Welcome to COCA Now!
Please join Team COCA and our Global Community, as we embark on an illuminated journey of Discovery, Wonder, and Adventure involving Contemporary Art, Public Life, and new Interdisciplinary Forms.
About Me
- Open Skies
- Elliot Lessing is an Independent Curator and Interdisciplinary Artist. Since 2000, Elliot has curated and launched over 300 dynamic art exhibitions and contemporary public projects for diverse audiences of all ages. His projects involve Contemporary Artists from around the globe, including New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Tokyo, London, Paris, Mexico, Glasgow, Dublin, Oslo, Belfast, Chicago, Boston, Maryland, Spain, Vancouver and Norway. Elliot has over 15 years of delivering extraordinary art experiences and dependable arts leadership, which include being Curator for an apartment gallery (ART HUT/living room identity crisis) and an artist-run non-profit art space (BUILD). In addition to being a Guest Curator for a variety of experimental and independent art spaces, Elliot was also Founder and Curator for COCA Center for Outdoor Contemporary Art, a seasonal curatorial platform devoted to presenting visionary public art projects for outdoor spaces. Currently, he curates cutting-edge exhibitions and adventurous public projects across the US and beyond, igniting a dazzling array of memorable cultural experiences that spark vibrant links between art and public life.