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Visual Artist · Illustrator · Singer-Songwriter

Elsa Basil seated in her studio in front of a paint-covered orange wall

I deconstruct what I see to see it another way

Visual ArtistIllustratorSinger-Songwriter

Current exhibition

No Fixed Point

CAMACOL · 1401 W Flagler St, Miami

Through December 2026

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Large yellow painting layered with deep blue and pale green forms, a profile face, tulips, a bird, brown stars, lemons and organic shapes across the surface

Selected works

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Large square painting on warm orange and deep blue grounds, dense with black-outlined figures: wide-eyed owls, a small guitar, ladders, stars, wheels, a crescent moon and a speckled bowl

El bosque de los búhos

2026

183 × 183 cm · 72 × 72 in

Abstract painting in night blue, turquoise, and pale sand, a thin copper circle floating in the deep blue upper band

Tiscapa en silencio contenido

2025

140 × 140 cm · 55.1 × 55.1 in

Yellow landscape-format painting drawn in black line: a long table with goblets, cake stands and fruit, white arches, small triangles, an ice cream cone and scattered stars

We are the same

2026

122 × 152 cm · 48 × 60 in

Two bird-like figures with patterned feather bodies among cart wheels, an umbrella, and plates of food, in ochres and warm yellows

Sin Cacao

2024

140 × 110 cm · 55.1 × 43.3 in

Landscape-format painting on a dark ground: firefly-like creatures with patterned wings and wide eyes among white petal fans, ladders, yellow orbs, an orange vehicle and a pool of teal light

Portadoras

2026

91 × 122 cm · 36 × 48 in

Abstract painting of a pale wedge of horizon crossing teal and blue depths, a small sun over a golden ridge

Umbral

2026

102 × 102 cm · 40 × 40 in

Three languages, one way of seeing

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Work

Abstract and figurative painting. In private collections worldwide.

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02

Illustration

Commissions for brands and publishers. Nestlé, La Ruta Nicaragua, a children’s book in progress.

Commission

03

Music

Singer-songwriter since 1994. Crónica, Busca, Bonsai. Some works are born with their song.

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Recognition

Ortiz GurdiánNicaragua
Nestlé · Café PRESTOIllustration · 2022
Teatro Nacional
Rubén DaríoManagua · 2021
Private collectionsMexico · United States · Germany · Belgium · Spain · Costa Rica · Nicaragua · Panama · Peru

On Instagram

@elsabasil
Elsa Basil laughing with a paintbrush held over her eyesSolar de Apompuá, a dense red painting by Elsa BasilElsa Basil carrying a rolled canvas in her studioMatch, a playful painting on yellow by Elsa Basil