Liz Obert

Education
1999 MFA           Photography, Washington State University
1993 BFA            Photography, College of Santa Fe
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023     Modern Vanitas, Olympic Mills Building, Portland, OR
2019     State of Transition, Linfield Fine Art Gallery, McMinnville, OR
2017     Dualities, Washington State University, Vancouver, WA
2016     Dualities, Bullivant Gallery, St. Louis, MO  
2015     Dualities, Linfield Fine Art Gallery, McMinnville, OR
             Dualities, Olympic Mills Commerce Centre, Portland, OR
2013     Latitude 45 Longitude 122, Dairy Arts Center, Boulder, CO 2011     Latitude 45 Longitude 122, Wallspace Gallery, Seattle, WA
        
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025     Collective Visions, Gallery 114, Portland, OR
             Art Through the Lens 2025, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY
             Present Tense, Gallery 114, Portland, OR (August)
2025     Exploration of Color, Site: Brooklyn, New York, NY
2024     Blue Sky’s Pacific Northwest Photography Viewing Drawers,
                Portland, OR,          
2022     Vision: Color Photography, Black Box Gallery Online Annex,  
                Portland, OR
              Oregon Society of Artists Photography Exhibition, Portland, OR.
                 Second Place Winner

2021     Melancholia, Fotonostrum, Barcelona, Spain
2019     Camera USA® 2019: National Photography Exhibition,
                 Naples, FL                               
             13th Julia Margaret Cameron Award Exhibition, Barcelona, Spain

2018     5th International Biennial of Fine Art and Documentary
                 Photography, Barcelona, Spain
             Photography at the Emerald: 3rd Annual Autumn Exhibition,
                 Springfield, OR
2017     Functionally Untitled, White Box Gallery, Portland, OR

2016     34th Annual Juried Membership Exhibition, Houston Center for
                Photography
             Photography Now, Woodstock Center for Photography,
                Woodstock, NY
2015     Blue Sky's Pacific Northwest Photography Viewing Drawers,
               Portland, OR,
2014     3rd International Biennial of Fine Art and Documentary
              Photography, Municipal Museum of Malaga, Malaga, Spain (juried)

Artist Residencies
2019     Hangar Centro de Investigacao Artistica, Lisbon, Portugal
2013     Hungarian Multi-Cultural Center, Budapest, Hungary
2009     The Centre d’Arts, Marnay Art Center in Marnay-sur-Sein, France
2006     Hungarian Multi-Cultural Center, Csopak, Hungary

Selected Bibliography
2024     Blue Sky’s Pacific Northwest Photography Viewing
                 Drawers Catalog
2023     Somerville, Kristine “Vanitas: The Art of Death and Decay. ” 
                  The Missouri Review Volume 46, Number 2, Summer 2023.      
              Tomczyk-Spólna, Izabela Matura. Język polski. Konteksty.
                    Zakres podstawowy i  rozszer zony, by, Operon Publishers,
                    March 2023
2015     Berry, Sarah, “Duality: Liz Obert's art explores the public and
                  private faces of depression.” The Sydney Morning Herald
                   27 March 2015. Web 20 Dec 2022
             MacMillen, Hayey. "This Is How Mental Illness Really Feels.
                    " Refinery29. 9 Jan. 2015  Web 9 Jan 2015

              Sandler, Elana Premack, “Describing Depression Through Art,”
                    Psychology Today, 19 Nov 2015. Web 20 Dec 2023

2014     “10 Most Popular Slate Stories of 2014.”  Slate Magazine.
                30 Dec.  2014. Web 8 Jan 2015.
                     
                 Gębicka, Magdalena . “Projekt Liz Obert.” Gazeta.pl. 16 Dec
                     2014. Web. 1 Jan. 
2015
     “¡Impactante! La doble vida de las personas bipolares
                      (FOTOS).”  Perú.com. 21 Dec.

2014     Chobotiuk, Kayla. "Fascinating Photos: Compare the Dual Lives
                   of People Living with Mental Illness."  Feature Shoot. N.p.,2                 Dec. 2014. Web. 4 Dec. 2014.

              Wehr, Nicole. "Manisch-depressiv: Eine Krankheit, Zwei
                  Gesichter." Brigitte. N.p., 14 Nov. 2014. Web. 4 Dec. 201
              Brooks, Katherine. "Exploring The Double Lives Of Everyday
                  People Living  With Mental Illness." The Huffington Post.
                  TheHuffingtonPost.com, 06  Nov. 2014. Web. 04 Dec. 2014.
                Rosenberg, David. "The Secret Dual Lives of People Living
                   With Mental Illness."  Slate Magazine. N.p., 28 Oct.
                    2014. Web. 4  Dec. 2014.
                             
             3rd International Biennial of Fine Art and Documentary
                  Photography (Catalog) The Worldwide Photography
                  Gala Awards
Selected Grants and Awards
2025     22nd Pollux Awards, Fine Art Category
             Finalist in Soho Photo Gallery’s portfolio competition
2019     Juliet Margaret Cameron Award for Cityscapes
2015     Regional Arts and Culture (RACC), Project Development Grant

2009     Regional Arts and Culture (RACC), Professional Development Grant
   
Foundation Ténot, Subvention for residency at CAMAC (centre
                 d'art. Marnay Art Centre)

                   






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