Biography
photo: Jerry Siegel
Elizabeth Lide creates meditative drawings, objects, and installations that explore the contradictions in accumulation and the making of multiples, the distillation of surroundings into shapes and grids as repositories for color and mood, and the placement of ordinary objects in new contexts.
She has been awarded residences at Moulin à Nef in Auvillar, France; MASS MoCA in North Adams, MA; MacDowell in Peterborough, NH; Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA); The Hambidge Center in Rabun Gap, GA; Tyrone Guthrie Centre in Annaghmakerrig, Ireland; and with The University of Georgia Lamar Dodd School of Art in Cortona, Italy. She was the recipient of a Working Artist Project Fellowship from the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (MOCA GA), selected by Saisha M. Grayson, Assistant Curator at the Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum.
Her solo exhibitions have included Whitespace in Atlanta, MOCA GA, Atlanta Contemporary, Sandler Hudson Gallery, The Arts Festival of Atlanta, La Mama in New York City, SECCA in NC, Atlanta Art Workers’ Coalition, Winthrop University in SC, The Upstairs in Tryon, Atlanta Women’s Art Collective, Baldwin-Wallace College in KY, and Window-on-Gaines in Tallahassee, Florida. Her work has been shown in 90+ group exhibitions including The Mint Museum in Charlotte, NC; Athens Institute of Contemporary Art in Athens, Georgia; Whitespace Gallery; 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, The University of Damascus, The University of North Carolina, 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, the Microsoft Corporation, 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 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 at The Paideia School.
Elizabeth is a native of Winston-Salem 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. She is represented by Whitespace in Atlanta. http://www.whitespace814.com
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Awards and Residencies
Fellow, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA), 2024, 2018, 2016, 2015, 2013, 2012, 2011, 1993, 1992, 1991
Artist Residency Fellow, VCCA-France, Moulin à Nef, Auvillar, France, 2019
Artist-in-Residence, MASS MoCA, North Adams, Massachusetts, 2018
Working Artist Project Fellowship, Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, 2015/2016, Selected by Saisha Grayson, Assistant Curator for Feminist Art, Brooklyn Museum
Fellow, The Hambidge Center, 2020, 2016, 1995, 1994, 1992, 1991, 1986
Fellow, The Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Annaghmakerrig, Ireland, 1994
Fellow, MacDowell, 1982
Artist-in-Residence, University of Georgia in Cortona, Italy, 1982
Blumenthal Faculty Grant, Paideia School, 2011
Georgia Women in the Visual Arts Award, Georgia Commission on Women, 1997
Artist Project Grant, CGR Advisors, 1997
Alternate Visions Grant (NEA, Rockefeller, Warhol Foundations, NC Arts Council), 1995/96
Studio Artist, Atlanta Contemporary, 1990-1996
Scholarship, The Hambidge Center Residency, CGR Advisors, 1995
Scholarship, The Hambidge Center Residency, Fulton County Arts Council, 1994
Individual Artist Grant, Bureau of Cultural Affairs, City of Atlanta, 1994, 1992, 1987, 1986, 1981, 1980, 1978
Individual Artist Grant, Georgia Council for the Arts, 1992
Project Grant, Artists Space, New York City, 1990
NEA/Southern Arts Federation, Fellowship Finalist, 1990
Visiting Artist, Clayton State College, 1990, 1985
Interdisciplinary Artist Fellowship (NEA Interarts and Rockefeller Foundation), 1987
Rockefeller Foundation/SECCA C.L.O.D. Residency, 1978
Scholarship, Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze, UGA Study Abroad in Cortona, Italy, 1977
Collections
Microsoft Corporation
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
Lauren Rogers Museum, Laurel, Mississippi
Selected Solo Exhibitions
Oddments in the Lean State, site-specific installation, Whitespace, March 2025
DRAWN, site-specific installation of 100+ drawings and objects, Whitespace Gallery, 2020-2021
Putting the House in Order, site-specific installation, Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, WAP Fellowship Exhibition, 2016/2017
Recordings, Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, 2012
Art in the Summer Garden, Eyedrum, Atlanta, site-specific installation, 2003
Thorn Upon the Rose, Sandler Hudson Gallery, site-specific installation, (sound design: Paul Kayhart), 1995/1996
Everything’s Just Fine, Sandler Hudson Gallery, site-specific installation, 1993
Musical Chairs/Elimination Games, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, 1992 site specific installation with video (collaboration with Paul Kayhart), Winter Solo Series
Wearing Water/Eating Cement, La Mama La Galleria, New York, 1990 site-specific installation and performance (sound design: Paul Kayhart)
Green is the Color of My True Love’s Hair, Window on Gaines, Tallahassee, site-specific installation, 1989
