Elvira Bach was born in 1951 in Germany. In 1967 Bach started her studies at the Erwin-Stein-Schule (state glass vocational school) in Hadamar . In 1972 she decided to move to Berlin and studied painting at the Berlin University of the Arts. In the course of her studies, she worked at the playhouse Schaubühne in Berlin. In 1981 she got a scholarship to study in an artist residence in the Dominican Republic. She was very inspired by her experiences there. That same year she was invited to participate in the "Documenta VII", which was her breakthrough that led to a number of national and international exhibitions of her artwork.

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​Elvira's neo-expressionist portraits of women reflects the themes of her own life. Many of her works distinctly resemble the artist. She often illustrates colorful female portraits that represent many facets of female life, from fragility to sensuality to self-determination.