EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA - MFA in Photography                   

PRATT INSTITUTE  - BFA in Photography     

SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024 - 2025

• “The State of Being Indivisible ( I want a perfect Soul)” Brookline Arts Center, Brookline MA

2023

• “Searching for the Miraculous”, Blowing in the Wind, Chatsworth, CA.

2022               

• “Getaway” Antenna Works, New Orleans, LA.

• “A Brief History of Happiness” Athens Institute of Contemporary Art, Athens GA.

2020                

• “Searching for the Miraculous” AC Institute, New York, New York

• “The Symphony of Names: No Man Is An Island” In-Sonora 11, Madrid, Spain

• “Searching for the Miraculous” VisArts, Rockville, MD.

2018                

• “The Symphony of Names: No Man Is An Island” Winslow Garage, Los Angeles, CA.

2015                

• “You Can Not Be Replaced” Dimensions Variable, Miami, FL.

2014                

• “From Far Away Across the Universe” Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA.

• “The Accident” Winslow Garage, Los Angeles, CA.

2003       

• “Fans part IV (living inside the cosmic egg)” 16mm film Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL.

2002       

• “Fans part III (the Lee Olds show)” Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL.

1999         

• “Candy Coated” Locust Projects, Miami, FL.

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS 

2024     

• Platforms, Athens Greece

• “Nombrar_” Galería de Arte del Palacio Municipal de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico.

• “To Be Named” Gallery Oak Park, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

  • Organized by the Smithsonian's Recovering Voices Program and Experimental Humanities Collaborative Network at Bard     

2023

• Nomad II, Torrance, CA.

• “To Be Named” Haus Kunst Mitte, Berlin Germany. Organized by the Smithsonian's Recovering Voices Program and Experimental Humanities Collaborative Network at Bard

• Opalka Gallery, Albany, NY

• Circuits and Currents, Athens, Greece.

• “Stratigraphy” Arts Letters & Numbers, New York

• Open Mind Art Space, Santa Monica, CA

• York Art Gallery, York, England

2022               

• “Searching for the Miraculous” Curfew Tower, Cushendall, Northern Ireland

• VAFT, Video Arts Festival Turku, Finland

• Open Mind Art Space, Santa Monica, CA

• Fabrica Braco de Prata, Lisbon, Portugal

2021                

• Reclaim Award, Cologne, Germany

• Video Fenster, Cologne, Germany

• BBA Currents, BBA Gallery, Berlin, Germany.

• Rebecca Randall Bryan Art Gallery, Coastal Carolina University, South Carolina

2020                

• “Darkest Before Dawn: Art in a Time of Uncertainty”, Ethan Cohen Gallery, New York

• BBA Art Prize, BBA Gallery, Berlin Germany

• “Sound, Spectacle, and Situation” UMF Art Gallery, Farmington Maine

2019                

• Adelaide Festival Center,  Adelaide, Australia

• “http: //www: a birthday celebration”  Carnation Contemporary, Portland, OR

2018                

• “Smoke & Mirrors” Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, California.

• “12th Arte Laguna Prize” Venice, Italy

2017                

• “Spin Cycle” SIM gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland.

• 4Culture e4C electronic gallery, Seattle WA.

• "Attach Files" 50/50 Kansas City, Missouri

• Unauthorized SFMOMA show #454, SF MOMA

2016                

• “RETHink Art Digital Festival”, House of Culture, Rethymno Crete, Greece.

2015                

• “Celebrity Portraits” Holy Family University Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.

• “LA Woman” Piece College Art Gallery, Woodland Hills, CA.

• "The State of Being Human" Woody Gaddis Gallery, Edmond, OK

2014                

• "LA Woman" Marrickville Garage, Marrickville, Australia.

2013                

• “Amorphous” Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY.

2011                

• “Chain Letter” Shoshana Wayne Gallery Santa Monica, CA.

2005         

• "Hello Earthlings!" Renaissance Theater Hollywood, CA.

2002         

• “Globle>Miami<Island” Bass Museum of Art, Miami, FL.

