After graduating from the School of Architecture at the University of Waterloo in 2003, Elisa has practised design and architecture in Canada, USA and the UK. In 2008 while working with Gareth Hoskins Architects in Glasgow, she secured the winning entry for The Gathering Space, representing Scotland in the 2008 Venice Biennale for Architecture.
Since returning to Canada in 2010, Elisa completed her post-graduate thesis entitled, Mapping Meta Portrait: a socially engaged cultural probe, in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Applied Art (MAA) from Emily Carr University. In 2012, she continues to develop an interdisciplinary art practice and a career in public art administration as the Public Art Assistant for the City of Richmond.
