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Elizabeth Lide is the recipient of a 2015/2016 Working Artist Project Fellowship from the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MOCA GA), selected by Saisha M. Grayson, Assistant Curator Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum.
She has been awarded residences at The MacDowell Colony; Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA); The Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences; Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Annaghmakerrig, Ireland; and with The University of Georgia Lamar Dodd School of Art in Cortona, Italy. She has been honored by the Georgia Commission on Women, Georgia Women in the Visual Arts.
Her solo exhibitions have included MOCA GA, The Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Sandler Hudson Gallery in Atlanta, The Arts Festival of Atlanta, La Mama in New York City, SECCA in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and Window-on-Gaines in Tallahassee, Florida. Her work has been shown in 75+ group exhibitions including Athens Institute of Contemporary Art in Athens, Georgia, MOCA GA, The High Museum of Art, The Swan Coach House, Carlos Museum at Emory University, A.I.R. Gallery in New York City, Atlanta College of Art, University of Maryland, Eyedrum, Carlsberg Glytotek Museum in Copenhagen, The Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design Gallery at Georgia State University, The Upstairs in Tryon, North Carolina, Brenau College, and The Chautauqua Exhibition of American Art in Chautauqua, New York.
Her artists’ books have been collected by the Museum of Modern Art in NYC, The University of Damascus, The University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, Duke University, Emory University, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Virginia Commonwealth University, University of Iowa, The ACA Library at SCAD, Ruth and Marvin Sackner Collection, North Carolina Writers’ Network, and Minnesota Center for Book Arts. Her drawings are in collections at The High Museum of Art, MOCA GA, and in numerous private collections.
She has been a graphic and package designer for the industrial designer Raymond Loewy in New York City and design director of Art Papers magazine. She has taught art as an adjunct professor at The Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design at Georgia State University, Atlanta College of Art, and Agnes Scott College; and as an art teacher, from 2004 to 2014, at The Paideia School.
She is a native of Winston-Salem, North Carolina and has a BFA from Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia and an MFA from Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design at Georgia State University.
Education
MFA Georgia State University
BFA University of Georgia
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2020
DRAWN, an installation of 100 + drawings and objects, whitespace Gallery
2017/2016
Putting the House in Order, Museum of Contemporary Art of GA, WAP Exhibition, Atlanta, GA
2012
Recordings, Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2003
Art in the Summer Garden, Eyedrum, site-specific Installation, Atlanta, GA
1995/1996
Thorn Upon the Rose, Sandler Hudson Gallery, site-specific Installation (sound design: Paul Kayhart), Atlanta, GA
1993
Everything’s Just Fine, Sandler Hudson Gallery, site-specific Installation, Atlanta, GA
1992
Musical Chairs/Elimination Games, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, site-specific Installation with video (collaboration with Paul Kayhart), Winter Solo Series, Atlanta, GA
1990
Wearing Water/Eating Cement, La Mama La Galleria, site-specific Installation and performance (sound design: Paul Kayhart), New York, NY
1989
Green is the Color of My True Love’s Hair, Window on Gaines, site-specific Installation, Tallahassee, FL
1988
Wearing Water/Eating Cement (Icons to Kiss), Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, site-specific Installation and performance (collaboration with Lee Heuermann), Solo Series, Altanta, GA
1984
In the Attic, site-specific Installation, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA
1983
Untitled, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea OH
1982
Untitled site-specific Installation, Winthrop College, Rock Hill, SC
1981
Untitled site-specific Installation, Atlanta Women’s Art Collective, Atlanta, GA
