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Elizabeth Switzer is an emerging hybrid-media artist, writer, and curator who currently resides in Rochester, NY. Her interest in art began in childhood, growing up in a working class family in the rural town of Sodus, NY. After receiving her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from SUNY Oswego, she was awarded a full scholarship for the MFA program at the University at Buffalo Art Department in Buffalo, NY. Entering graduate school as a painting major she has now moved to installation and performance work, which she also exhibits through the use of digital photography. She graduated from the University at Buffalo in May of 2004. In her work she elicits humor and exaggeration through gross fascination with the feminine dis-eased body. By beginning with the personal she is given access to the viewers comfort level, as objects of comfort become objects of distress. Recently her painting, sculptural and installation work has been shown in solo, group and three-person exhibitions in and around New York State, at the Burchfield – Penney Art Center, A|V Gallery, and the Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center. |
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| March-May 2008 | Get Shorty: Flash Fiction Writing, Spring Workshop Series, Writers & Books, Rochester NY. |
| July 2007 | Web Design For Artists, Summer Workshop Series, Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester NY. |
| August 2002- May 2004 | Master of Fine Arts University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY. Summa Cum Laude |
| August 2001-May 2002 | Master of Arts program 12 credit hours. SUNY Oswego, Oswego, NY. |
| August 1997- May 2001 | Bachelor of Fine Arts SUNY Oswego, Oswego, NY. Cum Laude |
| S E L E C T E D S O L O E X H I B I T I O N S |
| June 12, 2008 | Featured Artist at the Southwedge Farmer’s Market, Sponsored |
| April 4-12, 2008 | She Couldn’t Stop the Spill, Studio 354, Rochester, NY. |
| September 4- 28, 2007 | twelve days in august , Rush Rhees, Art & Music Library, University at Rochester, Rochester, NY. |
| December 9 2005- January 8, 2006 | 24/12:Elizabeth Switzer, Burchfield Penny Art Center, Buffalo, NY. |
| April 23- May 21, 2004 | Vestige, Carnegie Art Center, North Tonawanda, NY. |
| J U R I E D E X H I B I T I O N S |
| May 11, 2008 | Buffalo Indie Market, Pearl Street Bar & Grill, Buffalo, NY. |
| February 1, 2008 | I [heart] Handmade, Second Storie’s Indie Craft Market, Spot |
| June 24- August 26, 2006 | Made in New York 2006, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY. Jurors: Matthew Friday and Gerald Mead |
| October 9- November 6, 2004 | College Art Show, Niagara Arts and Cultural Center, Niagara Falls, NY. |
| June 28- August 24, 2003 | Made in New York, Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center, Auburn, NY. Jurors: Gina Murtagh and Rainer Maria Wehner. |
| March- April 2001 | SUNY Oswego 38th Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Tyler Art Gallery, SUNY Oswego, Oswego, NY. |
| I N V I T A T I O N A L G R O U P E X H I B I T I O N S |
| November - December 2006 | Three-Point Perspective: Rachael Hetzel, Elizabeth Switzer, Christine Walsh |
| February 12- March 6, 2005 | The Evolutionary Girls Club, Stereo Visions, A|V Gallery, Rochester, NY. |
| September 18-25, 2004 | The Evolutionary Girls Club, Arte Brutale, Main St., Buffalo, NY. |
| February 29- March 13, 2004 | Switch, Zavitz Gallery, Guelph University, Canada. |
| October 23-November 14, 2003 | Operation, Art Department Gallery, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY. |
| October 3- October 16, 2003 | Beyond Splatter and Sploosh: New Work by UB Painters, Art Department Gallery, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY. |
| June 29, 2003 | Progress: A Dialogue with Artists, Formula Gallery, Buffalo, NY. |
| January 2003 | Shelf Life, Art Department Gallery, University at Buffalo ,NY. |
| December 2002 | Dreamscapes, Untitled Art Gallery, Buffalo NY. |
| January 2001- January 2002 | Forum, SUNY Oswego, Oswego, NY. |
| October-November 2001 | SUNY Oswego Annual Faculty Exhibition, Tyler Art Gallery Oswego, NY. |
R E V I E W S, P U B L I C A T I O N S A N D R E P R O D U C T I O N S |
| September 20, 2007 | Paret, Emily Switzer's subtle tea-stained artwork provokes deep thoughts, Campus Times, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY. |
| 2005 | Eaton, Erica, ed., et al. Stereo Visions- Looking Back/Moving Forward: Art, Music and Sound from the Evolutionary Girls Club Rochester: Evoultionary Girls, 2005. |
| February 2004 | Women and Children First at Big Orbit, Artvoice, Buffalo, NY. |
| February 2004 | The Evolutionary Girls Club, catalogue, 2004. pg. 56 |
| October 11, 2001 | Faculty Art Show, Oswegonian, Oswego, NY. |
| A W A R D S R E C E I V E D |
| December 2005 | Strategic Opportunity Stipend (SOS), Arts & Cultural Council for Greater Rochester. |
| February 5, 2004 | Honorable Mention, CEPA Members Show. Juror: Sandra Firmin. Curator, UB Galleries. |
| January 24, 2004 | Juror’s Award, Big Orbit Member’s Show Juror: Michael Beam. Collections and Exhibitions Curator Castellani Art Museum, Niagara University, NY. |
| June 25, 2003 | Professional Development Grant. University at Buffalo |
| 2001-2002 | Scholarly and Creative Activity Grant, Recipient 2001-2002, SUNY Oswego, Oswego NY |
| March 2001 | Aulus Saunders Service Award, Art Department, SUNY Oswego, Oswego NY. |