Elizabeth Withstandley is an American visual artist and filmmaker from

Cape Cod, Massachusetts Cape Cod is a peninsula extending into the Atlantic Ocean from the southeastern corner of mainland Massachusetts, in the northeastern United States. Its historic, maritime character and ample beaches attract heavy tourism during the summer mont ...

who lives and works in Los Angeles. Her work is multidisciplinary including photography, film, video and

installation art Installation art is an artistic genre of three-dimensional works that are often site-specific and designed to transform the perception of a space. Generally, the term is applied to interior spaces, whereas exterior interventions are often called ...

. She is one of the co-founders of

Locust Projects Locust Projects is a non-profit art exhibition space located in Miami, Florida. The space was created in 1998 by three artists Westen Charles, COOPER and Elizabeth Withstandley. The space was created to serve as a place for contemporary artists to ...

a not-for-profit art space in

Miami, Florida Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a East Coast of the United States, coastal metropolis and the County seat, county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade C ...

and Prospect Art in Los Angeles, CA .

Background

Her work has been shown at the

Museum of Contemporary Art Museum of Contemporary Art (often abbreviated to MCA, MoCA or MOCA) may refer to: Africa * Museum of Contemporary Art (Tangier), Morocco, officially le Galerie d'Art Contemporain Mohamed Drissi Asia East Asia * Museum of Contemporary Art Shangha ...

North Miami, Florida North Miami is a suburban city located in northeast Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, about north of Miami. The city lies on Biscayne Bay and hosts the Biscayne Bay Campus of Florida International University, and the North Miami camp ...

; Oficina Cultural Oswald de Andrade in

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;

Bass Museum of Art The Bass Museum of Art is a contemporary art museum located in Miami Beach, Florida. The Bass Museum of Art was founded in 1963 and opened in 1964. History Early years John Bass (1891-1978) and Johanna Redlich (m. Feb. 21, 1921) were Jewish-imm ...

Ringling Museum of Art The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art is the official state art museum of Florida, located in Sarasota, Florida. It was established in 1927 as the legacy of Mable Burton Ringling and John Ringling for the people of Florida. Florida State Univ ...

, Fredric Snitzer Gallery, Nexus Contemporary Art Center, and the

Visual Studies Workshop Visual Studies Workshop (VSW) is a non-profit group dedicated to art education based in Rochester, New York, in the Neighborhood of the Arts. VSW supports makers and interpreters of images through education, publications, exhibitions, and collect ...

Rochester, New York Rochester () is a City (New York), city in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York, the county seat, seat of Monroe County, New York, Monroe County, and the fourth-most populous in the state after New York City, Buffalo, New York, Buffalo, ...

; Meyerhoff Gallery at the

Maryland Institute College of Art The Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) is a private art and design college in Baltimore, Maryland. It was founded in 1826 as the Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts, making it one of the oldest art colleges in the U ...

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; The Moore Space, Miami, FL Galerie Valerie Cueto Paris, France, Winslow Garage, Los Angeles The Torrance Art Museum Dimensions Variable Miami, Florida and Antenna Gallery in New Orleans.

Artwork

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 The Polyphonic Spree is an American choral rock band from Dallas, Texas that was formed in 2000 by singer/songwriter Tim DeLaughter. The band's pop and rock songs are augmented by a large vocal choir, and instruments such as flute, trumpet, fre ...

which asks the viewer to question the idea of individualism. The idea of individualism and identity are common themes throughout her work. She organized the exhibition Smoke & Mirrors a
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, a 2 channel HD projection with digital artifacts in the exhibition. "The Symphony of Names: No Man is an Island" is a video installation with 10 channel audio that is included in In-Sonora 11 in Madrid, Spain. Her 3 channel video installation "Searching for the Miraculous" is included in exhibitions at the AC Institute, VisArts Center in Rockville, MD and ExGirlfriend in Berlin Germany.

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