Elizabeth Chiles
Born: 1975, Austin, TX
Biography and Information
Biography
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Education
2005
MFA Photography, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1997
BA Art History, Columbia University, New York, NY
Solo Exhibitions
2024
Time Being, Fotofest, Houston, TX
The Wild Nearby, Galveston Art Center, Galveston, TX
2021
Time Being, Grayduck Gallery, Austin, TX
2020
Nests and Other Places to Rest, The Line, Austin, TX
2019
On Water, Central Library, Austin, TX
Weave, Architectural Digest Design Show, New York, NY
2018
Weave, Grayduck Gallery, Austin, TX
2016
On My Mind, Again, Southwest School of the Arts, San Antonio, TX
Over Time, Pump Projects, Austin, TX
2014
On My Mind, Again, Canopy, Austin, TX
2010
Book of Praise, testsite, Austin, TX
2009
Visibility, Spartan, Austin, TX
Select Group Exhibitions
2023
Land/e/scape, Amy Casey, Elizabeth Chiles, Veronique La Parriere M, Foley Gallery, NYC
Inland/Outward, Foto Relevance, Houston, TX
Collections
The Archer Hotel, New York and Austin
The City of Austin AIPP
The City of Houston Civic Art Collection
The Contemporary Austin
Dell Children’s Hospital, Austin
Dimensional Worldwide
Google
The Line Hotel, ATX, DC, LA
The Rolla Foundation, Switzerland
Sidley Austin LLP, New York
Awards
2015–2021 City of Austin, Core Funding Grant
2018 Nominated for Best Artist in Austin, Austin Critics Table
2016 Nominated for Best Solo Exhibition in Austin, Austin Critics Table
2017 Finalist, Art Pace Residency, selected by Michelle Grabner
2015 The Contemporary Austin, Collectors’ Circle print commission
2014 Finalist, Art Pace Residency, selected by Mika Yoshitake, Assistant Curator at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
2014 Fellowship, Hambidge, Creative Residency Program
2011 Best Photographers to Lakes Were Rivers, Austin Chronicle
2014 Nominated for Best Museum Exhibition for Contemporary Photographic Practice and the Archive, Harry Ransom Center, Critics Table Awards
Press
2020
Lauren Moya Ford, Field Guided, Wildflower Magazine, March 1
2019
Trevor Scott, Elizabeth Chiles’ On Water exhibition at Central Library, CBS Austin program We Are Austin, July 15
2018
Austin Art Talk Podcast, Elizabeth Chiles – Weave, May 12
Melanie Jean, Elizabeth Chiles: Weave, Austin Chronicle, May 4
Erin Keever, Weaving light: In her newest photographic work, Elizabeth Chiles embraces serenity, Arts + Culture, May
Erin Keever, Weaving light: In her newest photographic work, Elizabeth Chiles embraces serenity, Sightlines Magazine, March
2017
Sam Anderson-Ramos, Elizabeth Chiles and John Swanger: Lumens & Currents at Grayduck Gallery, Austin Chronicle, January 6
2016
Photography project uses cloud formations to examine time, Austin American Statesman, April 14
Elizabeth Chiles: Over Time at Pump Projects, The Austin Chronicle, April 1
2016
7 things in 7 days, top things to do in Austin this week, Austin American Statesman, March 25
2015
Strange Pilgrims exhibition to come to The Contemporary Austin, The Daily Texan, September
Kate Green, Strange Pilgrims at The Contemporary Austin, Art Forum, November
2014
Wes Eichenwald, 5 Can’t Miss Stops at EAST 2014, Austin Way Magazine
Seth Orion Schwaiger, The nature of the [b]EAST, Arts & Culture, October 26
2013
Altamese Osborne, “MOVING/STILL: Recent Photographs by Texas Artists” Tries to Make Peace With Nature, Houston Press, September 24
Top 5 in Houston this week (Moving/Still at Fotofest & HCP), Glasstire, September
Jeanne Claire van Ryzin, Archives Inform Modern Photographers work at the Ransom Center, The Austin American Statesman, July 14
John Aielli, KUT, NPR in Austin interview, June 27
Luke Quinton, West Austin Studio Tour artist plays with light, nature and the cycles of life, The Austin American Statesman, April 25
Andy Campbell, In the Studio: Elizabeth Chiles, The Austin Chronicle, April 19
2012
Dark Matter, Critics Pick, Nashville Review, November
Katie Geha, Pictures of E.A.S.T, Glasstire, November
2011
Robert Faires, I Shutter to Think, Rising Stars in Austin, Austin Chronicle, May 20
2010
PBS television interview, Austin Museum of Art, March
Press Release
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