ARTIST CV

CASIMIR Elesha                  

Born in New Jersey, United States in 1988                   

Lives & works in Paris, France                

Education

2019-20 Ascencia Business School, MBA Fashion & Luxury Goods, MCL

2015  Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, West African Dance, New York, USA

2014  Fashion Institute of Technology, Textiles & Production, New York, USA

2013  The Barrow Group, Alexander Technique for Performance Art, New York, USA

2009  Massey University, Fiber Arts, Wellington, New Zealand

2006-10 Thomas Jefferson University, BS Textile Design, BS Textile Design, Philadelphia, USA

Work Experience

2021-Present Jeanne D’Arc, Art Teacher, Saint Maur des Fosses, France

2020-21 Maison N.H. Paris, Textile Designer, Paris, France

2016-19 Ralph Lauren, Technical Textile Designer, New York, USA

2016  Indo Count Industries, Trend & Concept Designer, USA

2015  Town & Country Living, Print Designer, New York, USA

2013-15 Donna Karen New York, Textile Designer, New York, USA

2011-13 VCNY, Textile Designer, New Jersey, USA 

Group Exhibitions

2026  Collage & Pop Culture, Collage, Centre Anim Rachid Taha, Paris, France

2025  BAM Festival of Pop Culture, Collage, Centre Culturel Jacques Prévert, Roissy-en-France, France

2025  Collage Festival, Collage, Espace Andrée Chedid, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France

2024  Collage Notes, Collage, Espace Canopy, Paris, France

2019  Passport, Collage, Gloria Gail Gallery, New York, USA

2013  Untitled, Collage, Private Gallery, New York, USA

2010  Mixed Media, Textile, Philadelphia University Senior Design Exhibit, Philadelphia, USA

2009  Fiber Arts Exhibit, Textile, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand

Solo Exhibitions

2014  You Untitled Unnamed, Performance, Harlem Studio, New York, USA

Publications

2021  NOIA Magazine, Issue 001, Radical Action (Print, Photography), Italy, May 2021

2019  Uf Dog, What you want (Video, vocal narration), Spain, March 2019

2019  Emmanuel Fola, Bio: Defining Blackness (Documentary, Interviewee), USA, January 2019

2018  AfroStyle Magazine, The Bluest Eye (Print, Performance), USA, November 2018

2015  Fader Magazine, Issue 95, Tyler the Creature, (Print, Performance), USA. December, 2015

2014  Isiah Isaac, Under Attack (Video, Performance), USA, June 2014

Professional Engagements

2018  Oscar Headquarters, Bio: Defining Blackness, Artist Talk, New York, USA

2008  Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, Textile & Painting Mentor, Philadelphia, USA

Languages:

French

English