Anastasia Pelias was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. Her artistic practice is rooted in the dual cultural identity of both her native and ancestral roots in New Orleans, LA and Skopelos, Greece. Blending the vibrant, compassionate nature of a New Orleanian with her weighty Greek heritage, Pelias creates work that is rich with personal depth of emotion and the spirit of exploration. Through a nuanced interpretation of paint, color, marks and ritual objects, Pelias unapologetically explores the overarching subjects of life, death, love, sex and the female experience. An abstractionist in the truest form, Pelias’ work reflects a seriousness and dedication to the traditional principles of painting, both the concept and the actuality. Pelias received her BFA from the Newcomb College of Tulane University in 1981 and her MFA from the University of New Orleans in 1996. She has exhibited her work in 16 solo and numerous group exhibitions at venues nationwide, including Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, Heriard-Cimino Gallery, the Pensacola Museum of Art, the Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans, American University (Washington D.C.), Proteus Gowanus (Brooklyn, NY) and the Louisiana State University Museum of Art, and has been featured in publications including Pelican Bomb, Hyperallergic, New American Paintings, New Orleans Art Review and Louisiana Aesthetic. Her works appear in public collections at the New Orleans Museum of Art, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, the Mobile Museum of Art, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (Commack, NY,) and in private collections throughout the United States and worldwide, in England, Belgium, Greece, Saudi Arabia and China.
Fixed (again) 9
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
Medium: salvaged slate on aluminum ANASTASIA PELIAS was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. Her artistic practice is rooted in the dual cultural identity of both her native an...
Slate
White Group 3
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
In her studio practice, Pelias embraces a process that is both intuitive and deliberate. Her work moves from paintings on canvas and works on paper to site-specific installations, ob...
Canvas, Oil
$136,000
ViVa
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edition 3/3 Anastasia Pelias was born in New Orleans, LA to a Greek immigrant mother and a first generation Greek-American father. She received her BFA from the Newcomb College of T...
Metal
Beloved 8
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
Anastasia Pelias was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. Her artistic practice is rooted in the dual cultural identity of both her native and ancestral roots in New Orleans, LA...
Canvas, Oil
Embodied XVI
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pelias expounds on her new works . . . In this group of oil paintings on canvas, I am inspired and informed by my personal history and collective lived experience, as well as the...
Paper, Charcoal, Sumi Ink
Aphrodite of Milos (I am she)
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
Anastasia Pelias was born in New Orleans, LA to a Greek immigrant mother and a first generation Greek-American father. She received her BFA from the Newcomb College of Tulane Univers...
Canvas, Oil
Dancing off the Cliff (for the Women of Souli)
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
Anastasia Pelias was born in New Orleans, LA to a Greek immigrant mother and a first generation Greek-American father. She received her BFA from the Newcomb College of Tulane Univers...
Canvas, Oil
I am the Whore and the Holy Woman
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
Anastasia Pelias was born in New Orleans, LA to a Greek immigrant mother and a first generation Greek-American father. She received her BFA from the Newcomb College of Tulane Univers...
Canvas, Oil
Embodied VIII
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pelias expounds on her new works . . . In this group of oil paintings on canvas, I am inspired and informed by my personal history and collective lived experience, as well as the...
Paper, Charcoal, Sumi Ink
Ritual Devotion Two (madder root tone, prussian paris blue)
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
diptych Anastasia Pelias was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. Her artistic practice is rooted in the dual cultural identity of both her native and ancestral roots in New ...
Canvas, Oil
End of Love 2
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
ANASTASIA PELIAS was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. Her artistic practice is rooted in the dual cultural identity of both her native and ancestral roots in New Orleans, LA...
Canvas, Oil
Embodied VI
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pelias expounds on her new works . . . In this group of oil paintings on canvas, I am inspired and informed by my personal history and collective lived experience, as well as the...
Paper, Charcoal, Sumi Ink
Oshun (translucent orange, indian yellow)
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
diptych Anastasia Pelias was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. Her artistic practice is rooted in the dual cultural identity of both her native and ancestral roots in New ...
Canvas, Oil
My Mississippi (carmine alizarin, brilliant scarlet)
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
Anastasia Pelias was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. Her artistic practice is rooted in the dual cultural identity of both her native and ancestral roots in New Orleans, LA...
Canvas, Oil
3 (After Darkness)
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
Anastasia Pelias was born in New Orleans, LA to a Greek immigrant mother and a first generation Greek-American father. She received her BFA from the Newcomb College of Tulane University in 1981, and her MFA from the University of New Orleans in 1996. Pelias has exhibited her work in solo and group exhibitions at galleries and museums nationwide, and has been featured in publications including Hyperallergic, New American Paintings, Artnet news, ArtDaily, Forbes, Pelican Bomb and New Orleans Art Review. Her work appears in the permanent collections at the New Orleans Museum of Art; the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans; the Mobile Museum of Art, Alabama; Newcomb Art...
