Fine Art Bio

 Elizabeth Marie Santiago Berken was born on July 25, 1985 in  Denver, Colorado. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from  Ringling College of Art and Design in 2009. From an early age, it was  clear to Elizabeth’s parents that she would be artistically-inclined.  The evidence? Elizabeth picked up a spoon with  her left hand. As a young girl and later student, Elizabeth enrolled in  art classes, participated in young artists’ tournaments, studied and  lived in Europe for Study Abroad. She finds traveling meets the soul.  Dreams had  always played an important part in Elizabeth’s art, but by the age of  17, Elizabeth had a profound life-changing vision. It was one of  watching the world slowly gravitate towards a universal spiritual  awakening. Initially, Elizabeth planned to attend fashion school in New  York, but decided to go back to her original love of painting. She still  considers fashion to be a huge part of her life. Now,  Elizabeth mostly uses textile fabric for her canvas and plays around  using mix media.  She receives inspiration from many sources–her dreams  (of course), movies, mythology, music, astrology, philosophy, eyes of  the beholder, surrealism, and Alchemy.  Elizabeth uses a multiple of mediums, including acrylics, ink, textiles,  fabric, charcoal, glass, wood.