1980
Untitled site-specific Installation, Atlanta Art Workers Coalition, Atlanta, GA
1979
Untitled, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA), Winston-Salem, NC
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019
Highlighting Contemporary Art in Georgia: Cut & Paste, Works of Paper, 2019 – 2020 Curated by Didi Dunphy, organized by Georgia Museum of Art at UGA and Lyndon House Arts Center. Venues: Lyndon House Arts Center, Athens; Macon Museum of Arts and Sciences; Robert C. Williams Museum of Papermaking, Georgia Tech, Atlanta; Albany Museum of Art; Telfair Museum, Savannah
Coined in the South, Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC, 2019
Morgan Conservatory National Juried Exhibition, Cleveland, Ohio, 2019
Callanwolde Juried Exhibition, Atlanta
2018
Summer Swan Invitational curated by Karen Tauches, Atlanta, GA
ARTFIELDS, Lake City, SC
2017
The December Show, Whitespace Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Domestic Structures, curated by Candice Greathouse, ATHICA, Athens GA
Rock Paper Scissors, curated by Didi Dunphy, Gallery at Hotel Indigo, Athens, GA
Little Things Mean A Lot, Swan Coach House, Atlanta, GA
2016
Lightweight, curated by Lisa Alembik, The Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, GA
2015
Sprawl: Drawing Outside the Lines, curated by Michael Rooks, The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Endless Road: A Look at Nexus Press, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA
Summer Salon, Sandler-Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2014
Little Things Mean A Lot, Swan Coach House, Atlanta, GA
Doubt, collaboration with Nicole Livieratos & Paul Kayhart, Hambidge Mailbox exhibition, Rabun Gap, GA
2013
100 at 100, Georgia State University, Welch School of Art and Design, curated by Jerry Cullum, Atlanta, GA
2011
1×1=One, 2TEN HAUSTUDIO, NC
Have a Seat, Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2010
Certain Artists, The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA
2008
Lamar Dodd, MOCA GA, Atlanta, GA
2006
Drawn in Georgia, MOCA GA at SunTrust Plaza, curated by Lisa Thrower, Atlanta, GA
Botanicals: Images Inspired by Plants, The Upstairs, Tryon, NC
2005
Accelerating Sequence: Artists Observe Time and Aging, MOCA GA, curated by Dan Talley, Atlanta, GA
2004
Drawings and Works on Paper, Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2003
Sketches, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2002
Converse College, Spartanburg, SC
2000
Sketches, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Personal Circumstances, Spruill Center Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1998
Connections and Contradictions: Modern and Contemporary Art, Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Book Arts, Oregon Coast Council for the Arts, (3 person show with Mary Hood, Clarissa Sligh), Newport, OR
1997
Illuminations, Brenau College, Gainesville, GA
Drawing Show, Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1996
GRATIS, Public Art Project, Alem da Agna, between Spain and PortugalShape-shifting: Transformations in the Art of the Book, University of Northern Colorado, CO
1995
Book Art, Southeastern Louisiana University, Sims Memorial Library, Hammond, LA
1994
Money Changes Everything, Arts Festival of Atlanta, curated by Lisa Tuttle Title Will Come Later, Installation with Video, Atlanta, GA
Exceptions, American Artists’ Books and Art Books, organized by the U.S. Information Agency and Washington Project for the Arts
Her Hands, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
Book Arts National Juried Show, Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, GA
1993
TRACES, Proposals, Plans and Documentations, Austin Peay University, TN
1991
Choice, A.I.R. Gallery, New York City, NY
RSVP, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
1990
Oh, Those Four White Walls: The Gallery as Context, The Atlanta College of Art Gallery, O Nabu, Installation with video, Atlanta, GA
Multiples, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center
1989
Return from Argentina, New Visions Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Sketchbooks, Atlanta College of Art Library, Atlanta, GA
Art of Atlanta, Centro Cultura, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1988
Vend’art, Artist-of-the-Month (objects in vending machines), NYC, NY
