Elizabeth Withstandley

Elizabeth Withstandley
Alma materPratt Institute
Known forphotography, video, film installation,[1]
Websitehttp://www.withstandley.com

Elizabeth Withstandley is an American visual artist and filmmaker from Cape Cod, Massachusetts who lives and works in Los Angeles. Her work is multidisciplinary including photography,[2] film,[3] video and installation art. She is one of the co-founders of Locust Projects[4] a not-for-profit art space in Miami, Florida and Prospect Art in Los Angeles, CA.[5]

Background

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Her work has been shown at the Museum of Contemporary Art[6] in North Miami, Florida; The Moore Space, Miami, Florida;[7] Winslow Garage, Los Angeles; [8] The Torrance Art Museum; [9] Dimensions Variable Miami, Florida and Antenna Gallery in New Orleans.[10]

Her work explores individuality and identity. Her work "You Can Not Be Replaced" is a two channel video installation that shows all 82 current and former members of The Polyphonic Spree which asks the viewer to question the idea of individualism. The idea of individualism and identity are common themes throughout her work.[11][12] She organized the exhibition Smoke & Mirrors at The Torrance Art Museum with the artist Gioj De Marco in 2018. Thirteen artists were included in the exhibition exploring the line in between fact and fiction. Withstandley presented The Real Brian Wilson,[13] a 2 channel HD projection with digital artifacts in the exhibition.[14][15] "The Symphony of Names: No Man is an Island" is a video installation with 10 channel audio that is included in In-Sonora 11 in Madrid, Spain.[16] Her 3 channel video installation "Searching for the Miraculous" is included in exhibitions at the AC Institute and The Curfew Tower in Northern Ireland.[17][18] Her works "The Real Brian Wilson" and "The Symphony of Names: No Man is an Island" are featured in a traveling exhibition called To Be Named organized by the Smithsonian's Recovering Voices Program and Experimental Humanities Collaborative Network at Bard.[19]

References

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  1. ^ "Elizabeth Withstandley's "You Can Not Be Replaced" is a fitting goodbye for Dimensions Variable". Miami New Times. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
  2. ^ "Mount Miami". Mount Miami Exhibition. Tel Aviv Artists’ Studios. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
  3. ^ "Elizabeth Withstandley". IMDB.
  4. ^ "My Miami: Elizabeth Withstandley". The Art Newspaper. December 7, 2013. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
  5. ^ "Staff and Board". Prospect Art. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
  6. ^ "Elizabeth Withstandley". MOCA. June 27, 2013.
  7. ^ "Humid". The Moore Space.
  8. ^ "The Accident". Winslow Garage. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
  9. ^ "From Far Away Across The Universe". Torrance Art Museum.
  10. ^ "GETAWAY | Antenna". Retrieved February 14, 2024.
  11. ^ "Displacement of Dimensions Variable gallery will test Miami Worldcenter's commitment to art". Miami Herald.
  12. ^ "Elizabeth Withstandley's "You Can Not Be Replaced" is a fitting goodbye for Dimensions Variable". Miami New Times. Retrieved March 1, 2016.
  13. ^ Withstandley, Elizabeth (January 20, 2018), The Real Brian Wilson, David Eastman, Desmond Eastwood, Phil Eng, retrieved August 17, 2018
  14. ^ "Torrance_020118_FNL_lorez". www.heraldpublications.com. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
  15. ^ "SMOKE AND MIRRORS". Torrance Art Museum. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
  16. ^ "In-Sonora 11".
  17. ^ "Elizabeth Withstandley".
  18. ^ "Elizabeth Withstandley: Searching for the Miraculous".
  19. ^ "Elizabeth Withstandley: To Be Named".
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