Liz Nielsen
Education
M.F.A., University of Illinois at Chicago, Photography, 2004
B.F.A., The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2002
B.A., Seattle University, Philosophy and Spanish, 1998
Selected Exhibitions
2006
COMA (California Occidental Museum of Art) Beware of Darkness Chicago, IL
Lisa Boyle Gallery Some Things Are Quite Funny and Some Things Which Are Quite Serious Chicago, IL
Three Seasons Gallery 5,000,000 Tons of Energy (Curated by Jeremy Hobbs) Chicago, IL
Three Seasons Gallery Blissed Chicago, IL
COMA (California Occidental Museum of Art) Group Show # 2 Chicago, IL
2005
Lisa Boyle Gallery..... New Work by Liz Nielsen (Solo Show) Chicago, IL
ArtLedge Spooktakula Chicago, IL
Lisa Boyle Gallery Aqua Art Miami Miami, FL
4-F Gallery Genderosity Los Angeles, CA
Nova Young Art Fair (Project room/ The Mothership Installation) and (Love Hangover Installation with Julia Hechtman) Chicago, IL
Art Chicago (Lisa Boyle Gallery) Chicago, IL
Fraction Workspace Gallery Group Show Chicago, IL
2004
Heaven Gallery Who’s doing Self-Portraiture in 2004? Chicago, IL
Zolla/Lieberman Gallery Summer Love Chicago, IL
The Wiggle Room Sketches, Scrawls, Scribbles, and Such San Antonio, TX
Flatfile Photography Gallery Serial Chicago, IL
Unit B Gallery And now for something completely different Chicago, IL
University of Illinois Formfit Chicago, IL
The Stray Show Unit B Gallery Sketches, Scrawls, Scribbles Chicago, IL
Gallery 400 MFA Thesis show Chicago, IL
Riverside Arts Center Brain/Body Riverside, IL2003
Flatfile Photography Gallery Fotowerk Chicago, IL
NAB Gallery Colorforms Chicago, IL
The Stray Show (Unit B Gallery) By Land and Sea Chicago, IL
University of Illinois Formfit Chicago, IL
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago (1926 Gallery) Oops…I did it again Chicago, IL
University of Illinois at Chicago Love and Lust Chicago, IL
Gallery 37, Centerspace Living Art 3 Chicago, IL
Awards
Illinois CAAP (Community Arts Assistance Program) Grant 2005
University of Illinois Scholarship: Full tuition waiver
University of Illinois Scholarship: Navona Award
Seattle University: Presidential Scholarship
National Honors Society
Websites I've made (other than this one):
krittenchild.com
chicagochildandfamily.com
daylenechristensen.com