Artist Bio
Contact: eliasmacauleymendel98@gmail.com
Instagram: @elimendel
Elias Mendel (born London 1998) is a Chicago-based interdisciplinary artist who creates photographs, videos, sculptures, drawings, writing, and performances. His work investigates the intersection between dreams, roots, and the abyss, examining legibility, language, and diaspora. He engages with history through mark-making, archival research, and writing. Mendel received his MFA at the University of Illinois Chicago and completed his BA(Hons) in history and politics at the University of Manchester. He was a 2026 Ox-Bow School of Art Fellow and received the Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant. He participated in the Casablanca Art Biennale and has exhibited worldwide, including in London, New York, Berlin, and Johannesburg.
Photos by Mak Harrison