Gesso, Paper, Oil Crayon
$23,000
Karen
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
medium: oil stick on Arches paper Anastasia Pelias was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. Her artistic practice is rooted in the dual cultural identity of both her native a...
Paper, Oil Crayon
White Group 1
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
In her studio practice, Pelias embraces a process that is both intuitive and deliberate. Her work moves from paintings on canvas and works on paper to site-specific installations, ob...
Canvas, Oil
Washed (purple, violet)
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
Anastasia Pelias was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. Her artistic practice is rooted in the dual cultural identity of both her native and ancestral roots in New Orleans, LA...
Canvas, Oil
Automatic Metal (big blue)
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
medium: oil stick and acrylic on aluminum Anastasia Pelias was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. Her artistic practice is rooted in the dual cultural identity of both her na...
Metal
La Fonda (magenta, brown pink)
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
Anastasia Pelias was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. Her artistic practice is rooted in the dual cultural identity of both her native and ancestral roots in New Orleans, LA...
Canvas, Oil
Embodied IX
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pelias expounds on her new works . . . In this group of oil paintings on canvas, I am inspired and informed by my personal history and collective lived experience, as well as the...
Paper, Charcoal, Sumi Ink
All the Flowers (for Mikey)
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
Anastasia Pelias was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. Her artistic practice is rooted in the dual cultural identity of both her native and ancestral roots in New Orleans, LA...
Glass, Blown Glass, Mixed Media
Watercolor 10
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
medium: watercolor on Arches paper Anastasia Pelias was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. Her artistic practice is rooted in the dual cultural identity of both her native an...
Paper, Watercolor
$26,000
Her Infatuation (lemon yellow, translucent orange, translucent magenta)
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
Anastasia Pelias was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. Her artistic practice is rooted in the dual cultural identity of both her native and ancestral roots in New Orleans, LA...
Canvas, Oil
She survived, but her heart broke into a thousand pieces and drifted out to sea
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
Anastasia Pelias was born in New Orleans, LA to a Greek immigrant mother and a first generation Greek-American father. She received her BFA from the Newcomb College of Tulane Univers...
Metal
Here we are... or are we?
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
Anastasia Pelias was born in New Orleans, LA to a Greek immigrant mother and a first generation Greek-American father. She received her BFA from the Newcomb College of Tulane Univers...
Canvas, Oil
We can take you if you want to go
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
Anastasia Pelias was born in New Orleans, LA to a Greek immigrant mother and a first generation Greek-American father. She received her BFA from the Newcomb College of Tulane Univers...
Canvas, Oil
Washed (red oxide, magenta)
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
Anastasia Pelias was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. Her artistic practice is rooted in the dual cultural identity of both her native and ancestral roots in New Orleans, LA...
Canvas, Oil
The Sea is the Dream
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
Edition 1/3 ANASTASIA PELIAS was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. Her artistic practice is rooted in the dual cultural identity of both her native and ancestral roots in Ne...
Bronze
Into the Sea
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
Photos show the form of the maquette, to be cast in bronze once purchased. Edition 1/3 ANASTASIA PELIAS was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. Her artistic practice is roote...
Bronze
You Didn't Die and I Didn't Cry
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
Photos show the form of the maquette, to be cast in bronze once purchased. Edition 1/3 ANASTASIA PELIAS was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. Her artistic practice is roote...
Bronze
Inside the Dream
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
Photos show the form of the maquette, to be cast in bronze once purchased. Edition 1/3 ANASTASIA PELIAS was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. Her artistic practice is roote...
Bronze
Infinite Unapologetic Love
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
Anastasia Pelias was born in New Orleans, LA to a Greek immigrant mother and a first generation Greek-American father. She received her BFA from the Newcomb College of Tulane Univers...
Canvas, Oil
Untitled (green)
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
[New Orleans, LA ::: b.1959 New Orleans, LA] BIO ANASTASIA PELIAS was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. Her artistic practice is rooted in the dual cultural identity of ...
Canvas, Oil
Untitled III
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
ANASTASIA PELIAS was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. Her artistic practice is rooted in the dual cultural identity of both her native and ancestral roots in New Orleans, LA...
Paper, Oil Crayon
because i love you
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
medium: china marker on Arches paper Anastasia Pelias was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. Her artistic practice is rooted in the dual cultural identity of both her nativ...
Everything Beautiful Goes Away
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
Anastasia Pelias was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. Her artistic practice is rooted in the dual cultural identity of both her native and ancestral roots in New Orleans, LA...
Canvas, Oil
Forever and Ever
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
Anastasia Pelias was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. Her artistic practice is rooted in the dual cultural identity of both her native and ancestral roots in New Orleans, LA...