• “Miami in Manhattan” Wooster Projects NY, NY.

2001         

• “Witness....” Fredric Snitzer Gallery project room, Miami, FL .

• “Humid” Moore Building, Miami, FL curated by Dominic Molon.

• “The Uncanny” Museum of Contemporary Art Miami, Florida.

• "Girls on Top" Galerie Valerie Cueto Paris, France.

• "Emerging" Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL.

• “Platform Pledge” Oficina Cultural Oswald de Andrade, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

2000         

• “Making Art in Miami: Travels in Hyper-Reality” Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL.

• “Culture of Class” Meyerhoff Gallery, Maryland Institute of the Arts, Baltimore, Maryland.

• “Departing Perspectives” curated by Fredric Snitzer, Miami, FL.

• “Mount Miami: American Artists in Tel Aviv” The Artists’ Studio Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel.

• “To the edge of the page” Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL.

• “Young Miami” Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Miami, FL.

• “Home Invasion” Miami, FL.

• “Sarasota Biennial” Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL.

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY

2023 

• Making Miami : The Story of an Art Community

• “What’s in a Name? Opalka exhibit takes a crack at it” by William Jaeger published in the Times Union on 9/28/2023               

• Future Now 2023, Aestheticia Magazine

• 99 Future Blue Chip Artists, Artsted

2022                

• “Getaway” published by Antenna Gallery February 2022.

2020                

• Al-Tiba9 Magazine, Original Issue 05, June 2020.

• “Searching for the Miraculous (Part 2: The Journey)”, artist book, published by Locust Projects 2020

2019                

• Locust Projects: The 20th Anniversary Retrospective, by Locust Projects

• SOLO Magazine, Issue 1, 2019.

• Murze Magazine, issue 8 October/November 2019.

• http://www: a birthday celebration, exhibition catalogue Carnation Contemporary

2018                

• Datebook: Videos of Icelandic journey, denim as movable sculpture and summer film     

• series, LA Times, August 2018

• “Smoke & Mirrors” prompts reflection among viewers with serious themes by Madeleine Powell, La Vista, January 30th 2018

• “Smoke and Mirrors” Exhibition Catalogue, Torrance Art Museum.

• 12th Arte Laguna Prize, Exhibition Catalogue.

2017                

• Alumna Exhibition Video at Seattle Gallery, The University of Alabama College News, March 7th 2017

• Andy Behrle, Blake Marques Carrington and Elizabeth Withstandley Join e4c rotation, 4 Culture, April 20, 2017.

• Unauthorized SFMOMA exhibition catalogue

2016                

• Making it Grey, exhibition catalogue, Locust Projects.

2015                

• Elizabeth Withstandley’s “You Can Not Be Replaced” is a fitting goodbye for Dimensions Variable, by Nichole Martinez The Miami New Times, September 1, 2015

RESIDENCIES

2024

• Arctic Circle Residency

2023

• Arvo Pärt Center, Estonia

2022              

• La Wayaka Current, Atacama Desert, Chile

2021                

• AIRIE, Everglades National Park, FL

2020                

• InnovAIR, Valletta Cultural Agency, Malta

2019                

• The Curfew Tower Residency, Northern Ireland

2017                

• SIM Residency, Reykjavik, Iceland

2016                 

• The Curfew Tower Residency, Northern Ireland

2015                

• Arteles Creative Residency Program, Finland

2004            

• The Center for Land Use Interpretation, Wendover, Nevada

SELECT GRANTS, AWARDS and RECOGNITION

2023

• Aesthetica Art Prize Finalist, 2023

• Kite Prize for Contemporary Art, 2023 (finalist)

2021              

• Reclaim Award, Cologne Germany

• Grand Prize Winner See Me “Journeys”

2020             

• Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Emergency Grant

• Hopper Prize Spring 2020 (shortlist)

• BBA Prize, Berlin Germany

2019                

• Semifinalist, Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2019, National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

2000

• New Forms Miami, Division of Cultural Affairs Grant, 2000