Élon Brasil was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1957, where at the age at six, he started to sketch with his crayons. His father _ also a self-taught artist _ had influenced the young Élon Brasil.

In 1968, at age of 12, he moved to Sao Paulo and won his first award. Today his figurative and abstract work is composed by the images of the land, Indians, African Brazilians and Caboclos surrounded by outstanding color and textures. His themes aim to emphasize and preserve the Brazilian Culture and his own roots.

The son from parents Bahianos (from Bahia, State of Brazil with the highest concentration of African-Brazilians), he is a mixed with African, Brazilian, Indian, Italian and Portuguese. Élon takes from his history and origins the inspirations for his work.

Élon spend sometime living with the Indians from Amazon, African tribes which added to the artist a deep wisdom for perpetuating on his canvas habits, situations and emotions that distinguish each one of these cultures.

If you stand before a painting of Élon Brasil it would be easy to understand his fascination for his culture. The beauty is evident as it encompasses the work; its characters and objects that he intends to make eternal on canvas.

Artworks in Museum Collections:
* Museums der Kulturen Basel - Switzerland
* Museu Imagem e do Som - Sao Paulo - Brazil
* Museu de Arte de Londrina - Paraná - Brazil
* Museu da Pinacoteca - Sao Paulo - Brazil
* Museu da Pinacoteca - Amazonas - Brazil
* Museu MAC - USP - Sao Paulo - Brazil

Artworks in Private Collections:
Los Angeles Califórnia:
* LaTanya & Samuel J. Jackson
* Cookie & Earvin Johnson
* Melba & Ralph Farquhar
* Michele & Andrew Brown

Solo Exhibitions:
1993 Banco Central, São Paulo, Brazil
1993 Banco Central, São Paulo, Brazil
1993 Museu da Cultura/PUC, São Paulo, Brazil
1993 Arcades Gallery, Toronto, Canada
1993 Galeria Goetz, Basilea, Switzerland
1993 Galeria ACBEU, Bahia, Brazil
1993 Goetz Gallery, Basilea, Switzerland
1995 Hotel Tropical, Bahia, Brazil
1995 Galeria Goetz o Basiléia, Switzerland
1995 Golf Hotel o Berna, Switzerland
1996 Banco SLK o Brussels, Belgium
1997 Ethnology Museum, Basilea, Switzerland
1998 Centro Holístico de Educação e Vivência, SP, Brazil
1998 Espaço Cultural Banespa, São Paulo, Brazil
1998 Brasil 500 anos-MASP, São Paulo, Brazil
1998 Galeria Caribé, São Paulo, Brazil
1999 Parque das Ruínas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2002 Tributed Artist, Chapel School, São Paulo, Brazil
2003 Quinta Pitanga Collection, Los Angeles, USA
2005 Brazilian Embassy, London, UK
2006 Eton College, UK
2008 Tropics: a contemporary view of Cuba, Haiti, CA
2009 Mantatanville College Art Show, NY, USA
2013 Galerie Plexus, Montreux, Switzerland