Jeff Elrod was born in 1966 in Dallas, TX. He received a BFA from University of North Texas in 1990 and studied at the Rijksakademie Van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (1992). Elrod has recently exhibited at Texas Gallery, Houston TX (2013) MoMA PS1, Long Island City, NY (2013); the Journal Gallery, New York (2012); Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York (2012); Marlborough Gallery Madrid (2012), Modern Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX (2009). His work is found in the collections of The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; The Hirshhorn Museum, Washington D.C.; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas; and the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. He is a recipient of The Louis Comfort Tiffany award (1997). The artist lives and works in Marfa, TX and Brooklyn, NY.