Elissa Mora (b. 1993) is a first-generation Mexican American painter based in Los Angeles. Working primarily with oil paint and gold leaf, she explores the role of chance and discovery in everyday moments. Her paintings often combine elements of the mundane, nostalgia, cultural identity, and memory to explore themes of labor, reflection, and faith.

Through her paintings, she seeks to reveal how memory distorts, how emotions linger, and how meaning often emerges on its own during the painting process. For Elissa, painting is not just a representation but reflection, a meditation on presence and absence. She aims to capture the fleeting moment between thought and action.

Currently, Elissa is developing a new body of work, Serendipity, where she deepens her exploration of cultural identity, labor and the passage of time.