Elias Garza Garcia
Elias Garza Garcia (Mexican, b. 1993) is an Indianapolis-based artist. He grew up on the US/Mexico border in Tamaulipas. At the age of eight, he and his family immigrated to the United States, where he has lived in Indiana since. In middle school, he learned relief printmaking and fell in love with the simplicity and immediate satisfaction of the medium. Garza has also worked in theater creating costumes and sets for community and school theater.
Garza holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Art History from Herron School of Art and Design and a Museum Studies Certificate from the School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI. After graduating college, he worked as curatorial assistant at the Eiteljorg Museum supporting the museum’s efforts to highlight underrepresented histories and artists of intersectional and diasporic backgrounds. He currently serves as the Gallery Manager of the Herron Galleries at Herron School of Art and Design.
