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●About Me●

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Hello!

My name is Elani Scott, and I’m a 23-year-old multimedia artist--emphasis on drawing, painting, and fiber--based in the bay area. This last Spring semester, I received a B.A. as a Studio Art major with a Native American Cultures minor at California State University, Long Beach.

 

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2021, 19 years old

My artistic interests lean towards human anatomy and pattern, while exploring my surroundings and personal turmoil. After taking the time to experiment with my art in higher education, I look forward to expanding on that independently.

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For the chronological exhibition of my portfolio, I was hesitant to display many of my works as my own worst critic. However, I want to share my development; how my art and I have not only grown from the past, but still unfolds into a new entity each day. The work on this site ranges from when I was 14 (2016) to the present year (2025). Currently not depicted, I also enjoy sewing and making jewelry.

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2016, 14 years old

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Though I’ve been creating visual art since I could hold a pencil, I realized that it was not just a hobby--but a passion--when I was 11 years old. And since then, I haven’t looked back! In the face of challenges such as GAD (Generalized Anxiety Disorder), ADHD (Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder), and ARFID (Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder), visual expression has gotten me through it all. The abundance of hospitalizations and doctor visits entailed my zeal for art because wherever I went, so did my craft. It is a part of me. Despite my great support, I wondered if my love for visuals was truly worthwhile--as I was under the impression that my work didn’t have an impact on anyone. One day, I expressed this to my aunt Mary Sue as I was drawing, and she proclaimed “what are you talking about? This sketch is giving me joy.” The realization hit me, my art had impacted many and I hadn’t even grasped it. Whether it was quick portraits or dark relatability, the nurses, students, friends, family--even strangers--felt something special with my art. 

2015, 13 years old

Someday, I want to use what I’ve learned to assist grade school students. If it helps me, it can help others too. In my future, I also plan to utilize my position to change lives by making positive innovations to the school system, even if it is little by little.

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2015, 13 years old

This account is additionally summarized in a 2-minute video that received an award from Taco Bell’s Live Más Foundation in 2021:

●Accomplishments●

  • Painting featured in finale of Short Film Camila by Victoria Hernandez (May 2025)

  • Artist in Long Beach Can I Park in the Diagonal Space? Exhibition (May 2025)

  • Artist in CSULB SOA Insights 2025 Show (May 2025)

  • Member and Painter of Team Sauce's Mural at CSULB (May 2025)

  • Artist in Plein Éire pop up exhibition at Bó Studios, Dundalk, Ireland (June 2024)

  • Live Más Scholarship Recipient (May 2021 and May 2024)

  • Artist in Paper Transformed Exhibition at the CSULB Marilyn Werby Gallery (February 2024)

  • Designer of Veterans First 2.2 for 22 Challenge Logo (October 2023)

  • Instructor at Hayward's Sun Gallery Art Camp (July 2023)

  • Pleasanton Art League Scholarship Winner (May 2022 and May 2023)

  • Designer of Academic Book Cover Women Corrections Executives: The Keys To Reaching The Top by Kimberly Collica-Cox (January 2023)

  • Artist at a private wedding in Livermore (October 2022)

  • Vender at Taco Bell's Foundation's Summer of Creativity Conference, 50% Proceeds Donated to Non-Profits (July 2022)

  • Artwork published in Havik's We Are Here (May 2022)

  • Francisco Perez-Lopez Memorial Scholarship Recipient (May 2021)

  • Artwork published in Quarantined Demons (July 2020)

  • Five pieces published in Havik's Homeland (April 2020)

  • AVHS Educational Excellence Scholarship Recipient (May 2019)

  • Academy of Arts, Media, and Entertainment (A.M.E.) Award Medal (May 2019)

  • A.V.H.S. PTA Council Reflections Competition-First Place in Visual Arts (October 2016)

  • Alameda County Fair Youth Visual Artist Category-First Place (June 2015)

  • Chalk Your Walk! Honorable Mention (May 2015)

I've also vended as an artist throughout the bay area, participated in multiple shows at Hayward's Sun Gallery, created emoticons and logos, illustrated Dungeons & Dragons characters, painted people and pet commissions, and designed tattoos that people have gotten!

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