The Art of Atlanta, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC
1987
Vend’art, Atlanta, GA
1986
Off the Beaten Path, The Limbo Gallery, curated by Roger Manley, Charlotte NC
Shared Quarters (with Stan Sharshal, Linda Armstrong, Paul Kayhart), Ersatz Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, The Atlanta Biennale, curated by Alan Sondheim, Atlanta, GA
1984
The Xerox Show, SECCA, curated by Richard C., Winston-Salem, NC
Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, The Atlanta Biennale, curated by Alan Sondheim, Atlanta, GA
1983
The LaGrange National Exhibition, The Lamar Dodd Art Center, LaGrange, GA
The First Mattress Factory Show, Saturday Morning Yard, site-specific Installation, Atlanta, GA
Nine Diverse Directions, Georgia Southern College, Statesboro, GA
1982
Artists in Georgia, Lamar Dodd Art Center, LaGrange College (selected for traveling exhibition), LaGrange, GA
Le Citta Invisibili (Italo Calvino), Palazzo Vagnotti, site-specific Installation, Cortona, Italy
The University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, TN
Fashion Moda in Atlanta, Atlanta Art Workers Coalition, Atlanta, GA
1981
Montgomery College, Rockville, MD
1980
Southern Exposure: An Exhibition from Women’s Art Centers, Washington DC
Artists in Georgia, High Museum of Art, curated by Peter Morrin, Atlanta, GA
International Festival of Women Artists, Carlsberg Glytotek Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark
Atlanta Women’s Art Collective, A.I.R. Gallery, New York City, NY
1979
Papermaking and Paper Using: Traveling Exhibition (Southern Arts Federation), SECCA
1978
The Chautauqua Exhibition of American Art, The 21st National Jury Show, Chautauqua, NY
Two-Person Exhibition (with Chester Old), Atlanta Art Workers Coalition, Atlanta, GA
MAPPINGS: A Personal Survey of Women Artists, Atlanta Art Workers Coalition, Atlanta, GA
FOOTPRINT: The Northwest International Print Exhibition, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
1975
Annual Juried Painting and Sculpture Show, SECCA, Winston-Salem, NC
Awards and Residencies
2019
Artist Residency Fellow, VCCA – France, Moulin à Nef , Auvillar, France
2018
Fellow, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA)
2016
Working Artist Project Fellowship, Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia
Fellow, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA)
Fellow, The Hambidge Center
2015
Working Artist Project Fellowship, Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia
Fellow, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA)
2013
Fellow, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA)
2012
Fellow, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA)
2011
Blumenthal Faculty Grant, Paideia School
Fellow, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA)
1997
Georgia Women in the Visual Arts Award, Georgia Commission on Women
Artist Project Grant, CGR Advisors
1996
Alternate Visions Grant (NEA, Rockefeller, Warhol Foundations, NC Arts Council)
1995
Fellow, The Hambidge Center
Alternate Visions Grant (NEA, Rockefeller, Warhol Foundations, NC Arts Council)
1994
Fellow, The Hambidge Center
Fellow, The Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Annaghmakerrig, Ireland
Scholarship, The Hambidge Center Residency, Fulton County Arts Council
Individual Artist Grant, Bureau of Cultural Affairs, City of Atlanta
1993
Fellow, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA)
1992
Fellow, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA)
Fellow, The Hambidge Center
Individual Artist Grant, Bureau of Cultural Affairs, City of Atlanta
Individual Artist Grant, Georgia Council for the Arts
1991
Fellow, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA)
Fellow, The Hambidge Center
1990
Project Grant, Artists Space, New York City
Visiting Artist, Clayton State College
1987
Individual Artist Grant, Bureau of Cultural Affairs, City of Atlanta
Interdisciplinary Artist Fellowship (NEA Interarts and Rockefeller Foundation)
1986
Individual Artist Grant, Bureau of Cultural Affairs, City of Atlanta
1985
Visiting Artist, Clayton State College
1982
Artist-in-Residence, University of Georgia in Cortona, Italy
Fellow, The MacDowell Colony
1981
Individual Artist Grant, Bureau of Cultural Affairs, City of Atlanta
1980
Individual Artist Grant, Bureau of Cultural Affairs, City of Atlanta
1978
Individual Artist Grant, Bureau of Cultural Affairs, City of Atlanta
