Elijah Kane Chong | Artist

Artist Bio
Born in Anchorage, Alaska, raised in Houston, Texas, Elijah Kane Chong left home to study Architecture at Texas A&M University, which is where he dedicated himself to the arts and specifically to painting. He then moved on to New Orleans to teach art and establish his career in the post-Katrina revival. There, he met up with like-minded friends and established the Krewe of Motha Roux, an independent collective of far-out creatives and freethinkers. He rededicated himself to art as service, and journeyed to Santa Fe to study Art Therapy and Counseling at Southwestern College. He currently works as a licensed mental health counselor in Santa Fe, and continues to expand and grow upon his practice and body of work.

Curriculum Vitae
 
Elijah Kane Chong
b.1983, Anchorage, Alaska
Bachelor of Environmental Design, Texas A&M University, 2006
Masters of Counseling and Art Therapy, Southwestern College, 2018
 
Exhibitions:
Media On Paper, Juried Group, Fuller Lodge, Los Alamos, NM, 2005
Disguise, Group, Langford Gallery, College Station, TX, 2005
ArtStep 2, Group, House Paintings Studio, Bryan, TX, 2005
Texas Art Conspiracy, Group, Texas Theater, Dallas, TX, 2005
ArtStep 3, Group, House Paintings Studio, Bryan, TX, 2006
Reconstructivism Deconstructed, Solo, Terrence Sanders Gallery, New Orleans, LA, 2007
Featuring Everyone, Group, ArtHouse, New Orleans, LA, 2010
Symbols and Color, Solo, Cafe Envie/The Bean Gallery, New Orleans, LA, 2010
Krewe of Motha Roux, Group, Roux Hall, New Orleans, LA, 2011
The Portal Show, Group, Roux Hall, New Orleans, LA, 2012
The Mothaship Launch, Group, The Mothaship, New Orleans, LA, 2013
Dark Matters, Group, The Mothaship, New Orleans, LA, 2013
Wake of Endymion, Group, Motha Roux Hall, New Orleans, LA, 2013
Post Ism, Group, Keller Library, New Orleans, LA, 2013
Bodhi, Group, The Mothaship, 2013
Color Atlas, Group Installation, Cathedral Creative Studios, New Orleans, LA, 2013
Yugen, Group, Roux Hall, New Orleans, LA, 2013
Wake of Endymion 2, Motha Roux Hall, New Orleans, LA, 2014
Imago Mundi, Juried Group, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA, 2014
Concrescent Morphogenesis, Mural, Meow Wolf Art Complex, Santa Fe, NM, 2016
Manifold, Juried Group, Wildheart Gallery, Southwestern College, Santa Fe, NM, 2017
The Seated Stance, Mural, CRUSH Street Art Festival, Denver, CO, 2017
Liminal States, Juried Group, The Dragonfly, New Orleans, LA, 2018
Born Within Their Natal Cloud, Mural, Denver Urban Arts Fund,  Denver, CO, 2019
Liminal Spaces, The Thin Veil, Juried Group, Wildheart Gallery, Southwestern College, Santa Fe, NM, 2021
TAAC Inaugural Exhibition, Juried Group, The Stable Gallery,  Taos Center for the Arts, Taos, NM, 2022

Publications:
The New Orleans Art Review, 'Installation and Fantasy', Fall-Winter, 2013