Canvas, Oil
The Luminous Interval
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
Anastasia Pelias was born in New Orleans, LA to a Greek immigrant mother and a first generation Greek-American father. She received her BFA from the Newcomb College of Tulane Univers...
Canvas, Oil
On the Edge of the Abyss (July)
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
ANASTASIA PELIAS was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. She received a BFA from Newcomb College of Tulane University, New Orleans (1981), and an MFA from the University of New...
Paper, Sumi Ink, Oil
On the Edge of the Abyss (November)
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
ANASTASIA PELIAS was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. She received a BFA from Newcomb College of Tulane University, New Orleans (1981), and an MFA from the University of New...
Paper, Sumi Ink, Oil
On the Edge of the Abyss (December)
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
ANASTASIA PELIAS was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. She received a BFA from Newcomb College of Tulane University, New Orleans (1981), and an MFA from the University of New...
Paper, Sumi Ink, Oil
White Group 4
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
In her studio practice, Pelias embraces a process that is both intuitive and deliberate. Her work moves from paintings on canvas and works on paper to site-specific installations, ob...
Canvas, Oil
Washed (orange oxide, yellow)
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
Anastasia Pelias was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. Her artistic practice is rooted in the dual cultural identity of both her native and ancestral roots in New Orleans, LA...
Canvas, Oil
Embodied II
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pelias expounds on her new works . . . In this group of oil paintings on canvas, I am inspired and informed by my personal history and collective lived experience, as well as the...
Paper, Charcoal, Sumi Ink
Automatics (yellow love, 1, 2)
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
diptych, 36 x 36 inches each Anastasia Pelias was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. Her artistic practice is rooted in the dual cultural identity of both her native and an...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
Plaid Dreams
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
Anastasia Pelias was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. Her artistic practice is rooted in the dual cultural identity of both her native and ancestral roots in New Orleans, LA...
Canvas, Oil
Chaka Khan
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
medium: oil stick on arches paper Anastasia Pelias was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. Her artistic practice is rooted in the dual cultural identity of both her native a...
Paper, Oil
Fixed (again) 13
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
Medium: salvaged slate on aluminum ANASTASIA PELIAS was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. Her artistic practice is rooted in the dual cultural identity of both her native an...
Slate
You were my friend and I loved you
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
ANASTASIA PELIAS was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. Her artistic practice is rooted in the dual cultural identity of both her native and ancestral roots in New Orleans, LA...
Canvas, Oil Crayon, Oil
Loulouthia (lemon yellow, golden green)
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
Anastasia Pelias was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. Her artistic practice is rooted in the dual cultural identity of both her native and ancestral roots in New Orleans, LA...
Canvas, Oil
Emerald City (1, 2, 3)
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
[New Orleans, LA ::: b.1959 New Orleans, LA] BIO ANASTASIA PELIAS was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. Her artistic practice is rooted in the dual cultural identity of bo...
Canvas, Oil
Song for Sappho (sweet bitter love)
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
Anastasia Pelias was born in New Orleans, LA to a Greek immigrant mother and a first generation Greek-American father. She received her BFA from the Newcomb College of Tulane Univers...
Canvas, Oil
$122,000
mama
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
edition 3/3 ANASTASIA PELIAS was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. Her artistic practice is rooted in the dual cultural identity of both ...
Concrete, Metal
Quarantine Drawing 1
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
medium: Chinese ink, ink stick, and charcoal on handmade paper ANASTASIA PELIAS was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. Her artistic practice is roote...
Charcoal, Ink, Handmade Paper
$25,000
Smile
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
Anastasia Pelias was born in New Orleans, LA to a Greek immigrant mother and a first generation Greek-American father. She received her BFA from the Newcomb College of Tulane Univers...
Canvas, Oil
Isis, oh Isis
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
Anastasia Pelias was born in New Orleans, LA to a Greek immigrant mother and a first generation Greek-American father. She received her BFA from the Newcomb College of Tulane Univers...
Canvas, Oil
Untitled (Georgia III)
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
ANASTASIA PELIAS was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. Her artistic practice is rooted in the dual cultural identity of both her native and ancestral roots in New Orleans, LA...
Paper, Charcoal, Ink, Mixed Media
All That Baggage (the sequel)
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
Anastasia Pelias was born in New Orleans, LA to Greek parents. Her artistic practice is rooted in the dual cultural identity of both her native and ancestral roots in New Orleans, LA...
Canvas, Oil
Nous (eye of the heart)
By Anastasia Pelias
Located in New Orleans, LA
Anastasia Pelias was born in New Orleans, LA to a Greek immigrant mother and a first generation Greek-American father. She received her BFA from the Newcomb College of Tulane Univers...
Canvas, Oil