Elyssa LLanso

Elyssa is an artist who graduated in 2020 from FIU with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. She works predominantly in drawing, painting, and printmaking, specializing in vivid acrylic portraits and linoleum reduction prints. Her work depicts people of color, typically women, and the hardships and triumphs that come along with identity and race- often through a self-reflexive lens. Her work has been displayed at Miami Beach Urban Studios, Miami-Dade College, the United States Capitol, as well as other educational institutions across Florida.