Wearing Water/Eating Cement (Icons to Kiss), Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, site-specific installation and performance (collaboration with Lee Heuermann), Solo Series, 1988
In the Attic, site-specific installation, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center (Nexus), 1984
Untitled, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea OH, 1983
Untitled site-specific installation, Winthrop College, Rock Hill SC, 1982
Untitled site-specific installation, Atlanta Women’s Art Collective, 1981
Untitled site-specific installation, Atlanta Art Workers Coalition, 1980
Untitled, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA), Winston-Salem NC, 1979
Selected Group Exhibitions
On Wing, Georgia State University Clarkston Fine Arts Gallery, January 2025
Celebration: The Past Forward, MOCA GA, 2024
The December Show, Whitespace, Atlanta, 2023
Summer Invitational, Swan Coach House Gallery, curated by Jacob O’Kelley and Maria Bruckman, 2023
New Lamps for Old, invitational exhibition by writer/curator Tom Patterson, Atlanta, 2022
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, The Three Sisters, 2019
Morgan Conservatory National Juried Exhibition, Cleveland, Ohio, 2019
Callanwolde Juried Exhibition, Atlanta, 2019
Summer Swan Invitational, Swan Coach House, Atlanta, 2018
ARTFIELDS, Lake City, South Carolina, Putting the Pots in Order, an installation, 2018
The December Show, Whitespace Gallery, Atlanta, 2018, 2017
Little Things Mean A Lot, Swan Coach House, Atlanta, 2019, 2017, 2014
Domestic Structures, curated by Candice Greathouse, ATHICA, Athens GA, 2017
Rock Paper Scissors, curated by Didi Dunphy, Gallery at Hotel Indigo, Athens GA, 2017
Lightweight, curated by Lisa Alembik, The Hambidge Center, 2016
Sprawl: Drawing Outside the Lines, curated by Michael Rooks, High Museum of Art, 2015
Endless Road: A Look at Nexus Press, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, 2015
Summer Salon, Sandler-Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, 2015
Doubt, collaboration with Nicole Livieratos & Paul Kayhart, Hambidge Mailbox exhibition, 2014
100 at 100, Georgia State University, Welch School of Art and Design, curated by Jerry Cullum, 2013
Have a Seat, Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, January 2011
Certain Artists, The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, 2010
Lamar Dodd, MOCA GA, 2008
Drawn in Georgia, MOCA GA at SunTrust Plaza, curated by Lisa Thrower, 2006
Botanicals: Images Inspired by Plants, The Upstairs, Tryon NC, 2006
Accelerating Sequence: Artists Observe Time and Aging, MOCA GA, curated by Dan Talley, 2005
Drawings and Works on Paper, Sandler Hudson Gallery, 2004
Sketches, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, 2000, 2003
Converse College, Spartanburg SC, 2002
Personal Circumstances, Spruill Center Gallery, Atlanta, 2000
1989-1999
Connections and Contradictions: Modern and Contemporary Art, Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University,1998
Book Arts, Oregon Coast Council for the Arts, three-person show with Mary Hood, Clarissa Sligh, 1998
Illuminations, Brenau College, Gainesville GA, 1997
Drawing Show, Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, 1997
GRATIS, Public Art Project, Alem da Agna, between Spain and Portugal, 1996
Shape-shifting: Transformations in the Art of the Book, University of Northern Colorado, 1996-98
Book Art, Southeastern Louisiana University, Sims Memorial Library, 1995
Money Changes Everything, Arts Festival of Atlanta, curated by Lisa Tuttle, Title Will Come Later, installation with Video, 1994
Exceptions, American Artists’ Books and Art Books, U.S. Information Agency and Washington Project for the Arts, 1994
Her Hands, University of Maryland, Baltimore, 1994
Book Arts National Juried Show, Agnes Scott College, 1994
TRACES, Proposals, Plans and Documentations, Austin Peay University, TN, 1993
Women’s Walk, Atlanta Contemporary, 1992
Choice, A.I.R. Gallery, New York City, 1991
RSVP, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, 1991
Oh, Those Four White Walls: The Gallery as Context, The Atlanta College of Art Gallery, O Nabu, installation with video, 1990
Multiples, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, 1990
1980-1989
Return from Argentina, New Visions Gallery, Atlanta, 1989
Sketchbooks, Atlanta College of Art Library, 1989
Art of Atlanta, Centro Cultura, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1989
Vend’art in New York, Artist-of-the-Month, 1988
The Art of Atlanta, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art,
Winston-Salem NC, 1988
Vend’art in Atlanta, Artist-of-the-Month, 1987
The Atlanta Biennale, curated by Alan Sondheim, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, 1986
Off the Beaten Path, curated by Roger Manley, The Limbo Gallery, Charlotte NC, 1986
Shared Quarters (Stan Sharshal, Linda Armstrong, Paul Kayhart), Ersatz Gallery, Atlanta, 1986
