Cybelle Elena
Creative Director / Producer / Interdisciplinary Artist & Designer
📞 (213) 304-6669 | 📧 | 💻 www.cybelleelena.com | I @cybelle_elena
Bio
Sometimes good guys don’t wear white, and sometimes punk chicks don’t wear black. Nashville's Cybelle Elena can attest to this. A child of Seattle’s 90s grunge community, the musician, seamstress and visual artist knows firsthand the cultural mystique attached to growing up in artist communes, punk houses, and even a school bus. But there was one big problem with the grunge scene nobody ever talks about: There was no glitter. In her rock ‘n’ roll band, as in her art and wardrobe design for some of Nashville’s most fashionable artists, Cybelle takes the sights and sounds of her wide-eyed youth, and makes art that’s as fitting for The Ryman Auditorium as it is for the alley out The Ryman’s back door.
Exhibition Record
Upcoming
2020 Madison on My Mind, NEA Project
FiftyForward, Madison, TN
2021 Titan Vacation, collaborative exhibition
Turnip Green Creative Reuse, Nashville, TN
Present
2020 Rising Sun (Mural), Solo Exhibition
Sky Blue, Nashville, TN
2020 Aspen Grove (Mural), Solo Exhibition
The Sundance House, Nashville, TN
2020 Resident Artist, Group Exhibition
The Hideout Salon & Lounge
Past
2020 31 Liquors: Group Exhibition Tornado Benefit
The East Room
2019 Artist Showcase, Solo Exhibition
Hideout Lounge, Nashville, TN
2018 Queens: Designing the Royals, Group Exhibition
Hutton Hotel, Nashville Design week, Nashville, TN
2014 RFRKTRS, group exhibition
Burning Man First Camp, Black Rock City, NV
2012 Repurposed, two person exhibition
Sancho Salin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014 Dwimmer: One Night World Tour, Group Exhibition/Multi-room installation (art director)
The Syrup Loft, Los Angeles, CA
2013 RFRKTRS, group exhibition
Burning Man First Camp, Black Rock City, NV
2013 Sub Rosa, Art Gallery Exterior Sign Installation
Sancho Salon Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Notable Costume Design Clients
Jeannie Seely, Elizabeth Cook, Molly Tuttle, Missy Raines, Erin Rae, Hannah Bethel, Ruby Boots, Sierra Ferrell, Cristina Vane, Amy Darling, Rachel Baiman, Black Moon Mother, Whoa Dakota, The Weird Sisters.
Art Collectives
MAS SOL COLLECTIVE, Washington State
RFRKTRS, California & Nevada
SYRUP, California
TOWNE HALL, California
TART, Tennessee
Editorial
Cover:
Clockwork Magazine, December 2014
Kulture Magazine, 2015
Elysian Magazine, December 2020 (awaiting release)
Works seen in: Rolling Stone Magazine, Women of Country, The Nashville Scene, American Songwriter, Pop Matters, Guitar Girl Magazine, The Tennessean, Huffington Post, Echo Park Patch, Forbes, Bluegrass Unlimited
Notable Projects
Madison On My Mind - National Endowment for the Arts Grant Recipient
Couture Western Suit inspired by Dee's Lounge
Recyclabelle - Founder and Creator
Ready to wear fashions created from recycled materials, craft blog, art education
PRIDAL - Founder and Designer
Charity bridal collection supporting married to quality
Burning Man First Camp Art Crew - Member
Created art for the founders camp at the Burning Man festival
Honkytonk Badonkadonk Zine - Co-founder and Creative Director
Independent music and culture publication