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

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 and asks the viewer to question the idea of individualism. The idea of individualism and identity are common themes throughout her work.[11][1] 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,[12] a two-channel HD projection with digital artifacts in the exhibition.[13] "The Symphony of Names: No Man is an Island" is a video installation with ten-channel audio that was included in In-Sonora 11 in Madrid, Spain.[14] Her three-channel video installation "Searching for the Miraculous" was included in exhibitions at the AC Institute and The Curfew Tower in Northern Ireland.[15][16] 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.[17]

References

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ Morrissey, Siobhan (September 25, 2015). "Displacement of Dimensions Variable gallery will test Miami Worldcenter's commitment to art". Miami Herald. Retrieved February 25, 2026.
  12. ^ Withstandley, Elizabeth (January 20, 2018), The Real Brian Wilson, David Eastman, Desmond Eastwood, Phil Eng, retrieved August 17, 2018
  13. ^ Ferren, TerriAnn (February 1, 2018). "New Exhibits Smoke and Mirrors and Solar Flare at Torrance Art Museum". Torrance Tribune. Retrieved February 25, 2026.
  14. ^ "IN-SONORA 11". In-Sonora (in European Spanish). Retrieved February 25, 2026.
  15. ^ "Elizabeth Withstandley". AC Institute. Archived from the original on February 5, 2020.
  16. ^ "Elizabeth Withstandley: Searching for the Miraculous".
  17. ^ "Elizabeth Withstandley: To Be Named".
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