The Xerox Show, SECCA, Winston-Salem NC, 1984
The Atlanta Biennale, curated by Alan Sondheim, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, 1984
The LaGrange National Exhibition, The Lamar Dodd Art Center, LaGrange GA, 1983
The First Mattress Factory Show, Atlanta, Saturday Morning Yard, site-specific installation, 1983
Artists in Georgia, Lamar Dodd Art Center, (selected for traveling exhibition), 1982
Nine Diverse Directions, Georgia Southern College, Statesboro GA, 1983
Le Citta Invisibili (Italo Calvino), Palazzo Vagnotti, Cortona, Italy, site-specific installation, 1982
The University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, 1982
Fashion Moda in Atlanta, Atlanta Art Workers Coalition, 1982
Montgomery College, Rockville, Maryland, 1981
Southern Exposure: An Exhibition from Women’s Art Centers, Washington, D.C., 1980
Artists in Georgia, curated by Peter Morrin, High Museum of Art, 1980
International Festival of Women Artists, Carlsberg Glytotek Museum, Copenhagen, 1980
Atlanta Women’s Art Collective at A.I.R., A.I.R. Gallery, New York, 1980
1975-1979
Papermaking and Paper Using, traveling exhibition by Southern Arts Federation, SECCA, 1979
The Chautauqua Exhibition of American Art, The 21st National Jury Show, Chautauqua NY, 1978
Two-Person Exhibition (with Chester Old), Atlanta Art Workers Coalition, 1978
MAPPINGS: A Personal Survey of Women Artists, Atlanta Art Workers Coalition, 1978
FOOTPRINT: The Northwest International Print Exhibition, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, 1978
Annual Juried Painting and Sculpture Show, SECCA, Winston-Salem NC, 1975
Selected Bibliography
100 Years of Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Alumni: Elizabeth Lide, 2023
Jerry Cullum, New Lamps for Old review, ArtsATL, 2022
WORK IT! ArtsXchange, Hosted by Lisa Tuttle, 2020
Deanna Sirlin, ArtsATL, October 23, 2019
Studio Visit Magazine, Vol. 43/44, 2019
MOCA GA catalog, Putting the House in Order, Elizabeth Lide, 2018
Donna Mintz, Putting the House in Order, Elizabeth Lide review, Sculpture Magazine, October 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
Jac Kuntz, 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
Published Artists’ 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
Teaching
The Paideia School, Art Teacher, 2004-2014
Agnes Scott College, Visiting Art Professor, 2009, 1982-1983, 1989-1990
Art Teacher (volunteer) for Fugee Academy (refugee soccer team), 2007-2008
Art in the Summer Garden, Founder and teacher, 2000-2007
The Atlanta School, Art Teacher, 1988-1991, 1999
The Atlanta College of Art, Adjunct Instructor, 1980-1989
Georgia State University, Part-time Instructor, 1979, 1986
NEA/Artist-in-Education Program: Residency, Georgia Council for the Arts, 1981
SECCA, Winston-Salem NC, Visiting teaching artist, 1978
Design and Related Work
Design Director, Art Papers magazine, 1987-1995
Freelance graphic designer, Atlanta, 1987-2006
Administrative Director, Atlanta Contemporary (Nexus), 1983-1985
Shop Manager, Piedmont Craftsmen Inc., Winston-Salem NC, 1973-1976
Graphic and Package Designer, Raymond Loewy/William Snaith, Inc., New York City, 1969-1970
Publications
Number 90, an independent arts journal, cover image. Spring 2017
BURNAWAY (January 21, 2014), UnmonumentalATL
Art Papers (Jan/Feb 1995), Review of Alyson Pou-Installation/Performance, To Us at Twilight
Art Papers (Jan/Feb 1994), Interview with Harriette Oliver Forbes
Art Papers (July/Aug 1989), review of Kim Irwin’s Performance, We Are Secretaries
The Rubber Stamp Album, Workman Publishing Company, New York, 1978
Related Activities
Monster Drawing Rally, High Museum of Art, 2015
Juror, Artists’ Books, student exhibition, SCAD Atlanta, 2014
GISA Conference. Presented paper: Clink Clank, an installation by Susan Loftin, 2012
Juror, Multiples Project, MOCA GA, 2007, 2005
Artist Resource Council (ARC) Steering Committee, MOCA GA, 2002-2006
Up-close & Personal Artists’ Studio Tour, The Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, 2001
Panel member, Avant Gardening, Nexus Contemporary Art Center, May 1999
My home garden on tours: The Secret Garden Tour, The Atlanta School, 1998 and Avant Gardening, Nexus Contemporary Art Center, 1999
My home garden featured in Garden Seating, book published by Lark Press, 1998
Master Gardener, 1996
Planning committee member, Architecture Society of Atlanta/Corporation for Olympic Development, Public Space in the New American City, Design Competition, 1994
Co-Director, Artist Market (originated Bazaar Bizzozo with Xenia Zed), Arts Festival of Atlanta, 1992
Visiting Lecturer, Florida State University, 1989
Atlanta Artworkers’ Coalition, 1978-1982, Board member
Atlanta Women’s Art Collective, 1978-1981, Board member
Education
MFA Georgia State University, Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design
BFA University of Georgia, Lamar Dodd School of Art
Representation
Whitespace Gallery, Atlanta www.whitespace814.com