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Elizabeth Tubergen • Statement
I explore the space between people, architecture, and words. My methodology incorporates fearless belief powered by human muscle, vulnerability, and a monumentality of patient labor. I am interested in hope, loss, leftovers, the unsaid, the genuine, the pathetic, and the reliable. I create objects and actions that incite curiosity and suggest a re-consideration of space and locational identity. My work has been shown at various locations, including the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts in Michigan, Solar One in New York, and the Visual Arts Alliance in Texas. I live and work nomadically in Georgia and Michigan.
Elizabeth Tubergen • Biography
Education
2008
Bachelor of Arts with a concentration in Fine Arts, Covenant College, Lookout Mountain, Georgia
2007
Trnava University, Trnava, Slovakia
2005
Ox-Bow School of Art, MI
Selected Exhibitions
2008
CitySol, art fair, New York, New York
Covenant College, Jackson Gallery and Portable on Demand Storage Unit, “Here and There: The Elusive Home,” Lookout Mountain, Georgia
Covenant College, Andreas Gallery, “Nomadic Art,” Group Exhibition, Lookout Mountain, Georgia
2007
Solar One, “Come and Sit With Us Because We Miss You,” Group Exhibition, New York, New York
Ox-Bow School of Art, “Oddity in the Meantime,” Collaboration with Caroline Woolard, Saugatuck, Michigan
Ox-Bow School of Art, “Staphylococcus Ointment,” Group Exhibition, Saugatuck, Michigan
Barbara Padnos Gallery, Holland Area Arts Council, “Pons,” Collaboration with Grant Goeman, Holland, Michigan
Landis Gallery, Association for Visual Arts, “Recent Figurative Work,” Juried Student Show, Chattanooga, Tennessee
Visual Arts Alliance. “Twenty-Fourth Juried Open Exhibition,” Group Exhibition, Houston, Texas
2006
Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts, “Under Cover,” National Juried Show, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Barbara Padnos Gallery, Holland Area Arts Council, “Holland Friends of Art Annual Juried Exhibit,” First Place in area juried show, Holland, Michigan
Covenant College, “Big Art Bang,” Group Student Show, Lookout Mountain, Georgia
The North Studio, Covenant College, “Valentines: Past , Present, and Future,” Group Student Show, Lookout Mountain, Georgia
2005
Covenant College, “A Dialogue,” Group Student Show, Lookout Mountain, Georgia
Covenant College, “The End Show,” Group Student Show, Lookout Mountain, Georgia
2004
Covenant College, “Do, Be, Am,” Group Student Show, Lookout Mountain, Georgia
Jane Armstrong Gallery, Holland Area Arts Council, “No Reason,” Collaboration with Grace Van’t Hof, Holland, Michigan
Barbara Padnos Gallery, Holland Area Arts Council, “Debut,” Best of Show, Juried Student Show, Holland, Michigan
Scholarships/Awards
2008
MacDowell Colony Fellow
Berwick Institute, Artist-in-Research finalist
Sculpture Space residency finalist, Utica, NY
2007
Ox-Bow Fellow (Art Institute of Chicago Residency)
2006
First Place, Holland Friends of Art Annual Juried Show, Holland Area Arts Council
West Michigan Scholarship, Ox-Bow
2004
Four-year Covenant College Leadership Scholarship
Four-year Covenant College Academic Scholarship
Best of Show, “Debut,” Holland Area Arts Council