1977
Scholarship, Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze, UGA Study Abroad in Cortona, Italy
Reviews and Press
MOCA GA catalog, Putting the House in Order, Elizabeth Lide, 2018
Donna Mintz, Putting the House in Order, Elizabeth Lide review, Sculpture Magazine, Oct. 2017
Burnaway staff, High Five: 5 Shows in the South, Burnaway, June 9, 2017
Felicia Feaster, Female artists examine notion of home, AJC, May 23, 2017
Jessica Smith, Rock Paper Scissors, Flagpole, May 17, 2017
Rebecca Brantley, Lide’s “Putting the House in Order” is a ritual of remembrance, ArtsATL, January 30, 2017
A Stitch in Time: Elizabeth Lide at MOCA GA, January 12, 2017
Catherine Fox, Sprawl! Drawing Outside the Lines, ArtsATL, August 6, 2015
Bo Emerson, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, July 20, 2015
MOCA GA announced 2015/16 Working Artist Project Grants, ArtsATL, July 17, 2015
Darcie Dyer, Atlanta Homes and Lifestyles, January 2012
Christina Cotter, A Study in Contrasts. ArtsATL, February 2, 2012
Jerry Cullum, Measuring Time. Atlanta Journal-Constitution, March 6, 2005
Tom Patterson, Irish Inspired. Winston-Salem Journal, April 2, 2000
Judith A. Hoffberg, Thorn Upon the Rose, Umbrella, December 1999
Experiments in the Book Arts, Newport New Times, March 6, 1998
Laurence Holden, Thorn Upon the Rose, Sandler Hudson Gallery, Art Papers, March/April 1996
James Hull, Elizabeth Lide and Lisa Tuttle, Art Papers, March/April 1995
Jerry Cullum, Money Changes Everything, Arts Festival of Atlanta, Art Papers Jan/Feb 1995
Jerry Cullum, Questions of Money and Art, Atlanta Constitution, September 20, 1994
Linda Huggins, Creative Energy at the Hambidge Center, Athens Magazine, June 1994
Jerry Cullum, New from Nexus—experimentally Rich Books, Atlanta Constitution, December 31,1993
Mitzi Faber, Everything’s Just Fine, Elizabeth Lide, Art Papers, Sept/Oct 1993
Nancy Princenthal, Artist’s Book Beat, Print Collector’s Newsletter, May/June 1993
Jerry Cullum, Everything’s Just Fine, Elizabeth Lide, Atlanta Constitution, April 16, 1993
Thomasine Bradford, Musical Chairs/Elimination Games, Art Papers, July/August 1992
Catherine Fox, Musical Chairs/Elimination Games, Atlanta Constitution, March 13, 1992
Laura Lieberman, Once is Not Enough, AfterImage, December 1990
Catherine Fox, Oh Those Four White Walls, Atlanta Constitution, October 26, 1990
Bob Trotman, Wearing Water/Eating Cement, Art Papers, July/Aug 1990
Michelle Mercadal, Wearing Water/Eating Cement, Art Papers, July/Aug 1988
Tom Patterson, Pluralism on Parade, Winston-Salem Journal, March 20, 1988
Tom Patterson, SECCA: The Art of Atlanta, Art Papers, May/June 1988
Catherine Fox, Shared Quarters, Atlanta Constitution, October 17, 1986
Alan Sondheim, The Mattress Factory Show, Art Papers, Jan/Feb 1984
Laura Lieberman, An Intimate Look, Creative Loafing, June 2, 1984
Xenia Zed and Alan Sondheim, Elizabeth Lide: Environmental Installation, Art Papers, Sept/Oct 1984
Jan Schall, Elizabeth Lide/Atlanta Women’s Art Collective, Art Papers, Jan/Feb 1982
Catherine Fox, Requiem for a Gallery, Atlanta Journal/Constitution, June 12, 1982
Richard Parry, Elizabeth Lide/Atlanta Art Workers Coalition, Atlanta Art Papers, July/Aug 1980
Collections
High Museum of Art
Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia
Museum of Modern Art Library, New York City
Emory University Library
Minnesota Center for Book Arts
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Sloane Art Library
Ruth and Marvin Sackner Collection
The Orchard Gallery, Derry, Northern Ireland
The Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Annaghmakerrig, County Monaghan, Ireland
North Carolina Writers’ Network
Duke University Library Atlanta College of Art Library at SCAD
University of Damascus, Syria
School of the Art Institute of Chicago Library
Virginia Commonwealth University Library
Published Artist’s Books
Thorn Upon the Rose, book w/audio CD by Paul Kayhart, 1999
Time Capsule: A Concise Encyclopedia by Women Artists, Performers, and Writers published by Creative Time, Inc., New York; edited by Robin Kahn; for distribution at the Third International Women’s Conference, Beijing, China, 1995
You Are What You See, a trilogy of books based on the Library of Mary Hambidge, Nexus Press, 1993
Home (with Linda Armstrong, Jo Anne Paschall, MM Wade, Kathy Yancey), published by Art Papers, 1992