work was exhibited in
Celebrating Artist Members: 30th Anniversary Members Exhibition
 Organized by Roni Gross, Artist.
Print
(2005) Letterpress on Fine Art Paper
2003 Instructors' Exhibition
Telepathy Without the Words I
(2001) Monoprint and collograph; Rives BFK paper
Love and Romance
 1992 Artist Members Exhibition (22 works by 22 artists)
Albino
(1991)
Celebrating 15 Years
 new works by Artist Members
Venom
(1988) Rives BFK and bark paper for interior and binding of book cloth and snake skin with burlap slipcase.
Printers in Residence
 the work of six presses and one bookbinder at The Center for Book Arts
Coda by Christopher Erb
(1987) Mechanical by Elena Laza; Binding by Angela Scott.
Dead Birds
(1988) Suite of 24 prints by different artists; poems by Christopher Erb.
Venom
(1988) Rives BFK and bark paper for interior and binding of book cloth and snake skin with burlap slipcase.
1998 Member Exhibition
Mnemonic Device from Dead Birds
(1988) By Christopher Erb, embossment and aquatint by Sergio Gonzales Tornero
Vital Signs, New York
Handset in Verona, text printed on a manual proofing press by Elena Laza
Native Tongue from Dead Birds
(1988) By Christopher Erb, linocut by Robert Blackburn
Vital Signs, New York
Handset in Verona, text printed on a manual proofing press by Elena Laza
Night of the Brassiere from Dead Birds
(1988) By Christopher Erb, etching and aquatint by George Nama
Vital Signs, New York
Handset in Verona, text printed on a manual proofing press by Elena Laza
Fun & Games
 the 1988 annual Artist Members Exhibition
Polaroid
book boxed in hand carved wood box

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