In the exhibition ‘Stimulus Package’ at Kopeikin Gallery, Lizabeth Eva Rossof uses Braille as a metaphor to create work that explores the inability to discern the truth from fiction in American politics, economics and sexuality. Using a variety of mediums including C-Prints, collage, performance, video, and drawing, Rossof addresses the confusion felt in American society in the wake of eight years of receiving misguiding information from those in power. “There is a fine line between commenting on a (political) situation through art and making work that is either too obvious or overly didactic. Lizabeth Eva Rossof’s work is a refreshing example of mastering this tricky territory."
Curriculum Vitae
Education
M.F.A. 2008, New Practices and Conceptual and Information Arts, San Francisco State University
Areas of Specialization: Intervention, Social Sculpture, and Digital Media (photography, graphics and video)
Exhibition Record
Solo Exhibitions
“… some Misguided Marin County Hot-tubber” Illumigarden, Mill Valley, CA, 2008
“Double Blind: Double Blind” Milk and Honey Gallery, Mill Valley, CA, 2008
“Lizabeth Eva Rossof,” Curator: Ciara Einnis, Pitzer College, Claremont, CA, 2008
“iBush: 1000 Words for Bush,” City Stay Gallery, Berlin, Germany, 2007
“iBush: 1000 Words for Bush,” Solo Exhibition, West Space Gallery, Melbourne, Australia, 2006
“Wall of Hope,” Glide Memorial Church, San Francisco, CA, 2001 and 2003
“Light Pods,” Glacier Point, Yosemite National Park, 2001
“¡Un Mes de Aguas!,” Casa de la Cultura Oaxaqueña, Oaxaca, Mexico, 1995
“Vulcanizadora,” Pitzer College, Claremont, California, 1994
Select Group Exhibitions
2008
Aqua Hotel: Miami, with Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“In Transition: Russia 2008,” Curator: Helen Black, National Center of Contemporary Art, Moscow
“Price of Freedom,” Curator: Jeane Brasile and Evonne Davis, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ
“DigitalArt.LA,” Juror: Howard Fox of LACMA, Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, CA
"The Audacity of Desperation,” Curators: Jessica Lawless and Sara Ross with Steven Lam
Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, Urbana, Il
PS 122, New York City
Sea and Space Exploration Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Lawn Nation: The Art and Science of Lawn,” The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Chicago, IL.
"Interruption of Hierarchies", Curator: Shelby Graham, UC Santa Cruz, Sesnon Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
“Indifference and Apocrypha/ Memento Mori,” The Fuel Collection, Philadelphia, PA
2007
Pulse: Miami, with GEISAI, Curators: Takashi Murakami, Tom Eccles, Massimiliano Gioni, Carol Kino,
Lin Lougheed, and Walter Robinson
“Immediate Future” San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA,
“The San Francisco State University MFA Exhibition”, Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco, CA,
“Celebrating Women in the Arts,” Juror: Sara Cochran, 2nd City Gallery, Long Beach, CA
2006
“C5: Quest for Success,” Jurors: Sarah Cook, Gordon Knox, Christiane Paul and Joel Slayton,
Inter-Society for the Electronic Arts and 01 Festival, San Jose, CA
“Puzzle Project,” U:ni:pon2kau2 Art Gallery, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan
“Anti-mascot Project,” Curator: Estelle Ihasz, The Next Wave Festival, Melbourne, Australia
2005
“Truth and Lies,” Curators: Clark Buckner, Bob Callaway, Jason Mortara, and Julia Page, Mission 17 Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Stillwell MFA Invitational”, SFSU Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Strains of Thought,” Curator: Gina Basso, The Cesar Chavez Gallery of Art, San Francisco, CA,
2004
“Honoring the Found,” Juror: Davey Rothbart, 2nd City Gallery, Long Beach, CA
“EPIC,” Juror: Magali Arriola, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“The City,” Curator: Platform Magazine Editorial Staff, Mezzanine Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2003
“LANDING,” Juror: Manray Hsu, Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, California
Awards and Fellowships
Jacob K. Javits Graduate Fellowship, U.S. Dept of Education, Washington, DC, 2005-2008
The Murphy Fellowship Award, San Francisco Arts Commission, 2007
Juror’s Prize, “California Women in the Arts,” Juror: Sara Cochran, Curator at LACMA, 2007
Grand Prix, “C5: Quest for Success,” Jurors: Sarah Cook, Gordon Knox, Christiane Paul and Joel Slayton, Inter-Society for the Electronic Arts, 01 Festival, San Jose, CA
Leo D. Stillwell Award, San Francisco State University, 2006
Thomas Watson Fellowship Award, Thomas Watson Foundation, Providence, RI, 1995-1996
Residencies
Anderson Ranch, Digital Media AIR, Snowmass, CO, Awarded 2008
Cite International Universite de Paris, Paris France, Awarded 2007
CAMAC: Centre des Artes Marnay Art Center, Marnay-sur-Seine, France, Awarded 2007
Montalvo Center for the Arts, AIR, Saratoga, CA, Awarded 2006
Bibliography
Damien Williamson, “Free Ride,” Aspen Daily News, November 21, 2008
Jim Saats, “Election Night as Social Sculpture,” Marin Independent Journal, October 29, 2008
Robert Herbst, “Dissidents in Decentered States,” Journal Of Aesthetics and Protest, California Biennial Edition, October 2008
David Buuck, “Interruption of Hierarchies,” Artweek, September 2008
Collette Chattopadhyay, “Lizabeth Eva Rossof at the Lenzner Family Art Gallery ”, Artweek, May 2008
Deborah Donovan, “New Exhibit Celebrates the Suburbs’ Grass Addition,” Daily Herald, May 23, 2008
Maureen Davidson, “Human Doings,” Metro Santa Cruz, April 16, 2008
Allison Bing, “Coming Clean,” San Francisco Chronicle, January 5, 2006
Katherine Ambellan, “Unique SF State Art Students,” Golden Gate X press, November 2005
Petra Bibeau, “Long Story Short: Bay Area Exposes Roots,” NYARTSMagazine, Vol.10, No. 3/4, March 2005
Brenda Chow, “Stop and Smell the Roses,” Golden Gate X press, March 2005
Select Web Articles
RTCrooks, “The Many Faces of George W. Bush: Disturbing Portraits of the Commander in Grief,” WebUrbanist.com August 18, 2008
Erik Ward, “Cutting the grass: New Exhibit Explores Lawn Alternatives”, Chitown Daily News May 22, 2008
DailyServing.com, February 14, 2008
ArtSlant.com, January 2008
Linda Lee, “Getting to iLove,” MA2DWeek.com, December 2007
FallonandRosoff.com, December 2007
Threethouand.au, May 2006
Radio
Sam Weller and Jill Riddell, “Hello Beautiful,” WBEZ, Chicago Public Radio, May 25, 2008
Michael Trigilio and Lee Montgomery, “Live at the Whitney,” NPR, Neighborhood Public Radio, May 17, 2008
Publications
“… some misguided Marin County Hot-tubber,” Pacific Sun Magazine, November 6, 2008
iBush: 1000 Words for Bush, Arena Magazine, Issue 83. June-July 2006
Visiting Artist Lectures
2008 Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado
2008 University of California Santa Cruz
2008 Francis W. Parker School, Chicago, IL
2008 Pitzer College, Claremont, California
2007 San Francisco State University, California
2006 Monash University, Melbourne, VC, Australia
2006 Pitzer College, Claremont, California