Elizabeth Briel
Biographical Info:
I'm an American artist, based in Sydney and Bangkok.
For 5 years I called several countries in Asia home: Cambodia, Korea and Hong Kong. I taught photography to street kids with the Angkor Photo Festival; taught english & art to kids and salarymen while scarfing kimbap over lunch breaks; and ran a community gallery out of my art studio on a little island near Hong Kong.
In Hong Kong I was also commissioned to illustrate a kids book by ThingsAsian for my favorite Asian city. It's called "H is for Hong Kong", and is a very blue book filled with my hand-tinted blueprints and Tricia Morrissey's imagination.
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Elizabeth Briel's Recent Contributions
Backstage with a Chinese Opera
Elizabeth Briel - ebriel [955]
Chinese operas are a spectacle of light, color, and clashing cymbals, best viewed with a pair of earplugs. The costumes and scenery are sumptuous, the singers' warbles unearthly, and their painted...
Destinations:
Malaysia
Topics:
Culture |
Martial Arts |
Travel |
People |
Photography |
Festivals |
Fashion |
Performing Arts |
Art |
For Kids
Spun Gold
Elizabeth Briel - ebriel [955]
I travel to drink in the world through all my senses. When I saw this rough golden silk in Hanoi I had to touch it. The strands of silk felt like dried grass under my fingers, and I bought two yards...
Destinations:
Vietnam
Topics:
Fashion |
Sports |
Art |
Shopping
Tales from a Cambodian Train
Elizabeth Briel - ebriel [955]
The art deco station was filled with people. Cambodia was nearing the end of its Pchum Ben festival, so the station was filled with holidaymakers going back to their hometowns...
Destinations:
Cambodia
Topics:
Culture |
Travel |
Adventure |
People |
20th Century History
100% Vietnamese Elegance
Elizabeth Briel - ebriel [955]
St. Joseph's cathedral in Hanoi is a popular meeting-place for locals and tourists alike. There's a sea of stationary motorbikes parked in front every evening, and as boutiques shut their doors,...
Destinations:
Vietnam
Topics:
Culture |
Fashion |
Traditions |
Art
Sleeping Inside a Camera
Elizabeth Briel - ebriel [955]
The patches of light and color on my walls moved lazily along with traffic noises outside, and soon I realized these were no ordinary shadows that flickered onto my wooden walls.
