Elizabeth Colomba (born 1976)[1] is a French painter of Martinique heritage known for her paintings of black people in historic settings.
She began painting early, making watercolors as a child to decorate her parents' Caribbean restaurant.
As a teenager, she read The Image of the Black in Western Art by John and Dominique de Menil, which inspired her to paint a portrait of her great-grandmother in the style of Whistler’s Mother.
[2][4] Colomba started spending time in New York in 2007 to further her painting career, and moved to the city permanently in 2011.
[4] Her solo show "Mythologies," which included oil paintings, works on paper, and her short film Cendrillon, opened at the Portland Museum of Art in 2023.